Iran Pet Import Requirements

Great Britain certificate 6546: official certification, 96-hour examination and ten-day validity; rabies details unresolved.

Documents and permits

Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service

Apply to APHA for EHC 6546 from England, Scotland or Wales. An appropriately authorised official veterinarian must sign and stamp the issued certificate; the online specimen is an application example and must not be used as the final travel certificate.

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 Great Britain-origin adult personal dogs/cats. APHA lists 6546 active, with 2023 guidance and a 2006 specimen. The applied certificate must match Iran’s actual conditions; no Northern Ireland, commercial or other-origin route is inferred.

Identification

Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service

Complete the identity schedule. Guidance permits tattoo, microchip number or a full description with coat, markings, weight, breed, sex and declared age. This certificate’s alternatives do not establish a worldwide Iranian microchip exemption.

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 Great Britain-origin adult personal dogs/cats. APHA lists 6546 active, with 2023 guidance and a 2006 specimen. The applied certificate must match Iran’s actual conditions; no Northern Ireland, commercial or other-origin route is inferred.

Vaccination and health

Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service

EHC 6546 requires examination no more than ninety-six hours before the proposed export date, free of clinical infectious/contagious signs including rabies and external parasites, and fit to travel. This is measured before export, not after arrival.

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 Great Britain-origin adult personal dogs/cats. APHA lists 6546 active, with 2023 guidance and a 2006 specimen. The applied certificate must match Iran’s actual conditions; no Northern Ireland, commercial or other-origin route is inferred.

Documents and permits

Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service

The specimen gives ten days’ certificate validity from signature. Arrange the issued certificate and journey accordingly while confirming Iran’s current acceptance and any stricter conditions attached to permission.

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 Great Britain-origin adult personal dogs/cats. APHA lists 6546 active, with 2023 guidance and a 2006 specimen. The applied certificate must match Iran’s actual conditions; no Northern Ireland, commercial or other-origin route is inferred.

Tests and pathways to confirm

Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service

Rules depend on the route, animal and operating carrier. Confirm your own journey with the relevant authority and airline.

Applicable conditions

EHC 6546 leaves the vaccination minimum-day and maximum-month intervals blank and offers an unvaccinated alternative. The 2023 guidance says to check whether Iran requires a permit. Obtain current vaccination, testing, permit and arrival conditions from Iran and the issuing OV; no blank interval, vaccine exemption or quarantine exemption is turned into a confirmed requirement.

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 Great Britain-origin adult personal dogs/cats. APHA lists 6546 active, with 2023 guidance and a 2006 specimen. The applied certificate must match Iran’s actual conditions; no Northern Ireland, commercial or other-origin route is inferred.