Border Pets
Bringing your pet to Singapore
Singapore puts the UK in its lowest-risk group: no rabies vaccine or blood test, no quarantine. You need an ISO microchip, core vaccines, a pet licence and import licence, an inspection booking and a health certificate endorsed 2–7 days before export.
- Applying for the import licence first — you need the dog or cat licence (PALS) before it.
- Booking the arrival inspection less than 5 days ahead.
- Parasite treatments outside the 2–7 days before export.
Every deadline worked out for your travel date, calendar reminders and a travel-day checklist.
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Step by step
- FirstISO microchip + core vaccines
ISO 11784/11785 microchip, its number on every record. Dogs: distemper, adenovirus and parvovirus. Cats: calicivirus, herpesvirus and panleukopenia. - Before arrivalPet licence, then import licence
Get the dog or cat licence first (PALS), then the AVS import licence — usually issued within 2 working days and valid for 90 days. - At least 5 days beforeBook the arrival inspection
At least 5 days before arrival, through the AVS e-services portal. - 2–7 days before arrivalParasite treatments + health certificate
2–7 days before export: parasite treatments by your vet, who fills in the Singapore health certificate; it must be endorsed by an official government vet.
Watch out
- If your pet hasn’t lived in the UK for the last 6 months, AVS may treat it as coming from the country it was in before.
- A captain’s declaration, signed by the airline, travels with the pet.
- Pets must be at least 12 weeks old at export. Some dog breeds can’t be imported — check AVS’s list first.
- These rules are for travel from England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has its own.
Official sources: avs.nparks.gov.sg. Not legal or veterinary advice — confirm with your vet, your airline and the destination's authority.
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