New Zealand-origin official certification, species-specific treatments and ten-day quarantine.
Arrival and quarantine
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Obtain a SIVAP import permit and its country-specific certificate; the authority requires ten days in the public quarantine facility on arrival. Arrange the actual booking and permit conditions before travel.
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 adult dogs/cats from New Zealand under I.CnCt.NZ.05/23, currently linked by SIVAP. They must be born and continuously resident there, resident for six months, or lawfully imported under the stated WOAH route. Other-origin certificates differ.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Use the microchip recorded on the permit. The New Zealand official veterinarian signs/stamps every certificate page and attachment, including test reports; each test report identifies the same microchip.
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 adult dogs/cats from New Zealand under I.CnCt.NZ.05/23, currently linked by SIVAP. They must be born and continuously resident there, resident for six months, or lawfully imported under the stated WOAH route. Other-origin certificates differ.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
The certificate requires vaccination to be current according to the manufacturer; arrange final primary/booster dates with the official certifier. It does not specify a blanket rabies-vaccine requirement for this NZ pathway.
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 adult dogs/cats from New Zealand under I.CnCt.NZ.05/23, currently linked by SIVAP. They must be born and continuously resident there, resident for six months, or lawfully imported under the stated WOAH route. Other-origin certificates differ.
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
The bilingual certificate says “at least fourteen days” in English but “more than fourteen days” in French for the last vaccination. Confirm the exact day-fourteen boundary with SIVAP before scheduling; no automated deadline is inferred.
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 adult dogs/cats from New Zealand under I.CnCt.NZ.05/23, currently linked by SIVAP. They must be born and continuously resident there, resident for six months, or lawfully imported under the stated WOAH route. Other-origin certificates differ.
Dog · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Dogs: start long-acting flea/tick protection at least twenty-one days before sampling, maintain until export, and sample within forty-five days before export for Ehrlichia IFAT at 1:40. The certificate provides negative-result and veterinarian-managed positive-result treatment branches; use the branch the certifier accepts.
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 adult dogs/cats from New Zealand under I.CnCt.NZ.05/23, currently linked by SIVAP. They must be born and continuously resident there, resident for six months, or lawfully imported under the stated WOAH route. Other-origin certificates differ.
Dog · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Dogs: the certificate lists Leptospira MAT within forty-five days with result-dependent repeat/treatment alternatives, and a negative Leishmania infantum IFAT/ELISA from blood collected within forty-five days. Positive Leishmania results are ineligible. These dog tests do not apply to cats.
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 adult dogs/cats from New Zealand under I.CnCt.NZ.05/23, currently linked by SIVAP. They must be born and continuously resident there, resident for six months, or lawfully imported under the stated WOAH route. Other-origin certificates differ.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Within forty-five days before export, treat twice against nematodes/cestodes, at least fourteen days apart, with the second within seven days before export. Dog treatment expressly includes Echinococcus; use the species-specific certificate section.
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 adult dogs/cats from New Zealand under I.CnCt.NZ.05/23, currently linked by SIVAP. They must be born and continuously resident there, resident for six months, or lawfully imported under the stated WOAH route. Other-origin certificates differ.
Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Cats: begin long-acting flea/tick treatment at least twenty-one days before export and repeat by manufacturer instructions so protection continues until export. The dog Ehrlichia sampling schedule is not imposed on cats.
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 adult dogs/cats from New Zealand under I.CnCt.NZ.05/23, currently linked by SIVAP. They must be born and continuously resident there, resident for six months, or lawfully imported under the stated WOAH route. Other-origin certificates differ.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Within seven days before export, the official veterinarian confirms identity, fitness, absence of disease/external parasites and applicable reproductive conditions. Entire females must not be more than three weeks pregnant or nursing at examination; entire dogs need the specified tumour check. Ticks or missed protection must be reported to SIVAP and can restart preparation.
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 adult dogs/cats from New Zealand under I.CnCt.NZ.05/23, currently linked by SIVAP. They must be born and continuously resident there, resident for six months, or lawfully imported under the stated WOAH route. Other-origin certificates differ.
