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Dog or cat from France 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 3 more.

Rules checked up to 13 October 2026From 15 official pages

In short

Limited official guidance. The authority for leaving France publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. France's public-service page for trips outside Europe says only that your pet must be identified and vaccinated and that you should ask the destination's embassy. It does not describe the veterinary certificate or the official stamp, and the agriculture ministry's pages that do could not be read by our checks. Ask your DDPP (the departmental population-protection office) which certificate and stamp your destination needs.

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 France 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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France → Taiwan

What your pet needs

In the order you do them. Each step says whether France (leaving) or Taiwan (entering) asks for it.

Dogs

  1. Get ready

    1. 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”

    2. 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.”

    3. 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.”

    4. 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”

    5. 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.”

  2. In the days before you travel

    1. PaperworkEntering 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).

      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”

  3. Travel day and arrival

    1. 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.”

    2. 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 Europe with your pet, make sure it is identified and vaccinated.
  • Ask the embassy in France of the destination country about the entry conditions that apply to your pet. In some countries you must fill in a form on arrival or shortly after.
  • 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

  1. Get ready

    1. 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”

    2. 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.”

    3. 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.”

    4. 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”

    5. 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.”

  2. In the days before you travel

    1. PaperworkEntering 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).

      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”

  3. Travel day and arrival

    1. 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.”

    2. 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 Europe with your pet, make sure it is identified and vaccinated.
  • Ask the embassy in France of the destination country about the entry conditions that apply to your pet. In some countries you must fill in a form on arrival or shortly after.
  • 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 France 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

What vets and labs charge Not official figures

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

If you need them Not official figures

  • Travel cratea pet shop or the airline59.90 EUR
    • La Compagnie des Animaux: Trixie Skudo cage de transport spécial avion, size S-M, 48 × 51 × 68 cm, for animals up to 30 kg as the page states; page says it conforms to IATA standards for travel in the hold59.90 EUR · read 2026-10-13

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

Round trip

Coming back to France

Nothing for the trip back has to happen before your pet leaves France.

The trip back asks for 5 steps: microchip, rabies vaccination, EU animal health certificate and non-commercial declaration and more.

Every step from Taiwan to France

Nearby routes

Other routes

Where this comes from

Official sources

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 France 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 France 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 3 more.

Every rule here is quoted from the official page and checked word for word; not legal advice. How we verify · Report a mistake

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