Pet travel route
Dog or cat from Belgium to Taiwan: official requirements
Possible. With nothing done yet, start at least about 3 months ahead for a dog. The main steps: microchip, rabies vaccination (over 90 days old) and rabies vaccination 30 days to 1 year before arrival and 4 more.
Rules checked up to 13 October 2026From 15 official pages
In short
- Dogs and cats differ on this route: choose Dog or Cat to see just yours.
- Taiwan puts Belgium in the group “Country not on Taiwan’s rabies-free list”, which decides part of the rules.
- On this route: rabies blood test needed, import permit needed and quarantine on arrival.
Limited official guidance. The authority for leaving Belgium publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. AFSCA's page gives no deadline, fee or booking route for the certificate. Ask your local control unit (ULC) early.
At a glance
How early to start (dogs)
about 3 months
whether or not your pet is already microchipped and vaccinated
Set by: Rabies blood test (at least 0.5 IU/ml) (blood sampled at least 90 days before importation)
The least time the official waiting periods allow. Vet, lab and paperwork appointments come on top.
On this route (dogs)
- Rabies blood test needed
- Import permit needed
- Quarantine on arrival
How early to start (cats)
about 3 months
whether or not your pet is already microchipped and vaccinated
Set by: Rabies blood test (at least 0.5 IU/ml) (blood sampled at least 90 days before importation)
The least time the official waiting periods allow. Vet, lab and paperwork appointments come on top.
On this route (cats)
- Rabies blood test needed
- Import permit needed
- Quarantine on arrival
Which rules apply to you
Taiwan puts Belgium in the group “Country not on Taiwan’s rabies-free list”. See every group
Official name: Not listed as rabies-free — rabies blood test, import permit with a quarantine booking, normally 7 days' post-entry quarantine
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What your pet needs
In the order you do them. Each step says whether Belgium (leaving) or Taiwan (entering) asks for it.
Dogs
Get ready
IdentificationEntering Taiwan
Microchip
Your pet must be microchipped. The microchip number must be on the vaccination certificate and the export certificate, and match the chip in your pet.
Details and the official words
If this is missed: A pet without a microchip, or whose chip number is missing from the export certificate or doesn't match, is sent back, destroyed or put in post-entry quarantine (chipped, vaccinated, blood-tested and held 97 days after a passing blood sample).
“Implanted with a microchip; and”
“Implanted with a microchip.”
“will be returned to sender, euthanized and destroyed, or sent to a post-entry quarantine facility if it falls in any of the following circumstances”
VaccinationEntering Taiwan
Rabies vaccination (over 90 days old)
Your pet must be vaccinated against rabies with an inactivated vaccine (or one licensed in Taiwan) when it is over 90 days old.
Details and the official words
“Vaccinated with one of the following vaccine against rabies within 30 days to one year prior to importation, and the dog/cat shall be over 90 days of age at vaccination.”
“The inactivated vaccine.”
VaccinationEntering Taiwan
Rabies vaccination 30 days to 1 year before arrival
Taiwan needs a rabies vaccination given between 1 year and 30 days before your pet arrives. If your pet's last shot will be more than a year old on arrival, give a booster at least 30 days before arrival. The vet's vaccination certificate (Chinese or English) must show the species, sex, age, microchip number, vaccination date and the vaccine's name and maker (or say it is inactivated).
Details and the official words
Add the date of your pet's most recent rabies shot to check this.
If this is missed: If the export certificate doesn't show a vaccination that meets these rules, the pet is vaccinated and held in post-entry quarantine for 30 days after the vaccination.
“Vaccinated with one of the following vaccines against rabies within 30 days to one year prior to importation”
“the animal’s species, sex, age, microchip number, vaccination date, name of the vaccine and manufacturer (or state “the vaccine is inactivated”)”
“the dog/cat shall complete vaccination with vaccine against rabies pursuant to Article 4.2, and be detained in quarantine for 30 days after the vaccination.”
Blood testEntering Taiwan
Rabies blood test (at least 0.5 IU/ml)
Because your pet comes from (or has stayed in) a place that isn't on Taiwan's rabies-free list, it needs a passing rabies antibody test (at least 0.5 IU/ml at a WOAH reference laboratory or a laboratory designated by Taiwan) on a blood sample taken 90 days to 1 year before arrival. A later sample taken 90 days to 1 year after an earlier passing one also counts if it is within the year before arrival.
Details and the official words
The rule doesn't say how long after the vaccination the sample must be taken for a pet tested abroad. When APHIA tests a pet in quarantine, it samples more than 30 days after the vaccination.
If this is missed: A pet whose passing sample doesn't fit these dates, or that has no passing result, can still be imported but stays in post-entry quarantine until 97 days after the blood sample (or is sampled in quarantine and held 97 days after a passing sample).
“Passing the rabies test with the blood sampled during any of the following periods:”
“Within 90 days to one year prior to importation;”
“Within 90 days to one year subsequent to the previous blood sampling that passed the rabies test, and within one year prior to importation”
“A dog/cat whose rabies neutralizing antibody titer level is at least 0.5 IU/ml”
“be detained in post-entry quarantine facility for 97 days after the date of blood sampling”
PermitEntering Taiwan
Import quarantine permit
Apply online (pet-epermit.aphia.gov.tw), or to APHIA's office at your port of entry, for an import quarantine permit, and reserve a place at the post-entry quarantine facility, at least 20 days before your pet arrives (if your pet is leaving Taiwan to come back, before it leaves). Check the quarantine places available on the online system before applying. Send copies of your ID document (passport for foreigners), the rabies vaccination certificate and the passing blood test report. You can change the entry date or port once, at least 10 days before the new date.
Details and the official words
“prior to import, importers or their agents shall apply for the issuance of import quarantine permits from the import/export animal quarantine authority”
“shall submit an application for the import quarantine permit to the import/export animal quarantine authority stationed at the port of entry at least 20 days prior to entering or before exiting the importing country for subsequent re-entry”
“make reservation for a space at post-entry quarantine facility or arrange relevant procedure at least 20 days”
“This submission shall occur at least 10 days prior to the new entry date.”
“Online Application System for Dog/Cat Import Permit： https://pet-epermit.aphia.gov.tw/”
“請於犬貓輸入至少20日前，至本署「輸入犬貓檢疫資訊網」（https://pet-epermit.aphia.gov.tw/）申請「輸入檢疫同意文件」。”
“請於申請「輸入檢疫同意文件」前，先至「犬貓輸入檢疫資訊網」之「輸入犬貓隔離籠位管理及查詢」查詢隔離籠位最新預約狀況。”
“外籍人士請檢附護照 Passport is required for foreigners”
“Application for such a change can only be requested once.”
In the days before you travel
PaperworkBelgium and Taiwan
Export veterinary certificate from the exporting country's quarantine authority
Your pet must travel with an original veterinary certificate (English or Chinese) issued by the animal quarantine authority of the country it leaves, showing its species, number, sex, age and microchip number, the exporting country and the exporter's name, that it shows no clinical signs of rabies, its rabies vaccination date and vaccine, and that it passed the rabies blood test (sample date and laboratory), unless you attach the original test report.
Details and the official words
From a rabies-free place, the certificate must also say your pet has been kept there for the 180 days before export, or since birth.
Taiwan's rule sets no validity period for this certificate. Ask APHIA how recent it must be.
APHIA publishes specimen certificates the exporting country can use: Form 001 (rabies-free places) and Form 002 (other places).
Health certificate checked and certified by AFSCA (local control unit): In most cases the destination requires a health certificate for your pet. AFSCA's website lists the procedure and the types of certificate. Your local control unit (ULC) has to be able to check that the certification is possible.
AFSCA's page gives no deadline for how recent the certificate must be: the destination's rules decide.
If this is missed: Without the original certificate, or if it lacks the required statements, the pet is sent back, destroyed or held in post-entry quarantine.
“shall be accompanied by an original veterinary certificate issued by the veterinarians of the animal quarantine authority of the exporting country”
“shall be accompanied by an original veterinary certificate issued by the animal quarantine authority of the exporting country”
“That the animal shows no clinical signs of rabies upon inspection;”
“That the animal has been kept for 180 days prior to export or since birth in the rabies-free country (zone).”
“That the dog/cat has passed the rabies test, the date of blood sampling, and the name of the test laboratory.”
“APHIA Form 002: from rabies-infected countries (zones) to Taiwan”
“Dans la majorité des cas, un certificat sanitaire est exigé par le pays de destination pour que votre animal puisse vous accompagner dans ce pays.”
“L’Unité locale de Contrôle (ULC) doit pouvoir contrôler que la certification sera possible.”
PaperworkLeaving Belgium
Bring proof of the destination's conditions to your local control unit
If the destination has its own conditions, or conditions AFSCA hasn't published, bring official proof that the destination's authority asked for them (with a sworn translation if needed) to your local AFSCA control unit (ULC) beforehand, not on the day of certification, so it can check that certification will be possible. Start preparing early.
Details and the official words
“vous devez présenter une preuve officielle attestant que ces conditions ont bien été exigées par l’autorité du pays de destination”
“Les conditions imposées par le pays de destination doivent être présentées au préalable”
Travel day and arrival
On arrivalEntering Taiwan
Quarantine inspection on arrival
When your pet arrives, give APHIA's office at the port a copy of the import permit, the original export certificate and a copy of the air waybill, bill of lading or customs declaration. APHIA issues the import certificate once the documents are in order and your pet shows no signs of notifiable diseases.
Details and the official words
“Photocopy of the import quarantine permit;”
“The original export veterinary certificate, and”
“Photocopy of the bill of lading, airway bill or customs declaration.”
QuarantineEntering Taiwan
7 days' post-entry quarantine
From a place that isn't rabies-free, your pet is taken from the port to the post-entry quarantine facility and stays there for 7 days, at your cost, before the import certificate is issued (see the warning about waiving it). Pets arriving at Taoyuan, Songshan, Taichung or Taipei Port go to APHIA's Guanyin quarantine station; pets arriving at Kaohsiung go to the veterinary teaching hospital of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology.
Details and the official words
“shows no suspicious clinical signs of notifiable animal infectious diseases after being detained for 7 days in a post-entry quarantine facility”
“A dog/cat subject to post-entry quarantine shall be upon arrival at the port of entry escorted to the designated post-entry quarantine facility by the import/export animal quarantine authority.”
“Guanyin Inspection Station (For entry via Taiwan Taoyuan Airport (TPE), Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA), Taipei Port (TWTPE), or Taichung (RMQ) Airport only)”
“National Pingtung University of Science and Technology Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (For entry via Kaohsiung Airport (KHH) only)”
“自狂犬病疫區輸入犬貓應於輸入後隔離檢疫7日”
Good to know
- The 7-day quarantine can be waived (ask for it when you apply for the permit) if the passing blood sample was taken 180 days to 1 year before arrival (or within 180 days, when it was taken 180 days to 1 year after an earlier passing sample), and either you apply at least 120 days before entering, or, applying at least 20 days before, the result can be looked up on the laboratory's website, or the laboratory emails a copy of the report, or the exporting country's quarantine authority emails a copy of the test declaration, to APHIA (rabiesreport@aphia.gov.tw).
- You pay all costs of detention, transport, check-ups and quarantine (feeding, care, tests, microchip, vaccination), and of sending the pet back or destroying it if it doesn't meet the rules.
- Quarantine costs (2026): at APHIA's facilities the holding fee for a dog or cat is NT$860 a day plus a NT$605 testing fee, with extra charges if a rabies vaccination (NT$140), microchip (NT$300) or parasite treatment is needed; other quarantine premises charge their own fees. APHIA's transport from the airport to the Guanyin quarantine station costs NT$1,480 per animal from Taoyuan (NT$1,980 on holidays) and NT$2,500 from Songshan (NT$3,500); from Taipei Port, Taichung or Kaohsiung you arrange the transport yourself.
- Pets enter through Taipei Songshan (TSA), Taoyuan (TPE), Taichung (RMQ) or Kaohsiung (KHH) airports, or Taipei Port; you choose the port on the permit application. Avoid arriving on weekends or public holidays: APHIA can't escort or receive pets then. The Guanyin quarantine station receives animals on working days from 9:00 to 11:30 and 13:30 to 16:00.
- Taiwan has banned importing Pit Bull Terriers (American Pit Bull Terriers and American Staffordshire Terriers) since 1 March 2022. A dog of these breeds already kept on or before 28 February 2022 can be imported only after the animal protection authority has confirmed it.
- To travel outside the EU, the destination country's conditions apply. For some countries AFSCA publishes them; for others you must ask the embassy or the regional export-promotion organisations. It is your responsibility that the destination accepts your pet.
- AFSCA recommends a European passport, a microchip and a valid rabies vaccination. For a limited number of countries the rabies vaccination is not required, but AFSCA still advises it because it is needed to come back to the EU. Many non-EU countries count a vaccine as valid for one year, so check its date before you leave.
- Even after a short stay in a non-EU country, your pet has to meet the rules for entering Belgium from outside the EU when it comes back. Where a blood test is needed, the conditions are relaxed if you do it before you leave.
- Planning to bring your pet back to the EU? After a short stay in a non-EU country you can skip the 3-month wait after the rabies blood test, but only if, before you leave the EU, your pet was vaccinated against rabies, passed a successful titer test, and your vet recorded both in its EU pet passport. So do the blood test before you go.
Cats
Get ready
IdentificationEntering Taiwan
Microchip
Your pet must be microchipped. The microchip number must be on the vaccination certificate and the export certificate, and match the chip in your pet.
Details and the official words
If this is missed: A pet without a microchip, or whose chip number is missing from the export certificate or doesn't match, is sent back, destroyed or put in post-entry quarantine (chipped, vaccinated, blood-tested and held 97 days after a passing blood sample).
“Implanted with a microchip; and”
“Implanted with a microchip.”
“will be returned to sender, euthanized and destroyed, or sent to a post-entry quarantine facility if it falls in any of the following circumstances”
VaccinationEntering Taiwan
Rabies vaccination (over 90 days old)
Your pet must be vaccinated against rabies with an inactivated vaccine (or one licensed in Taiwan) when it is over 90 days old.
Details and the official words
“Vaccinated with one of the following vaccine against rabies within 30 days to one year prior to importation, and the dog/cat shall be over 90 days of age at vaccination.”
“The inactivated vaccine.”
VaccinationEntering Taiwan
Rabies vaccination 30 days to 1 year before arrival
Taiwan needs a rabies vaccination given between 1 year and 30 days before your pet arrives. If your pet's last shot will be more than a year old on arrival, give a booster at least 30 days before arrival. The vet's vaccination certificate (Chinese or English) must show the species, sex, age, microchip number, vaccination date and the vaccine's name and maker (or say it is inactivated).
Details and the official words
Add the date of your pet's most recent rabies shot to check this.
If this is missed: If the export certificate doesn't show a vaccination that meets these rules, the pet is vaccinated and held in post-entry quarantine for 30 days after the vaccination.
“Vaccinated with one of the following vaccines against rabies within 30 days to one year prior to importation”
“the animal’s species, sex, age, microchip number, vaccination date, name of the vaccine and manufacturer (or state “the vaccine is inactivated”)”
“the dog/cat shall complete vaccination with vaccine against rabies pursuant to Article 4.2, and be detained in quarantine for 30 days after the vaccination.”
Blood testEntering Taiwan
Rabies blood test (at least 0.5 IU/ml)
Because your pet comes from (or has stayed in) a place that isn't on Taiwan's rabies-free list, it needs a passing rabies antibody test (at least 0.5 IU/ml at a WOAH reference laboratory or a laboratory designated by Taiwan) on a blood sample taken 90 days to 1 year before arrival. A later sample taken 90 days to 1 year after an earlier passing one also counts if it is within the year before arrival.
Details and the official words
The rule doesn't say how long after the vaccination the sample must be taken for a pet tested abroad. When APHIA tests a pet in quarantine, it samples more than 30 days after the vaccination.
If this is missed: A pet whose passing sample doesn't fit these dates, or that has no passing result, can still be imported but stays in post-entry quarantine until 97 days after the blood sample (or is sampled in quarantine and held 97 days after a passing sample).
“Passing the rabies test with the blood sampled during any of the following periods:”
“Within 90 days to one year prior to importation;”
“Within 90 days to one year subsequent to the previous blood sampling that passed the rabies test, and within one year prior to importation”
“A dog/cat whose rabies neutralizing antibody titer level is at least 0.5 IU/ml”
“be detained in post-entry quarantine facility for 97 days after the date of blood sampling”
PermitEntering Taiwan
Import quarantine permit
Apply online (pet-epermit.aphia.gov.tw), or to APHIA's office at your port of entry, for an import quarantine permit, and reserve a place at the post-entry quarantine facility, at least 20 days before your pet arrives (if your pet is leaving Taiwan to come back, before it leaves). Check the quarantine places available on the online system before applying. Send copies of your ID document (passport for foreigners), the rabies vaccination certificate and the passing blood test report. You can change the entry date or port once, at least 10 days before the new date.
Details and the official words
“prior to import, importers or their agents shall apply for the issuance of import quarantine permits from the import/export animal quarantine authority”
“shall submit an application for the import quarantine permit to the import/export animal quarantine authority stationed at the port of entry at least 20 days prior to entering or before exiting the importing country for subsequent re-entry”
“make reservation for a space at post-entry quarantine facility or arrange relevant procedure at least 20 days”
“This submission shall occur at least 10 days prior to the new entry date.”
“Online Application System for Dog/Cat Import Permit： https://pet-epermit.aphia.gov.tw/”
“請於犬貓輸入至少20日前，至本署「輸入犬貓檢疫資訊網」（https://pet-epermit.aphia.gov.tw/）申請「輸入檢疫同意文件」。”
“請於申請「輸入檢疫同意文件」前，先至「犬貓輸入檢疫資訊網」之「輸入犬貓隔離籠位管理及查詢」查詢隔離籠位最新預約狀況。”
“外籍人士請檢附護照 Passport is required for foreigners”
“Application for such a change can only be requested once.”
In the days before you travel
PaperworkBelgium and Taiwan
Export veterinary certificate from the exporting country's quarantine authority
Your pet must travel with an original veterinary certificate (English or Chinese) issued by the animal quarantine authority of the country it leaves, showing its species, number, sex, age and microchip number, the exporting country and the exporter's name, that it shows no clinical signs of rabies, its rabies vaccination date and vaccine, and that it passed the rabies blood test (sample date and laboratory), unless you attach the original test report.
Details and the official words
From a rabies-free place, the certificate must also say your pet has been kept there for the 180 days before export, or since birth.
Taiwan's rule sets no validity period for this certificate. Ask APHIA how recent it must be.
APHIA publishes specimen certificates the exporting country can use: Form 001 (rabies-free places) and Form 002 (other places).
Health certificate checked and certified by AFSCA (local control unit): In most cases the destination requires a health certificate for your pet. AFSCA's website lists the procedure and the types of certificate. Your local control unit (ULC) has to be able to check that the certification is possible.
AFSCA's page gives no deadline for how recent the certificate must be: the destination's rules decide.
If this is missed: Without the original certificate, or if it lacks the required statements, the pet is sent back, destroyed or held in post-entry quarantine.
“shall be accompanied by an original veterinary certificate issued by the veterinarians of the animal quarantine authority of the exporting country”
“shall be accompanied by an original veterinary certificate issued by the animal quarantine authority of the exporting country”
“That the animal shows no clinical signs of rabies upon inspection;”
“That the animal has been kept for 180 days prior to export or since birth in the rabies-free country (zone).”
“That the dog/cat has passed the rabies test, the date of blood sampling, and the name of the test laboratory.”
“APHIA Form 002: from rabies-infected countries (zones) to Taiwan”
“Dans la majorité des cas, un certificat sanitaire est exigé par le pays de destination pour que votre animal puisse vous accompagner dans ce pays.”
“L’Unité locale de Contrôle (ULC) doit pouvoir contrôler que la certification sera possible.”
PaperworkLeaving Belgium
Bring proof of the destination's conditions to your local control unit
If the destination has its own conditions, or conditions AFSCA hasn't published, bring official proof that the destination's authority asked for them (with a sworn translation if needed) to your local AFSCA control unit (ULC) beforehand, not on the day of certification, so it can check that certification will be possible. Start preparing early.
Details and the official words
“vous devez présenter une preuve officielle attestant que ces conditions ont bien été exigées par l’autorité du pays de destination”
“Les conditions imposées par le pays de destination doivent être présentées au préalable”
Travel day and arrival
On arrivalEntering Taiwan
Quarantine inspection on arrival
When your pet arrives, give APHIA's office at the port a copy of the import permit, the original export certificate and a copy of the air waybill, bill of lading or customs declaration. APHIA issues the import certificate once the documents are in order and your pet shows no signs of notifiable diseases.
Details and the official words
“Photocopy of the import quarantine permit;”
“The original export veterinary certificate, and”
“Photocopy of the bill of lading, airway bill or customs declaration.”
QuarantineEntering Taiwan
7 days' post-entry quarantine
From a place that isn't rabies-free, your pet is taken from the port to the post-entry quarantine facility and stays there for 7 days, at your cost, before the import certificate is issued (see the warning about waiving it). Pets arriving at Taoyuan, Songshan, Taichung or Taipei Port go to APHIA's Guanyin quarantine station; pets arriving at Kaohsiung go to the veterinary teaching hospital of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology.
Details and the official words
“shows no suspicious clinical signs of notifiable animal infectious diseases after being detained for 7 days in a post-entry quarantine facility”
“A dog/cat subject to post-entry quarantine shall be upon arrival at the port of entry escorted to the designated post-entry quarantine facility by the import/export animal quarantine authority.”
“Guanyin Inspection Station (For entry via Taiwan Taoyuan Airport (TPE), Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA), Taipei Port (TWTPE), or Taichung (RMQ) Airport only)”
“National Pingtung University of Science and Technology Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (For entry via Kaohsiung Airport (KHH) only)”
“自狂犬病疫區輸入犬貓應於輸入後隔離檢疫7日”
Good to know
- The 7-day quarantine can be waived (ask for it when you apply for the permit) if the passing blood sample was taken 180 days to 1 year before arrival (or within 180 days, when it was taken 180 days to 1 year after an earlier passing sample), and either you apply at least 120 days before entering, or, applying at least 20 days before, the result can be looked up on the laboratory's website, or the laboratory emails a copy of the report, or the exporting country's quarantine authority emails a copy of the test declaration, to APHIA (rabiesreport@aphia.gov.tw).
- You pay all costs of detention, transport, check-ups and quarantine (feeding, care, tests, microchip, vaccination), and of sending the pet back or destroying it if it doesn't meet the rules.
- Quarantine costs (2026): at APHIA's facilities the holding fee for a dog or cat is NT$860 a day plus a NT$605 testing fee, with extra charges if a rabies vaccination (NT$140), microchip (NT$300) or parasite treatment is needed; other quarantine premises charge their own fees. APHIA's transport from the airport to the Guanyin quarantine station costs NT$1,480 per animal from Taoyuan (NT$1,980 on holidays) and NT$2,500 from Songshan (NT$3,500); from Taipei Port, Taichung or Kaohsiung you arrange the transport yourself.
- Pets enter through Taipei Songshan (TSA), Taoyuan (TPE), Taichung (RMQ) or Kaohsiung (KHH) airports, or Taipei Port; you choose the port on the permit application. Avoid arriving on weekends or public holidays: APHIA can't escort or receive pets then. The Guanyin quarantine station receives animals on working days from 9:00 to 11:30 and 13:30 to 16:00.
- To travel outside the EU, the destination country's conditions apply. For some countries AFSCA publishes them; for others you must ask the embassy or the regional export-promotion organisations. It is your responsibility that the destination accepts your pet.
- AFSCA recommends a European passport, a microchip and a valid rabies vaccination. For a limited number of countries the rabies vaccination is not required, but AFSCA still advises it because it is needed to come back to the EU. Many non-EU countries count a vaccine as valid for one year, so check its date before you leave.
- Even after a short stay in a non-EU country, your pet has to meet the rules for entering Belgium from outside the EU when it comes back. Where a blood test is needed, the conditions are relaxed if you do it before you leave.
- Planning to bring your pet back to the EU? After a short stay in a non-EU country you can skip the 3-month wait after the rabies blood test, but only if, before you leave the EU, your pet was vaccinated against rabies, passed a successful titer test, and your vet recorded both in its EU pet passport. So do the blood test before you go.
Money
What it costs
Government fees exactly as the official pages state them, and what vets and labs in Belgium publish for the steps above. The two are never added together.
Government fees on this route
No fee applies to every trip; these may, depending on your case
Quarantine station holdingEntering Taiwan · 860 TWD for each extra pet860 TWD
Per pet per day, if your pet is held for quarantine.
“(一) 犬、貓 八百六十元 六百零五元”
動植物檢疫規費收費實施辦法 附表一 動物繫留費收費基準 · as of 2025-11-14
Quarantine testingEntering Taiwan · 605 TWD for each extra pet605 TWD
Per test per pet, if your pet is held for quarantine.
“(一) 犬、貓 八百六十元 六百零五元”
動植物檢疫規費收費實施辦法 附表一 動物繫留費收費基準 · as of 2025-11-14
Quarantine officer’s visitEntering Taiwan500 TWD
Per officer per visit, when an officer is sent to inspect (e.g. isolation at another approved place).
“依下列規定計收臨場費： 一、每人每次五百元。”
動植物檢疫規費收費實施辦法 · as of 2025-11-14
What vets and labs charge Not official figures
Rabies blood test: the lab’s own pricean approved laboratory; your vet adds the blood draw and the courier · for: rabies blood test (at least 0.5 IU/ml)Prices from 8 countries
Austria: 1 published price
- AGES (Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety), Institute for Veterinary Investigations Mödling: Lab price for the rabies antibody titre test for pets (EU-recognised lab), samples sent from EU countries, 20% VAT included; transport to the lab paid by the sender97.26 EUR · per sample · read 2026-10-13
France: 2 published prices
- Laboratoire départemental de la Haute-Garonne (LD31 EVA): Lab price for the FAVN (WOAH/OMSA method) rabies antibody test, VAT included, price guaranteed until 31/12/2026 (from the lab's order form)99 EUR · per test · read 2026-10-13
- Inovalys (laboratory): Lab price only: rabies antibody titration (COFRAC accredited), ordered online by the owner; the page says the blood sample is taken by your vet and sending it to the lab is the owner's responsibility (no amounts given for those)99.18 EUR · per test · read 2026-10-13
the United Kingdom: 2 published prices
- Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Weybridge: Lab price for the FAVN rabies antibody test for dogs and cats for pet travel (test code TC0712), single sample, excluding VAT72.30 GBP · per test · read 2026-10-13
- Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Weybridge: Lab price for the FAVN rabies antibody test for dogs and cats, extended method (test code TC0570), single sample, excluding VAT106 GBP · per test · read 2026-10-13
Japan: 1 published price
- Research Institute for Animal Science in Biochemistry and Toxicology (RIAS, 一般財団法人生物科学安全研究所): Lab fee only: rabies antibody test at RIAS (a MAFF-designated lab), tax included, paid in advance by bank transfer; vet's blood draw and shipping not included15,000 JPY · per sample · read 2026-10-13
Poland: 1 published price
- National Veterinary Research Institute (PIWet-PIB), Puławy: Lab price for the FAVN rabies antibody test, standard service (max 21 calendar days), electronic report only, gross (VAT included)280 PLN · per test · read 2026-10-13
Sweden: 1 published price
- Swedish Veterinary Agency (SVA): Lab price for the FAVN rabies vaccination-check antibody test (article D142410), excluding VAT (exkl. moms)1,365 SEK · per test · read 2026-10-13
the United States: 1 published price
- University of Missouri Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory: Lab price for the FAVN rabies antibody test for pet travel/export (University of Missouri VMDL One Health-Rabies Laboratory); shipping not stated79 USD · per test · read 2026-10-13
South Africa: 1 published price
- Agricultural Research Council – Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (ARC-OVR): Lab price for the rabies neutralization (antibody) test per clear serum sample, VAT included; the price list does not name FAVN or RFFIT (ARC-Onderstepoort diagnostic price list, PDF created May 2026)2,030 ZAR · per clear serum sample · read 2026-10-13
No published prices yet for Belgium: microchip, rabies vaccination, health certificate (vet’s fee).
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.
Round trip
Coming back to Belgium
Nothing for the trip back has to happen before your pet leaves Belgium.
The trip back asks for 5 steps: microchip, rabies vaccination, EU animal health certificate and non-commercial declaration and more.
Nearby routes
Other routes
Where this comes from
Official sources
- Regulations for the Importation of Objects Subject to Animal Quarantine (English, amended 8 Oct 2025)
- Attachment 6: Quarantine Requirements for the Importation of Dogs and Cats (English, amended 27 Feb 2024)
- 動物傳染病非疫區及疫區之國家（地區） (countries free from animal infectious diseases, incl. rabies; announcement of 22 Sep 2026)
- Quarantine for Dogs & Cats (APHIA English page; Common Crawl CC-MAIN-2026-25 copy, captured 9 June 2026)
- 狂犬病疫區輸入 (importing dogs and cats from places not free from rabies, APHIA; Common Crawl CC-MAIN-2026-21 copy, captured 15 May 2026)
- Application Form for Dog/Cat Import Quarantine Permit (APHIA PDF, update 29 February 2024; Common Crawl CC-MAIN-2026-30 copy, captured 11 July 2026)
- 輸入檢疫隔離場所 / Quarantine premises for post-entry quarantine (APHIA; Common Crawl CC-MAIN-2026-25 copy, captured 11 June 2026)
- Arrival time for dogs/cats into the quarantine premise (APHIA PDF, update 1 August 2023; Common Crawl CC-MAIN-2025-43 copy, captured 12 October 2025)
- 2026 shipping fare for dogs, cats, ferrets and rabbits from the port of entry to the quarantine premise (APHIA, updated 1 January 2026; Common Crawl CC-MAIN-2026-25 copy, captured 14 June 2026)
- Ban on breeding and importing Pit Bull Terriers from 1 March 2022 (APHIA; Common Crawl CC-MAIN-2026-17 copy, captured 10 April 2026)
- Table 1 Animal Holding Fees Schedule, Regulations Governing Fees for Animal and Plant Quarantine (English, PDF)
- Pet travel from the United States to Taiwan (USDA APHIS, last modified 30 July 2025)
- Veterinary Certificate for the Export of Dog/Cat to Taiwan From the United States (USDA APHIS, version 20250228)
- En voyage avec des animaux de compagnie: Partir de Belgique (AFSCA)
- EU rules on travelling with pets and other animals in the EU (Your Europe)
Last checked against the official pages: 2026-10-13.
Questions owners ask
Does my dog or cat need a rabies blood test to go from Belgium to Taiwan?
Yes: Because your pet comes from (or has stayed in) a place that isn't on Taiwan's rabies-free list, it needs a passing rabies antibody test (at least 0.5 IU/ml at a WOAH reference laboratory or a laboratory designated by Taiwan) on a blood sample taken 90 days to 1 year before arrival.
Do I need an import permit to bring my dog or cat into Taiwan?
Yes: Apply online (pet-epermit.aphia.gov.tw), or to APHIA's office at your port of entry, for an import quarantine permit, and reserve a place at the post-entry quarantine facility, at least 20 days before your pet arrives (if your pet is leaving Taiwan to come back, before it leaves).
Will my dog or cat be quarantined in Taiwan?
It can be: From a place that isn't rabies-free, your pet is taken from the port to the post-entry quarantine facility and stays there for 7 days, at your cost, before the import certificate is issued (see the warning about waiving it).
How early should I start preparing my pet for Belgium to Taiwan?
With nothing done yet, start at least about 3 months ahead for a dog. The main steps: microchip, rabies vaccination (over 90 days old) and rabies vaccination 30 days to 1 year before arrival and 4 more.
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