Moving Pets From Uk To Japan

Airline partners air animal leverages pet transportation industry relationships and pet moving expertise built over more than 40 years to arrange your pet s move as live animal air cargo on commercial airlines.

Moving pets from uk to japan. Most of the pet owners whose pets we ship to japan move there while their pet awaits the end of the quarantine period. Japan recommends the following measures for bringing pets into japan. Moving to japan is an incredibly exciting prospect. If your pet enters the uk with a current 3 year rabies vaccination which is more than one year old then additional documentation will be required.

Some restaurants and hotels accept pets. The form will require you to fill out your name address contact number breed of your dog or cat or both how many pets you ll be bringing in and why your home country and other information. Pet moves by air are safer and cause less stress than moving your pet in the family car. If they re not submitted together or if one animal is approved and the other isn t the importation dates will also be different.

The listed countries include all eu nations and many countries across the world such as the united states australia and japan. To avoid delays and unexpected short term quarantine we follow these six steps in this order. It also helps to have a japanese speaker to respond to follow up information requests that may come in from the aqs. Request a quote and see how we can help you.

You also need to contact the japanese animal quarantine service at the port where you plan to arrive for example osaka or narita but do so at least 40 days before you ll arrive. A few do but you will have to hunt for them. When you are moving with pets to japan keep in mind that most apartments in japan do not allow pets. Importing dogs and cats to japan requires a 12 hour quarantine upon arrival providing the additional requirements and documentation have been met.

If you can t finish the vaccine rounds before 40 days prior to leaving fill out the form anyway and send it. All dogs must be on the leash or in the cage when outdoors except in designated dog parks. Certify a current rabies vaccination. We will inform you of your pet s full itinerary before the trip and we will update you as your pet travels to or from japan.

Without the required documents the maximum quarantine time can be 180 days. In my case i had to leave one of. Pets have always flown to the uk as manifest and booked air cargo. The pet travel scheme pets allows animals dogs cats and rabbits to enter the uk without needing to spend any time in quarantine as long as your pet s coming from a country that s a member of the scheme.

Microchip the pet for identification purposes with a 15 digit iso chip. Speak with us now. Like all professional pet shipping companies we are not a low cost alternative to arranging. Defra regulations do not permit pets in the passenger cabin.

Animal quarantine service aqs officials advise that the entire process can take up to six months to complete. Between delicious cuisine beautiful destinations in nature some of the world s most interesting and modern cities and a captivating ancient culture it s no wonder so many people from around the world are choosing japan for their retirement careers or just their next adventure. If you have multiple pets as i did you ll have to fill out separate forms.