Before scheduling an appointment for a Domestic travel certificate, please contact the airline for specific requirements regarding caging, required vaccinations, and health certificate timing.

When traveling internationally with your pet, there are often many animal health requirements specific to your destination that must be met to allow your pet entry into another country. We like to say, “It is often harder for your pet to travel, than it is for you.”! For humans, we grab our passport and jet off on vacation, but for our pets there are typically multiple government and medical requirements that must be met.

As soon as you know your travel details, please fill out our “IHC Scheduling Form” to begin the pet travel process. Factors to consider may include meeting time frames for obtaining a health certificate, updating vaccinations, diagnostic testing, or administration of medications/ treatments.

As UDSA-Accredited Veterinarians, there are numerous standards for international exportation we must uphold that have been agreed upon by the USDA and foreign destinations. For a complete listing of all foreign destination’s requirements for pet travel, please visit: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/pet-travel/us-to-another-country-export.

For canine pets who are leaving the US, and plan to return, there are likely additional CDC requirements that must be met for re-entry. For more information, please visit: https://www.cdc.gov/importation/dogs/index.html.