Requirement
Where your pet may enter for pet travel: what it is and who requires it
Designated airports, ports and routes. What a where your pet may enter is, why authorities require it, and the exact requirement in every country we cover, quoted from the official source.
Updated 2026-10-12
Some countries only allow pets to enter through designated airports or border posts, where the veterinary checks happen. In others, how you travel (the route and carrier) is part of the rules.
What to watch for
- Choose your flight to land at a designated point. Landing elsewhere can mean your pet is refused entry or has to be moved at your cost.
Who requires it, and exactly how
Each entry below is taken from the country’s rule file and links to the page it comes from. Where a rule only applies to some pets or origins, the condition is shown.
- Leaving
Leave through a designated port
For every pet
The law names Doha Sea Port, Doha International Airport and Abou Samara land port as the ports animals may leave through (the minister may add others).
“except through the following ports: 1- Doha Sea Port; 2- Doha International Airport; 3- Abou Samara land port;”
- Entering
Enter through one of six ports
For every pet
Pets can enter India through Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore or Hyderabad. After arrival you bring your pet and the original health documents to the quarantine station.
“Pet animals can enter India through the ports of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad.”
- Entering
Enter through a designated port
For every pet
The law names Doha Sea Port, Doha International Airport and Abou Samara land port as the ports animals may enter through (the minister may add others). The government's pets page describes pets arriving at Hamad International Airport, where they are kept in a special facility until customs clearance is complete.
“except through the following ports: 1- Doha Sea Port; 2- Doha International Airport; 3- Abou Samara land port;”
- Entering
Reservation at a CDC-registered animal care facility
Your pet is a dog and your pet has been in a place in the group “High-risk for dog rabies” in the last 6 months and it is not true that your pet was vaccinated in United States
Book the CDC-registered animal care facility before travel and fly into the airport where it is located. The facility examines and revaccinates your dog on arrival.
“must have a reservation at a CDC-registered animal care facility before entering the U.S.”
- Entering
Use an approved travel route
It is not true that (the country you travel from is in the group: No pet travel document needed (Northern Ireland, Channel Islands, Isle of Man), or you travel from Ireland)
Book an airline, ferry or rail route that is approved for pet travel into Great Britain.
“Check your route is approved for pet travel.”
- Entering
Enter through Oslo Airport or Storskog
The country you travel from is in the group: Listed third country — no titer; enter through Oslo Airport or Storskog, Australia and Malaysia — listed, plus extra certificate requirements (Hendra / Nipah virus), Any other third country — rabies antibody titer test needed or Svalbard — treated as a third country (titer needed); extra entry points
Your pet must enter Norway through Oslo Airport (Gardermoen) or Storskog (Kirkenes), where you contact Mattilsynet and show the pet and its documents. Pets from Svalbard can also use Tromsø (airport and port) or the port of Bodø.
“Animals from other third countries or territories must be brought into Norway only through Oslo Airport or Storskog.”
- Entering
Entry check at an approved entry point
It is not true that the country you travel from is in the group: Group 1: EU member states and other European states and territories using approved pet passports (free of urban rabies)
Coming from outside Europe, your pet must have an entry check: fly into Basel, Geneva or Zurich (in the cabin or as excess baggage) and take the red customs exit with your pet and its documents.
“An entry control must always be carried out. You must present the animal at the red customs exit.”
- Entering
Enter through a travellers' point of entry
It is not true that the country you travel from is in the group: Annex I of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/636 — no titer test, pet passports accepted, no travellers' point of entry
Arrive through a travellers' point of entry designated by the EU country, and contact the authority there for the document and identity check.
“must pass through a travellers' point of entry designated by each EU country”