France-origin commercial-air dogs and cats: permit, rabies, parasite treatments and Tahiti inspection.
Documents and permits
Dog / Cat · Separate cargo service
Apply online to DBS and obtain the prior import permit. The authority recommends starting about seven months ahead; this is preparation advice, not a universal application deadline. Its page requires the application fee to be paid within five days after filing.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only ordinary adult personal dogs/cats from France using the France-specific certificate and August 2026 protocol, in manifested cargo. Assistance dogs, private aircraft, maritime travel and other origins need separate pathways.
Provide the identification record with microchip number and implantation date; for French animals the complete ICAD record suffices. Supporting documents must identify the animal and carry the veterinary signature and stamp where required.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only ordinary adult personal dogs/cats from France using the France-specific certificate and August 2026 protocol, in manifested cargo. Assistance dogs, private aircraft, maritime travel and other origins need separate pathways.
Rabies vaccination begins no earlier than three months old and must remain valid. The protocol makes a first vaccination valid only after twenty-one days plus six months; an on-time booster using the same vaccine follows its separate continuous-validity branch.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only ordinary adult personal dogs/cats from France using the France-specific certificate and August 2026 protocol, in manifested cargo. Assistance dogs, private aircraft, maritime travel and other origins need separate pathways.
The France certificate requires an approved-laboratory rabies result of at least 0.5 IU/ml, with sampling at least three and at most twelve months before loading. Attach the report and vaccination proof bearing the animal’s identification.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only ordinary adult personal dogs/cats from France using the France-specific certificate and August 2026 protocol, in manifested cargo. Assistance dogs, private aircraft, maritime travel and other origins need separate pathways.
Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.
Applicable conditions
The 2026 protocol says to sample at least one month after rabies vaccination, while the main page describes that interval as recommended. Confirm the binding interval in your issued permit; do not turn the page’s recommendation into a universal deadline.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only ordinary adult personal dogs/cats from France using the France-specific certificate and August 2026 protocol, in manifested cargo. Assistance dogs, private aircraft, maritime travel and other origins need separate pathways.
A veterinarian must administer two internal treatments against nematodes and cestodes including Echinococcus, and two external treatments against ticks/fleas. First treatments fall within thirty days before departure; second treatments are at least fourteen days later and within four days before loading. Attach treatment attestations.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only ordinary adult personal dogs/cats from France using the France-specific certificate and August 2026 protocol, in manifested cargo. Assistance dogs, private aircraft, maritime travel and other origins need separate pathways.
For dogs, provide a negative leishmaniasis result from blood collected within thirty days before departure; the ordinary pathway accepts IF/ELISA. The page requests that the laboratory send the result directly to DBS before the prior permit can be issued.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only ordinary adult personal dogs/cats from France using the France-specific certificate and August 2026 protocol, in manifested cargo. Assistance dogs, private aircraft, maritime travel and other origins need separate pathways.
Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.
Applicable conditions
The certificate includes a separate branch for leishmaniasis-vaccinated dogs using a test distinguishing vaccine and infection antibodies; the main page says only IF/ELISA. Obtain DBS approval of the actual assay for vaccinated dogs instead of applying the ordinary branch automatically.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only ordinary adult personal dogs/cats from France using the France-specific certificate and August 2026 protocol, in manifested cargo. Assistance dogs, private aircraft, maritime travel and other origins need separate pathways.
Arrange DDPP official veterinary certification during the four days before departure, using the certificate sent with the permit. The treating veterinarian’s records alone do not replace the official signature.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only ordinary adult personal dogs/cats from France using the France-specific certificate and August 2026 protocol, in manifested cargo. Assistance dogs, private aircraft, maritime travel and other origins need separate pathways.
Use manifested air cargo in an IATA-compliant sealed cage. Complete the final clinical examination and seal at departure; arrange official DBS inspection on Tahiti, the official point of entry. Release requires the DBS laissez-passer after examination. Carrier and customs fees are separate.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only ordinary adult personal dogs/cats from France using the France-specific certificate and August 2026 protocol, in manifested cargo. Assistance dogs, private aircraft, maritime travel and other origins need separate pathways.
For females, submit sterilization proof or the requested ultrasound/examination evidence that pregnancy is not beyond forty-two days. Category 1 dogs cannot be imported; other breed categorization and airline acceptance require their own assessment.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only ordinary adult personal dogs/cats from France using the France-specific certificate and August 2026 protocol, in manifested cargo. Assistance dogs, private aircraft, maritime travel and other origins need separate pathways.
