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Dog or cat from Ireland to Serbia: official requirements

Possible. With nothing done yet, start at least 9 weeks ahead. The main steps: microchip, before the rabies vaccination, rabies vaccination at 12 weeks or older, 21 days before entry, government stamp and signature from your Regional Veterinary Office and contact your Regional Veterinary Office at least 2 months before you travel.

Rules checked up to 12 October 2026From 6 official pages

Make my dated plan Reverse: Serbia → Ireland

In short

At a glance

The rules on this route are the same for dogs and cats.

How early to start

9 weeks

whether or not your pet is already microchipped and vaccinated

Set by: Contact your Regional Veterinary Office at least 2 months before you travel (at least 2 months before travel (counted on the safe side))

The least time the official waiting periods allow. Vet, lab and paperwork appointments come on top.

On this route

  • No rabies blood test
  • No import permit
  • No quarantine
  • Official stamp on the certificate
  • Tell the authority in advance

Which rules apply to you

Serbia puts Ireland in the group “Annex 1 country (EU and pet-passport Europe)”. See every group

Official name: Annex 1: EU member states, Andorra, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino and the Vatican (pet passport, no titer)

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Ireland → Serbia

What your pet needs

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

  1. Get ready

    1. IdentificationEntering Serbia

      Microchip, before the rabies vaccination

      Your pet must be permanently identified with a microchip (or a clearly readable tattoo applied before 3 July 2011). The identification must come before any rabies vaccination (and any antibody test).

      Details and the official words

      “1) животиње треба да буду трајно обележене -микрочип;”

      “тетовираном пре 3. јула 2011. године, а то означавање мора претходити свакој вакцинацији”

    2. VaccinationEntering Serbia

      Rabies vaccination at 12 weeks or older, 21 days before entry

      Your pet must be vaccinated against rabies with an inactivated vaccine (at least one antigenic unit per dose, WHO standard) or a recombinant vaccine, given at 12 weeks of age or older. After a first vaccination, wait 21 days before entering Serbia. A booster given after the previous vaccination expired counts as a first vaccination.

      Details and the official words

      “2) да су кућни љубимци вакцинисани против беснила са најмање једном антигенском јединицом по дози (препорука Светске здравствене организације); или рекомбинована вакцина која изражава имунизујући гликопротеин вируса беснила у живом вирусном вектору и да је протекао 21 дан од дана вакцинације, у случају прве вакцинације против беснила;”

      “Период ваљаности вакцинације почиње успостављањем заштитног имунитета, које није краћи од 21 дан од примарне вакцинације”

      “were at least 12 weeks old at the time of vaccination against rabies”

      “Any revaccination must be considered a primary vaccination if it was not carried out within the period of validity of a previous vaccination.”

  2. In the days before you travel

    1. PaperworkEntering Serbia

      Pet passport (EU and listed European countries)

      From an EU country or Andorra, Switzerland, the Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino or the Vatican, your pet travels with a correctly completed pet passport issued by an authorised vet of that country. No veterinary certificate is needed.

      Details and the official words

      “4) да кућне љубимце прати исправно попуњен пасош издат од овлашћеног ветеринара одређене земље.”

      “Кућне љубимце псе, мачке и крзнашице не треба да прати ветеринарски сертификат издат од стране надлежног ветеринарског органа.”

    2. Official stampLeaving Ireland

      Government stamp and signature from your Regional Veterinary Office

      The most likely scenario: you and your private vet prepare the pet (vaccinations, blood tests and so on) and fill in the health certificate the destination asks for, then you bring it to your local Regional Veterinary Office for a government stamp and signature.

      Details and the official words

      DAFM's page gives no deadline for how recent the certificate must be: the destination's own requirements decide.

      “The most likely scenario is that you and your private vet will prepare the pet (vaccinations, blood tests etc.) and provide a health certificate, that you can then bring to your local Regional Veterinary Office to get a government stamp and signature”

    3. NoticeLeaving Ireland

      Contact your Regional Veterinary Office at least 2 months before you travel

      Contact your Regional Veterinary Office at least 2 months before the trip so it can certify the documents. The department may not be able to sign your pet's documents if you contact it later.

      Details and the official words

      “make sure you plan well in advance and contact the Regional Veterinary Office at least 2 months in advance of travel to ensure that necessary documentation can be certified by department officials”

      “The department may not be able to sign documentation for your pet to travel if you have not contacted your Regional Veterinary Office at least two months in advance of travel with your pet.”

Good to know

  • Ireland does not keep the entry (certification) requirements of other countries: contact the destination country for them, then follow its instructions for the health certificate. Allow enough time for any required tests.
  • No tapeworm treatment is needed to leave Ireland. A dog needs the treatment from a vet abroad before it returns to Ireland.
  • Make sure your pet qualifies to return to Ireland: the same rules apply to re-enter from a non-EU country whether the pet usually lives there or is an Irish pet that was there briefly on holiday.
  • 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 Ireland publish for the steps above. The two are never added together.

Government fees on this route

No government fee is published on the official pages we use for this trip. That doesn’t always mean it’s free: ask the authority.

What vets and labs charge Not official figures

  • Microchipyour vet · for: microchip, before the rabies vaccination38–55 EUR

    Ireland: 3 published prices

  • Rabies vaccinationyour vet · for: rabies vaccination at 12 weeks or older, 21 days before entry90 EUR

    Ireland: 1 published price

No published prices yet for Ireland: 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 Ireland

Nothing for the trip back has to happen before your pet leaves Ireland (dogs).

The trip back asks for 8 steps: microchip, rabies vaccination, EU animal health certificate and tapeworm treatment (dogs) and more.

Nothing for the trip back has to happen before your pet leaves Ireland (cats).

The trip back asks for 7 steps: microchip, rabies vaccination, EU animal health certificate and non-commercial declaration and more.

Every step from Serbia to Ireland

Nearby routes

Other routes

Where this comes from

Official sources

Last checked against the official pages: 2026-10-12.

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Questions owners ask

Does my dog or cat need a rabies blood test to go from Ireland to Serbia?

No. The official rules we have verified for this route don't ask for a rabies blood test.

Do I need an import permit to bring my dog or cat into Serbia?

No. The official rules we have verified for this route don't ask for an import permit.

Will my dog or cat be quarantined in Serbia?

Not on the routes we have verified: the official rules list no quarantine for a pet that meets the requirements.

How early should I start preparing my pet for Ireland to Serbia?

With nothing done yet, start at least 9 weeks ahead. The main steps: microchip, before the rabies vaccination, rabies vaccination at 12 weeks or older, 21 days before entry, government stamp and signature from your Regional Veterinary Office and contact your Regional Veterinary Office at least 2 months before you travel.

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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