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Dog or cat from Panama to Indonesia: official requirements

Possible. There is no official waiting period for a dog, but you still need: rabies vaccination record, rabies antibody test result (protective level) and certificate of good health from a qualified vet (no more than 72 hours old) and an up-to-date vaccination card and 2 more.

Rules checked up to 13 October 2026From 5 official pages

Make my dated plan Reverse: Indonesia → Panama

In short

Limited official guidance. The authority for leaving Panama publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. MIDA's pages describe only the basic steps for the export licence. They don't say how far ahead to apply, how long the licence is valid or whether any other office must sign. A 2026 Ministry of Health decree has a section on export certificates for dogs and cats, but the official gazette blocks automated readers and we couldn't check it there: ask MIDA (560-5890) and the Ministry of Health before you travel.

Limited official guidance. The authority for entering Indonesia publishes little for this route. Everything it does say is here, with its wording. This is the Indonesian Quarantine Agency's (Barantin) own short guide for pet dogs and cats coming from abroad, published in March 2026. It lists the documents and the online steps but gives no dates: no deadline for the prior notice, no age, no wait after the vaccination or the blood test, no minimum antibody level and no quarantine period. Confirm the details with the quarantine office (Karantina) at your port of entry before you travel. Bali has its own rules: pet dogs and cats can't be brought there.

At a glance

How early to start (dogs)

No official wait

whether or not your pet is already microchipped and vaccinated

No official wait still means appointments: rabies vaccination record, rabies antibody test result (protective level) and certificate of good health from a qualified vet (no more than 72 hours old) and an up-to-date vaccination card and 2 more. Book them early; lab and paperwork times are not counted.

On this route (dogs)

  • Rabies blood test needed
  • Tell the authority in advance

Part of this route is still under review, so we don’t say what it doesn’t need.

How early to start (cats)

No official wait

whether or not your pet is already microchipped and vaccinated

No official wait still means appointments: rabies vaccination record, rabies antibody test result (protective level) and certificate of good health from a qualified vet (no more than 72 hours old) and an up-to-date vaccination card and 2 more. Book them early; lab and paperwork times are not counted.

On this route (cats)

  • Rabies blood test needed
  • Tell the authority in advance

Part of this route is still under review, so we don’t say what it doesn’t need.

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What your pet needs

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

Dogs

Bringing a dog or cat into Indonesia: we summarised this from a short or older official page and it is still under review, so it may be incomplete.

Taking a dog or cat out of Panama (MIDA): we summarised this from a short or older official page and it is still under review, so it may be incomplete.

  1. Get ready

    1. VaccinationEntering Indonesia

      Rabies vaccination record

      Bring your pet's vaccination book showing its rabies vaccination. Barantin doesn't say how long before travel it must be given.

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

      Details and the official words

      The guide asks only for the vaccination book; it gives no minimum age or waiting time.

      “Dilengkapi buku vaksin dan hasil uji titer protektif antibodi rabies”

    2. Blood testEntering Indonesia

      Rabies antibody test result (protective level)

      Bring the result of a rabies antibody (titer) test showing a protective level. Barantin doesn't give the level, the laboratory or how long before travel the blood must be taken; 0.5 IU/ml is the usual international standard, but confirm with the quarantine office.

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

      Details and the official words

      “Dilengkapi buku vaksin dan hasil uji titer protektif antibodi rabies”

  2. In the days before you travel

    1. Vet examLeaving Panama

      Certificate of good health from a qualified vet (no more than 72 hours old) and an up-to-date vaccination card

      A qualified vet (médico veterinario idóneo) examines your pet and issues a certificate of good health, no more than 72 hours old when you collect MIDA's licence. Bring the up-to-date vaccination card (combined vaccine and rabies) and the record of parasite treatments, originals and one set of copies.

      Details and the official words

      “Es indispensable portar la Cartilla de Vacunación actualizada (múltiple y rabia), y un Certificado de Buena Salud emitido por un médico veterinario idóneo con una vigencia no mayor a 72 horas.”

      “Cartillas actualizadas de vacunas (múltiple y rabia) y desparasitaciones.”

    2. PaperworkPanama and Indonesia

      Health certificate from your country's veterinary authority

      Your pet needs a health certificate issued by the competent official in the country it comes from. Barantin doesn't say how recent it must be; ask the quarantine office.

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

      Details and the official words

      MIDA export licence: request it on SITERPA, collect it in person: Request the export licence (Licencia Fitozoosanitaria de Exportación) online on MIDA's SITERPA portal with the red 'MASCOTAS' button, and note the request number. Then collect it in person at Plaza Edison (ground floor, single window) in Panama City or at MIDA's offices in Herrera or Chiriquí, with the vet's certificate and the vaccination card (originals and copies). One licence per species, 10 balboas each, paid by deposit at Banco Nacional (bring the slip).

      Executive Decree 8 of 26 February 2026 (Ministry of Health) has a section on export certificates for dogs, cats and ferrets. The official gazette blocks automated readers, so we couldn't check it there. A copy on the UN's legal database (not an official source) says the certificates must be presented to the ministry's National Directorate of Food Control and Veterinary Surveillance 5 working days before the trip for evaluation and signature. Ask MIDA and the Ministry of Health whether this applies before you book.

      “Pengirim/ pemilik memastikan kelengkapan persyaratan karantina dari negara asal yaitu Sertifikat Kesehatan yang diterbitkan oleh Pejabat berwenang di negara asal”

      “El Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario (MIDA) a través de la Dirección Ejecutiva de Cuarentena Agropecuaria (DECA) emite las Licencias Fitozoosanitarias de Exportación de mascotas (caninos y felinos).”

      “Para lo cual los usuarios deben Ingresar a SITERPA , dando click al botón ROJO llamado «MASCOTAS» para registrar los datos requeridos y enviar la solicitud del documento vía web.”

      “Para finalizar el proceso de exportación y retirar la Licencia (que tiene un costo de B/. 10.00), el solicitante debe presentarse personalmente en las oficinas designadas (Plaza Edison en Panamá o en las provincias de Herrera y Chiriquí) con la documentación original y copias.”

      “Se emite una Licencia por Especie y cada Licencia tiene un costo de 10.00 balboas (debe entregar el slip del depósito realizado al Banco Nacional”

    3. NoticeEntering Indonesia

      Register with SSMQC and send Barantin's prior notice before you leave

      Register in Barantin's SSMQC system, then fill in and send the prior notice at notice.karantinaindonesia.go.id. The prior notice must be sent before your pet leaves its country of origin.

      Details and the official words

      “Pengirim/ pemilik melakukan registrasi melalui SSMQC”

      “wajib dilakukan sebelum keberangkatan dari negara asal”

  3. Travel day and arrival

    1. On arrivalEntering Indonesia

      Report to quarantine on arrival

      At the airport, port or land border where you arrive, report your pet and hand it over with its documents to the quarantine officers. If it is healthy and free of quarantine diseases, a quarantine vet releases it with a release certificate (Sertifikat Pelepasan Karantina).

      Details and the official words

      “pengirim/ pemilik wajib melaporkan dan menyerahkan hewan berikut kelengkapan persyaratannya kepada petugas karantina untuk keperluan tindakan karantina”

      “akan dilakukan pembebasan oleh Dokter Hewan Karantina dengan menerbitkan Sertifikat Pelepasan Karantina.”

Good to know

  • Your pet can't come from a country that currently has a rabies outbreak. Barantin doesn't publish a list, so ask the quarantine office if rabies is present where your pet lives.
  • Guide, assistance and emotional support animals (at most 2) can travel as the owner's baggage under Barantin's 2024 baggage rules, with a letter from a mental health professional in the home country, at least 6 months of health history, rabies and distemper vaccination, a microchip or ID book, a pet passport and a rabies antibody test. Their owners fill in the All Indonesia arrival form.
  • These are only the basic steps for leaving Panama. You are responsible for checking and meeting every requirement of the destination, which may include extra paperwork for your pet.
  • If your dog will come back to Panama, tell MIDA when you apply: it gives more information for that case.

Cats

Bringing a dog or cat into Indonesia: we summarised this from a short or older official page and it is still under review, so it may be incomplete.

Taking a dog or cat out of Panama (MIDA): we summarised this from a short or older official page and it is still under review, so it may be incomplete.

  1. Get ready

    1. VaccinationEntering Indonesia

      Rabies vaccination record

      Bring your pet's vaccination book showing its rabies vaccination. Barantin doesn't say how long before travel it must be given.

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

      Details and the official words

      The guide asks only for the vaccination book; it gives no minimum age or waiting time.

      “Dilengkapi buku vaksin dan hasil uji titer protektif antibodi rabies”

    2. Blood testEntering Indonesia

      Rabies antibody test result (protective level)

      Bring the result of a rabies antibody (titer) test showing a protective level. Barantin doesn't give the level, the laboratory or how long before travel the blood must be taken; 0.5 IU/ml is the usual international standard, but confirm with the quarantine office.

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

      Details and the official words

      “Dilengkapi buku vaksin dan hasil uji titer protektif antibodi rabies”

  2. In the days before you travel

    1. Vet examLeaving Panama

      Certificate of good health from a qualified vet (no more than 72 hours old) and an up-to-date vaccination card

      A qualified vet (médico veterinario idóneo) examines your pet and issues a certificate of good health, no more than 72 hours old when you collect MIDA's licence. Bring the up-to-date vaccination card (combined vaccine and rabies) and the record of parasite treatments, originals and one set of copies.

      Details and the official words

      “Es indispensable portar la Cartilla de Vacunación actualizada (múltiple y rabia), y un Certificado de Buena Salud emitido por un médico veterinario idóneo con una vigencia no mayor a 72 horas.”

      “Cartillas actualizadas de vacunas (múltiple y rabia) y desparasitaciones.”

    2. PaperworkPanama and Indonesia

      Health certificate from your country's veterinary authority

      Your pet needs a health certificate issued by the competent official in the country it comes from. Barantin doesn't say how recent it must be; ask the quarantine office.

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

      Details and the official words

      MIDA export licence: request it on SITERPA, collect it in person: Request the export licence (Licencia Fitozoosanitaria de Exportación) online on MIDA's SITERPA portal with the red 'MASCOTAS' button, and note the request number. Then collect it in person at Plaza Edison (ground floor, single window) in Panama City or at MIDA's offices in Herrera or Chiriquí, with the vet's certificate and the vaccination card (originals and copies). One licence per species, 10 balboas each, paid by deposit at Banco Nacional (bring the slip).

      Executive Decree 8 of 26 February 2026 (Ministry of Health) has a section on export certificates for dogs, cats and ferrets. The official gazette blocks automated readers, so we couldn't check it there. A copy on the UN's legal database (not an official source) says the certificates must be presented to the ministry's National Directorate of Food Control and Veterinary Surveillance 5 working days before the trip for evaluation and signature. Ask MIDA and the Ministry of Health whether this applies before you book.

      “Pengirim/ pemilik memastikan kelengkapan persyaratan karantina dari negara asal yaitu Sertifikat Kesehatan yang diterbitkan oleh Pejabat berwenang di negara asal”

      “El Ministerio de Desarrollo Agropecuario (MIDA) a través de la Dirección Ejecutiva de Cuarentena Agropecuaria (DECA) emite las Licencias Fitozoosanitarias de Exportación de mascotas (caninos y felinos).”

      “Para lo cual los usuarios deben Ingresar a SITERPA , dando click al botón ROJO llamado «MASCOTAS» para registrar los datos requeridos y enviar la solicitud del documento vía web.”

      “Para finalizar el proceso de exportación y retirar la Licencia (que tiene un costo de B/. 10.00), el solicitante debe presentarse personalmente en las oficinas designadas (Plaza Edison en Panamá o en las provincias de Herrera y Chiriquí) con la documentación original y copias.”

      “Se emite una Licencia por Especie y cada Licencia tiene un costo de 10.00 balboas (debe entregar el slip del depósito realizado al Banco Nacional”

    3. NoticeEntering Indonesia

      Register with SSMQC and send Barantin's prior notice before you leave

      Register in Barantin's SSMQC system, then fill in and send the prior notice at notice.karantinaindonesia.go.id. The prior notice must be sent before your pet leaves its country of origin.

      Details and the official words

      “Pengirim/ pemilik melakukan registrasi melalui SSMQC”

      “wajib dilakukan sebelum keberangkatan dari negara asal”

  3. Travel day and arrival

    1. On arrivalEntering Indonesia

      Report to quarantine on arrival

      At the airport, port or land border where you arrive, report your pet and hand it over with its documents to the quarantine officers. If it is healthy and free of quarantine diseases, a quarantine vet releases it with a release certificate (Sertifikat Pelepasan Karantina).

      Details and the official words

      “pengirim/ pemilik wajib melaporkan dan menyerahkan hewan berikut kelengkapan persyaratannya kepada petugas karantina untuk keperluan tindakan karantina”

      “akan dilakukan pembebasan oleh Dokter Hewan Karantina dengan menerbitkan Sertifikat Pelepasan Karantina.”

Good to know

  • Your pet can't come from a country that currently has a rabies outbreak. Barantin doesn't publish a list, so ask the quarantine office if rabies is present where your pet lives.
  • Guide, assistance and emotional support animals (at most 2) can travel as the owner's baggage under Barantin's 2024 baggage rules, with a letter from a mental health professional in the home country, at least 6 months of health history, rabies and distemper vaccination, a microchip or ID book, a pet passport and a rabies antibody test. Their owners fill in the All Indonesia arrival form.
  • These are only the basic steps for leaving Panama. You are responsible for checking and meeting every requirement of the destination, which may include extra paperwork for your pet.

Money

What it costs

Government fees exactly as the official pages state them, and what vets and labs in Panama publish for the steps above. The two are never added together.

Government fees on this route

Government fees in total: 10 USD + 25,000 IDR (each currency separately)

May also apply, depending on your case

What vets and labs charge Not official figures

No published prices yet for Panama: rabies vaccination, health certificate (vet’s fee), vet examination.

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 Panama

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

The trip back asks for 9 steps: Tell MINSA 3 to 5 business days before your pet arrives, official export health certificate, apostilled, at most 30 days old, rabies vaccination from 3 months old, at least 30 days before the trip and dogs: distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis and parvovirus vaccinations and more.

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

The trip back asks for 9 steps: Tell MINSA 3 to 5 business days before your pet arrives, official export health certificate, apostilled, at most 30 days old, rabies vaccination from 3 months old, at least 30 days before the trip and cats: rhinotracheitis, calicivirus and panleukopenia vaccinations and more.

Every step from Indonesia to Panama

Where this comes from

Official sources

Last checked against the official pages: 2026-10-13.

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Questions owners ask

Does my dog or cat need a rabies blood test to go from Panama to Indonesia?

Yes: Bring the result of a rabies antibody (titer) test showing a protective level.

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

We couldn't find this in our summary of the rules, but that summary is short and still under review. Ask the official authority before you rely on it.

Will my dog or cat be quarantined in Indonesia?

We couldn't find this in our summary of the rules, but that summary is short and still under review. Ask the official authority before you rely on it.

How early should I start preparing my pet for Panama to Indonesia?

There is no official waiting period for a dog, but you still need: rabies vaccination record, rabies antibody test result (protective level) and certificate of good health from a qualified vet (no more than 72 hours old) and an up-to-date vaccination card and 2 more.

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