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Taking a dog or cat out of Thailand: official requirements

What Thailand 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 13 October 2026From 3 official pages

Exit rules: short summary, under reviewAuthority: Department of Livestock Development
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In short

Limited official guidance. Department of Livestock Development publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. This follows the Department of Livestock Development's citizen's manual for the export health certificate (it covers every kind of live animal, not only pets) and the 2020 ministerial regulation on taking animals out of Thailand. The regulation also requires permission from the Director-General to take an animal out, under a 2015 DLD notification we could not read, so we don't know that permit's lead time or fee. DLD's English pet-travel pages don't open from our network. Confirm the steps with the animal quarantine station at the airport you leave from.

Under review. Part of this process is not yet confirmed. Ask the official authority how it works for your route.

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Leaving Thailand

The steps

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

  1. Identification

    Microchip (or tattoo) matching the documents

    DLD asks for dogs and cats to be tattooed or microchipped, at your expense, and the identification must match the application, the health certificate and the other documents. For a pet the document list asks for a microchip certificate issued by an animal hospital or clinic.

    Details and the official words

    “สุนัข แมว กระต่าย ให้ทำรอยสักหรือฝังไมโครชิป”

    “ใบรับรองการฝังไมโครชิป”

    “ออกโดยโรงพยาบาลสัตว์ หรือคลินิกรักษาสัตว์”

  2. Official stamp

    Apply to DLD in the e-Movement system

    Apply for the health certificate online in DLD's e-Movement system (https://newemove.dld.go.th/req/), attaching the documents there or emailing them to the animal quarantine station at the port you will leave from, and make an appointment with that station. The documents include your ID card or, for a foreigner, your passport; the vaccination certificate showing your pet's microchip number; the microchip certificate; the airway bill; and what your destination asks for. DLD's processing time is 3 working days once the documents are complete.

    The official wording is ambiguous. Confirm this point with the authority.

    Details and the official words

    DLD's page on its import and export procedure says the application form R.1/1 (for taking animals into, out of or through Thailand) is filed in e-Movement at least 7 working days ahead, but it describes that step for imports. We don't know whether the same lead time applies when you leave: ask the quarantine station.

    An application filed in e-Movement outside office hours is handled on the next working day. If documents are missing, you have 7 working days to correct them, or the application is cancelled.

    “สามารถส่งเอกสารแนบผ่านระบบ e-Movement หรือผ่านช่องทางไปรษณีย์อิเล็กทรอนิกส์ (e-mail) ถึงด่านกักกันสัตว์ท่าออกที่จะนำสัตว์หรือซากสัตว์ออก”

    “ผู้รับบริการต้องติดต่อแจ้งนัดหมายเจ้าหน้าที่ด่านกักกันสัตว์ท่าออกเพื่อดำเนินการเกี่ยวกับสัตว์หรือซากสัตว์ให้เป็นไปตามระเบียบข้อกำหนดหรือเงื่อนไขของประเทศปลายทาง”

    “กรณีสัตว์เลี้ยง (สุนัข แมว กระต่าย) ต้องมีเอกสารรับรองการฉีดวัคซีนที่มีการระบุเลขไมโครชิพ”

    “ระยะเวลาในการดำเนินการรวม : 3 วันทำการ”

    “บัตรประจำตัวประชาชน”

    “(กรณีชาวต่างชาติ)”

    “Bill of Lading (B/L) หรือ Airway Bill หรือ Truckway bill หรือ Railway Bill”

    “หลังเวลาทำการ เจ้าหน้าที่จะดำเนินการในวันทำการถัดไป”

    “คำขอต้องดำเนินการแก้ไขภายใน 7 วันทำการ นับตั้งแต่วันที่ได้รับแจ้ง”

    “https://newemove.dld.go.th/req/”

    “ให้ผู้ประสงค์จะส่งออกไปนอกราชอาณาจักรซึ่งสัตว์หรือซากสัตว์ ยื่นคำขออนุญาตนำสัตว์หรือซากสัตว์ออกนอกราชอาณาจักรต่ออธิบดีหรือผู้ซึ่งอธิบดีมอบหมาย”

    “ยื่นแบบคำขออนุญาตนำสัตว์/ซากสัตว์ เข้า ออก ผ่านราชอาณาจักรไทย (แบบ ร.1/1) ผ่านระบบการเคลื่อนย้ายสัตว์และซากสัตว์ทางอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ (e - movement system) ล่วงหน้าไม่น้อยกว่า 7 วันทำการ”

  3. Official stamp

    DLD health certificate at the animal quarantine station of your departure port

    Before your pet leaves, take it to the animal quarantine station at the port you leave from (or another place DLD approves or the station's vet chooses). The vet there examines it and, as your destination requires, may hold it for observation, take samples for the lab, vaccinate or treat it, or mark it; then DLD signs the health certificate. There is no fee. Stations are open Monday to Friday, 08:30 to 16:30, except public holidays.

    Details and the official words

    “ก่อนดำเนินการส่งออกไปนอกราชอาณาจักรซึ่งสัตว์หรือซากสัตว์ ให้ผู้รับใบอนุญาตนำสัตว์หรือซากสัตว์ไปยังสถานกักกันสัตว์หรือที่พักซากสัตว์ของท่าออก หรือสถานกักกันสัตว์หรือที่พักซากสัตว์ที่กรมปศุสัตว์รับรอง หรือสถานที่ที่สัตวแพทย์ประจำท่าออกเห็นสมควร”

    “กรณีสัตว์มีชีวิต ระยะเวลาการกักสัตว์ ดูอาการ และ/หรือการเก็บตัวอย่างทางห้องปฏิบัติการ และ/หรือการทำวัคซีน และ/หรือการทำลายเชื้อโรคหรือพาหะนำโรค และ/หรือการทำเครื่องหมายประจำตัวสัตว์ ตามเงื่อนไขของประเทศปลายทางกำหนด”

    “ไม่มีค่าธรรมเนียม”

    “เปิดให้บริการวัน จันทร์ ถึง วัน ศุกร์ (ยกเว้นวันหยุดที่ทางราชการกำหนด) ตั้งแต่เวลา 08:30 - 16:30 น.”

From the rule file

When each step happens

The timing rules for each step, in plain words. The planner turns them into dates for your flight.

  • Apply to DLD in the e-Movement system

    • At least 5 days before departure

Worked out from the rules

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

How each destination we cover treats pets from Thailand, 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
Up to a month · 25Bahrain, Canada, China, Costa Rica…BahrainEntry fees: 5 BHDAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 5 daysCanadaCountry not on Canada’s rabies-free listAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 5 daysChinaunder reviewNon-designated country or regionAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 5 daysCosta RicaAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 5 daysIndonesiaunder reviewEntry fees: 25,000 IDRAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 5 daysMexicoAny other countryAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 5 daysPeruEntry fees: 98.60 PENAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 5 daysSouth KoreaCountry not on South Korea’s rabies-free listAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 5 daysVietnamAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 5 daysEcuadorAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 2 weeksMalaysiaNon-scheduled countryEntry fees: 40 MYRAlready vaccinated: 2 weeksNothing done yet: 2 weeksSaudi ArabiaAlready vaccinated: 2 weeksNothing done yet: 2 weeksArgentinaAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 3 weeksBrazilAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 3 weeksChileAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 3 weeksColombiaEntry fees: 78,200 COPAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 3 weeksUnited Arab EmiratesCountry not on the UAE’s low-risk listEntry fees: 700 AEDAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 3 weeksUruguayAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 3 weeksPhilippinesunder reviewAlready vaccinated: 2 weeksNothing done yet: 4 weeksDominican RepublicAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 4 weeksMoroccounder reviewAny other countryAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 4 weeksPanamaEntry fees: 65 USDAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 4 weeksQatarAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 4 weeksSouth Africaunder reviewCountry whose dogs are quarantinedEntry fees: 230 ZARAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 4 weeksIndiaEntry fees: 1,000 INRAlready vaccinated: 9 daysNothing done yet: 4 weeks
1 to 3 months · 4Israel, United States, Hawaii (US), TaiwanIsraelunder reviewAlready vaccinated: 5 daysNothing done yet: 5 weeksUnited StatesCountry at high risk for dog rabiesAlready vaccinated: 4 weeksNothing done yet: 8 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 · 11Singapore, European Union, Hong Kong SAR China, Iceland…SingaporeSchedule III countryEntry fees: 50 SGDAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 monthsEuropean UnionUnlisted countryAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 monthsHong Kong SAR ChinaGroup IIIA placeEntry fees: 432 HKDAlready 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 monthsNorthern Ireland (UK)Unlisted countryAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 monthsNorwayUnlisted third countryAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 monthsSerbiaUnlisted countryAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 monthsSwitzerlandGroup 3 (rabies risk) countryEntry fees: 60 CHFAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 monthsTürkiyeAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 monthsUnited KingdomUnlisted countryAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 monthsOmanEntry fees: 20 OMRAlready vaccinated: about 4 monthsNothing done yet: about 4 months
More than 6 months · 2Kenya, JapanKenyaunder reviewAlready vaccinated: about 3 monthsNothing done yet: about 6 monthsJapanNon-designated regionAlready vaccinated: about 6 monthsNothing done yet: about 7 months
Not possible, or not covered yet · 5Australia, Bali (Indonesia), Egypt, Kuwait…AustraliaCountry Australia has not approvedAlready vaccinated: —Nothing done yet: Not possibleBali (Indonesia)Already vaccinated: —Nothing done yet: Not possibleEgyptunder reviewAlready vaccinated: —Nothing done yet: Not covered yetKuwaitunder reviewAlready vaccinated: —Nothing done yet: Not covered yetNew ZealandCountry New Zealand has not approvedAlready vaccinated: —Nothing done yet: Not possible

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 Thailand

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

Government fees when leaving Thailand

What vets and labs charge Not official figures

We have no published vet or lab prices for Thailand 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.

Notes

Good to know

  • DLD issues the certificate following your destination's conditions, so bring what your destination asks for: its import permit (if it issues one), its own certificate forms (for example an EU annex or a veterinary certificate) and the lab reports its conditions require.

Where this comes from

Official sources

Department of Livestock Development, DLD (Thailand)

Last checked 2026-10-13. Next re-check due by 2026-11-12.

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Questions owners ask

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

On the Thailand side: microchip (or tattoo) matching the documents, apply to DLD in the e-Movement system and DLD health certificate at the animal quarantine station of your departure port. The destination’s own requirements come on top; the route pages combine both.

Who signs the export paperwork in Thailand?

Apply for the health certificate online in DLD's e-Movement system (https://newemove.dld.go.th/req/), attaching the documents there or emailing…

How early should I start when leaving Thailand?

It depends on where you go. For a dog with nothing done yet, the official waiting periods allow Bahrain, Canada and Costa Rica in 5 days, 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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