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Taking a dog or cat out of Bahrain: official requirements

What Bahrain asks before a dog or cat leaves: the steps and their timing, every destination with how long it takes, and coming back.

Rules checked up to 12 October 2026From 1 official page

Exit rules verifiedLimited official guidanceAuthority: Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture
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In short

Limited official guidance. Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. Bahrain describes the export health certificate for dogs and cats in a few lines of the ministry's 2024 services guide (in Arabic). It doesn't say how long before departure to apply or how long the certificate is valid. The destination decides what the certificate must say, so ask the Veterinary Quarantine Section early.

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The steps

What the authorities in Bahrain ask before your pet leaves, mostly the health certificate and who has to sign or endorse it.

  1. Official stamp

    Export health certificate from the Veterinary Quarantine Section

    Go in person to the ministry's Veterinary Quarantine Section with your dog or cat and say which country it is going to. Bring the destination country's import permit and your pet's original vaccination booklet. A vet examines your pet and issues the health certificate once satisfied that it is healthy for export. The fee is 5 Bahraini dinars for a personal export.

    Details and the official words

    The guide lists the destination's import permit as a required document. If your destination doesn't issue import permits, ask the section what to bring instead.

    “شهادة صحية للتصدير (طيور /كلاب/ قطط)”

    “يجب الحضور الشخصي أو حضور ممثل عن الشركة لتقديم الطلب لشهادة صحية للتصدير مع إحضار الكلاب والقطط والطيور المراد تصدريها وتحديد الدولة المراد التصدير لها”

    “يجب إحضار تصريح الإستيراد”

    “معاينة الكلاب والقطط وفحص الطيور”

    “يتم إصدار الشهادة الصحية بعد التأكد من صحة الحيوانات لتصديرها من قبل الطبيب البيطري وتحصيل الرسوم المطلوبة على ذلك”

    “تصريح الإستيراد من الدولة المستوردة”

    “دفتر التطعيمات الأصلي للقط أو الكلب”

    “5 دينار للشخصي”

Worked out from the rules

Where you can go from Bahrain, and how long it takes

How each destination we cover treats pets from Bahrain, as its authority names the group, and the least time its official waits allow. Tap a destination for the full route.

47 destinations

Destination (dogs)Your pet’s group there · entry feesAlready vaccinatedNothing done yet
No official wait · 10Canada, China, Costa Rica, Indonesia…CanadaCountry not on Canada’s rabies-free listAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: No official waitChinaunder reviewNon-designated country or regionAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: No official waitCosta RicaAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: No official waitIndonesiaunder reviewEntry fees: 25,000 IDRAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: No official waitMalaysiaScheduled countryEntry fees: 40 MYRAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: No official waitMexicoAny other countryAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: No official waitPeruEntry fees: 98.60 PENAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: No official waitSouth KoreaCountry on South Korea’s rabies-free listAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: No official waitUnited StatesDog rabies-free or low-risk countryAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: No official waitVietnamAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: No official wait
Up to a month · 23United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Argentina…United Arab EmiratesCountry on the UAE’s low-risk listEntry fees: 700 AEDAlready vaccinated: 1 dayNothing done yet: 1 dayEcuadorAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: 2 weeksSaudi ArabiaAlready vaccinated: 2 weeksNothing done yet: 2 weeksArgentinaAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: 3 weeksBrazilAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: 3 weeksColombiaEntry fees: 78,200 COPAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: 3 weeksEuropean UnionListed non-EU country (Annex II)Already vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: 3 weeksSerbiaListed third country (Annex 2)Already vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: 3 weeksSwitzerlandGroup 2 (low rabies risk) countryAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: 3 weeksUruguayAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: 3 weeksNorthern Ireland (UK)Listed non-EU country (Annex II)Already vaccinated: 1 dayNothing done yet: 3 weeksNorwayListed third countryAlready vaccinated: 1 dayNothing done yet: 3 weeksUnited KingdomListed countryAlready vaccinated: 1 dayNothing done yet: 3 weeksChileAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 3 weeksThailandunder reviewAlready vaccinated: 3 weeksNothing done yet: 3 weeksPhilippinesunder reviewAlready vaccinated: 2 weeksNothing done yet: 4 weeksDominican RepublicAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: 4 weeksMoroccounder reviewAny other countryAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: 4 weeksSouth Africaunder reviewCountry whose dogs are quarantinedEntry fees: 230 ZARAlready vaccinated: No official waitNothing done yet: 4 weeksQatarAlready vaccinated: 3 daysNothing done yet: 4 weeksPanamaEntry fees: 65 USDAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 4 weeksHong Kong SAR ChinaGroup II placeEntry fees: 432 HKDAlready vaccinated: 2 weeksNothing done yet: 4 weeksIndiaEntry fees: 1,000 INRAlready vaccinated: 9 daysNothing done yet: 4 weeks
1 to 3 months · 3Israel, Hawaii (US), TaiwanIsraelunder reviewAlready vaccinated: 4 daysNothing done yet: 5 weeksHawaii (US)Already vaccinated: 4 weeksNothing done yet: 9 weeksTaiwanunder reviewCountry not on Taiwan’s rabies-free listAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 3 months
3 to 6 months · 5Singapore, Iceland, Türkiye, Oman…SingaporeSchedule III countryEntry fees: 50 SGDAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 monthsIcelandCountry Iceland has not approvedEntry fees: 39,633 ISKAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 monthsTürkiyeAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 monthsOmanEntry fees: 20 OMRAlready vaccinated: about 4 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 monthsAustraliaGroup 2 (rabies-free) countryAlready vaccinated: about 6 monthsNothing done yet: about 6 months
More than 6 months · 3Kenya, New Zealand, JapanKenyaunder reviewAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 6 monthsNew ZealandCategory 2 (rabies-free) countryAlready vaccinated: about 6 monthsNothing done yet: about 6 monthsJapanNon-designated regionAlready vaccinated: about 6 monthsNothing done yet: about 7 months
Not possible, or not covered yet · 3Bali (Indonesia), Egypt, KuwaitBali (Indonesia)Already vaccinated: —Nothing done yet: Not possibleEgyptunder reviewAlready vaccinated: —Nothing done yet: Not covered yetKuwaitunder reviewAlready vaccinated: —Nothing done yet: Not covered yet

For a dog; choose Cat above for cats. Grouped by the time for a pet with nothing done yet. “Already vaccinated”: microchipped, with a rabies vaccination still valid. Only the official waiting periods are counted: “No official wait” still means vet visits and paperwork, and appointment times come on top. Hover over a time to see the rule that sets it.

Money

What it costs to leave Bahrain

Bahrain’s government fees for a pet leaving, exactly as the official pages state them, and what vets and labs in Bahrain publish. The destination’s own fees come on top: they are in the table above and on each route.

Government fees when leaving Bahrain

What vets and labs charge Not official figures

We have no published vet or lab prices for Bahrain yet.

Prices that businesses publish on their own pages, quoted as we read them; yours can differ. Ranges are the lowest to highest of these examples, never our estimate. How we collect prices

Airline fees aren’t included: check your airline’s pet page.

Where this comes from

Official sources

Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Agriculture, Veterinary Quarantine Section (Bahrain)

Last checked 2026-10-12. Next re-check due by 2027-01-10.

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Questions owners ask

What do I need to take my dog or cat out of Bahrain?

On the Bahrain side: export health certificate from the Veterinary Quarantine Section. The destination’s own requirements come on top; the route pages combine both.

Who signs the export paperwork in Bahrain?

Go in person to the ministry's Veterinary Quarantine Section with your dog or cat and say which country it is going to. Bring the destination…

How early should I start when leaving Bahrain?

It depends on where you go. For a dog with nothing done yet, the official waiting periods allow Canada, Costa Rica and Malaysia in no official wait, and Japan in about 7 months. Vet and appointment times come on top.

How this page is made

The explanations are ours, in plain English. Every rule, number and quote about a country comes from a rule file we have checked word for word against the government’s own page, and it changes when that page changes. Rules are summarised, not legal advice: confirm with the authority and your vet before you travel. How we verify · Report a mistake

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