Requirements to bring Pet/s Dog and Cat into Indonesia.

This post as an up dated post.
=posted on 4 January 2011.
=updated on 8 January 2011

1. Requirements to bring pets (dog or cat) from Rabies Free Country into Rabies Free Area (including Jakarta):

a. Import Permit must be obtained prior shipment of pets from the Ministry Of Agriculture, Directorate General of Live Stock and Animal Health Services at Jakarta, Indonesia. It should be processed from the Local Authority Office (Municipality Livestock Services) from where the pets will be delivered.

b. To get an Import permit need to submit: Valid Health Certificate, Rabies Vaccination has been done for more than 30 days less than 1 year and copy of owner passport and address at the destination. Blood titre test for Rabies antibody must have result more than or equal to (> or =) 0.5IU/ml. “New Requirement”.

c. Pets going into Jakarta and area surrounding will stay 14 day at the Quarantine Station in Jakarta Airport.

d. On arrival pets should be accompanied by Original Document of Government Veterinarian Health Certificate, Rabies Vaccination Certificate /records/ book, and owner’s passport.

e. For sending pets as manifest cargo, consignee must have Government Import License Number, consignee as personal or owner him/herself will not be processed by Indonesian Customs.

f. Not all International Airports in Indonesia can do customs clearance for pets on arrival, the best way is via Jakarta.

2. Requirements to bring pets (dog or cat) from Rabies Free Country into Non Rabies Free Area via Jakarta Airport:

a. Import Permit must be obtained prior shipment of pets from the Ministry Of Agriculture, Directorate General of Live Stock and Animal Health Services at Jakarta, Indonesia. It should be processed from the Local Authority Office (Municipality Livestock Services) from where the pets will be delivered.

b. To get an Import permit need to submit: Valid Health Certificate, Rabies Vaccination has been done for more than 30 days less than 1 year and copy of owner passport and address at the destination. Blood titre test for Rabies antibody must have result more than or equal to (> or =) 0.5IU/ml. “New Requirement”.

c. Pets will be in transit at Jakarta Airport, in case of connecting flight will be the next day, then pets must stay overnight at the Quarantine Station, owner or agent must arrange for the transit, it will not be automatically done by the Quarantine officer or Airline officer. Importation must be done on arrival at Jakarta Airport.

d. On arrival pets should be accompanied by Original Document of: Vet Health Certificate, Rabies Vaccination Certificate / records/ book, and owner’s passport.

e. For sending pets as manifest cargo, consignee must have Government Import License Number, consignee as personal or owner will not be processed by Indonesian customs.

3. Requirements to bring pets (dog or cat) from Non Rabies Free Country into Non Rabies Free Area via Jakarta Airport:

a. Import Permit must be obtained prior shipment of pets from the Ministry Of Agriculture, Directorate General of Live Stock and Animal Health Services at Jakarta, Indonesia. It should be processed from the Local Authority Office (Municipality Livestock Services) from where the pets will be delivered.

b. To get an Import permit need to submit: Valid Health Certificate, Rabies Vaccination has been done for more than 30 days less than 1 year and copy of owner passport and address at the destination. Blood titre test certificate for Rabies antibody must have result more than or equal to (> or =) 0.5IU/ml.

c. Importation processed will be done at the First Airport of Entry such as Jakarta Airport (CGK).

d. Pets going via Jakarta Airport (CGK) for destination area surrounding (only by land transportation) will stay 14 day at the Quarantine Station in Jakarta Airport.

e. Pets in transit at Jakarta Airport, in case of connecting flight will be for the next day, then pet/s must stay overnight at the Quarantine Station, owner or agent must arrange for the transit, it will not be automatically done by the Quarantine officer or Airline officer.

f. On arrival pets should be accompanied by Original Document of Government Veterinarian Health Certificate, Rabies Vaccination Certificate /records/ book, and owner’s passport.

g. For sending pets as manifest cargo, consignee must have Government Import License Number, consignee as personal or owner him/herself will not be processed by Indonesian Customs.

h. Not all International Airports in Indonesia can do customs clearance for pets on arrival, the best way is via Jakarta.

4. Requirements to bring pets (dog or cat) from Non Rabies Free Country into Rabies Free Area in Indonesia (including Jakarta), officially not allowed. Please consult your pet shipper.

Requirements of Blood Titer Test:

India - No Objection Certificate

All pets entering into India must got a NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATE from the ANIMAL QUARANTINE STATION in India, whether pets come as an accompanied or manifest cargo, prior to landing into India .

This document takes around 1 week to obtain .

Documents required prior to obtaining this No Objection Certificate are as follows: (scan copy or fax copy would be sufficient)
1. All vaccination records of the pet, with data of the pet
2. Government issued veterinary certificate from the exporting country
3. Flight details / confirmation of the passenger's travel into India / Copy of the airway bill

The NOC (No Objection Certificate) from the Animal Quarantine Station in India must be obtained by local clearing agent in India. It must be obtained in person and no online application.
The NOC will be sent to the Shipper by fax or a scanned copy by email . The original must be presented to the Airline in India at the port of entry of the pet before the pet has been loaded in the other country.

If the pet is coming accompanied, the owner of the pet must carry the NOC copy with him at all times. If the pet is coming as manifest cargo , the NOC copy must be attached on the crate in a transparent pouch to protect it from damage .

Source: IPATA (Rishya)

Microchip Requirements Prior Entry to Singapore

Dog and cat going to Singapore now required microchip implanted prior shipment, and this need to be stated on the Import permit application for Entry to Singapore.
Previously dog and cat can have microchip on arrival or after Quarantine in Singapore, but now the number must be appeared on the Import Permit.
Both ISO and AVID standard microchip is accepteble.
Dog and cat going to Singapore from Indonesia will be in the quarantine in Singapore for 30 days.
If you ship dog/s to Singapore please give your dog Bordetella and Spot on Flea & Tick repelent. For Cat you would need to Chlamidya and also Spot On Flea & Tick repelent too.
For more details please see this link

Diplomatic Passport Holder with Pets

The Regulation for importing pets to Jakarta from Non Rabies Free Country has an exception for Diplomatic Passport Holder's Pets.
When applying an Import permit prior arrival, his/her local office in Jakarta must issue certification letter saying that the pet's owner is as diplomatic passport holder to the Authority of Government of Indonesia. For the general requirements please see this link

For Diplomatic normally has import duty/tax exemption facility, provided with a letter issued by Department of Foreign Affair Republic of Indonesia called PP#8 or PP#19. That Letter (PP19 or PP8) must be obtained by his/her Local Office in Jakarta, and it should be available for customs clearance on arrival of the pets. Failure to provide this documents, the owner must pay full amount of import duty and taxes charged by customs.

Other conditions must be provided such as an Import permit, valid rabies injection certificate/record, health certificate from the country of origin, and quarantine for 14 day on arrival. Staying for 14 days at the quarantine station on arrival is not exempted even though pets come from Non Rabies Free Country.

Please email us for more details: groovycs@rad.net.id

Updated 28 April 2010.

Blood Test. How to get this done in Jakarta

Pets Travel to: EU, UAE, Hawaii, Japan, Taiwan etc require blood test preparation

Blood test for Rabies Titre should be prepared before your pet traveling to EU country, Japan, Taiwan, and Hawaii (with no quarantine on arrival). At this moment the requirements for Blood Test Certificate is to show your pets have Rabies Antibody Titre Equal or greater than 0.5 I.U/ml (I.U.= International Unit).

Rabies Injection
First thing is that you must give Rabies Injection to your dog or cat. Puppies and Kittens have their first Rabies injection on age of 3 month. You must wait at least 1 month before we can take the blood sample for test. For Japan and Taiwan the requirements must give 2 times of Rabies Injection before the sample can be use for testing. This is good to make sure that your pet has sufficient amount of antibody in order to pass the test. After the second injection need to wait for 14 days for blood sample taken. Usually single dose of Rabies Vaccine will be more effective than all in one dose, except that you give your pets regularly every year.

Identification
Make sure that your pets has identification required, such as microchip, or tatoo. For Tatoo there are only few country still accept Tatoo, the other require only microchip.
For microchip please select according the country requirements whether ISO standard or AVID only.

Blood Sample.
Our Veterinary Clinic knows how to take blood sample and to prepare a quantity of serum for the blood test. Please make a schedule with our Veterinarian for the blood sample, for dog may be done at home but for cat will need to be in the Clinic. Please ask the Veterinarian to check or to scan the microchip on each pet.

Information and Data:
To fill up the submission form Certificate we will need information as follows:
Pet Owner name and address, Pet Name, Microchip/Tatoo number, Pet's Date of Birth, Date of Injection, Rabies Vaccine (name, batch number, manufacturer).

Sending to Laboratory
Unfortunately we cannot use any Laboratories in Indonesia. Only approved Laboratories on the list of requirements by EU, Japan, Taiwan and Hawaii.
One of them is Biobest Laboratory in UK that we always send the blood sample. For Hawaii we send to Laboratory in USA. After your blood take by our Vet then our Vet will take care for sending and get certificate for your pets, it will take around 3 weeks time to get the Certificate back. The result may be known after 2 weeks time.

In case of failed.
When you have your pet/s failed, then you must repeat to give injection to your pet and wait for 14 - 30 days before the new blood sample taken.

Please consult us for the Blood test requirements, we have been sending many blood sample for Rabies test since the requirements of EU countries started.

Blood Test Certificate Validity.
Some countries like Japan requires 2 years validity with the condition of the Rabies Injection given every 1 year.

You might need to check EU Requirements and Japan Erquirements

Animal Quarantine for Dogs and Cats - at Jakarta Airport

There are many questions regarding Quarantine for Dogs and Cats on arrival at Jakarta, here are some of the information based on our knowledge and experience handling Imported Dogs and Cats.

Based on the regulation dogs and cats into Jakarta or to neighborhood area must go to quarantine for 14 day.

There is no exception for dogs and cats from Rabies Free Country, commercial pets and non commercial (family pets), dogs and cats for showing (exhibition) also pets of diplomatic passport holder's pets. The Quarantine charges for 14 days approximately Rp. 600,000.- to 700,000.- for each dog included food.

What do they do in Quarantine?

Quarantine officers do health checking, Inspecting/observing and taking blood sample at the quarantine station. Blood sample normally taken few days after arrival of the pets (need a minimum number of pets for running the test together) then the result may take around one week time. As our knowledge blood testing mainly for Rabies antibody, not for titer but for low and high / negative or positive.

In case that the animal found low or negative result then the Quarantine Vet must give dog or cat another injection of Rabies.

Can the dog/cat get sick in there?
Quarantine Station is public place, could not expect for only healthy dogs or cats to be there, meanwhile also receiving commercial pets (imported puppies or kittens for sale). The conditions of the imported puppies or kittens could be unhealthy or weak because the treatment prior departing at the origin country may not like the treatment of family dogs or cats.
What the pets' owner can do is to make prevention before the move for dogs and cats. Prior departure give them Bordetella for Kennel Cough (or Pneumadog) and also Flea & tick prevention with spot on (or drop). For cats give them full vaccine, such as: Panleucopenia, Rhinotracheitis, Calici, Chlamidya beside Rabies.

The place & Facilities
Quarantine Station located at the Airport Area, if you enter from the Toll Road after the second Toll Gate then on the left hand side there is a pond after the Airport Entrance Gate. It is on the left side of the pond there is a small road go into the Quarantine Complex. The Quarantine office is close to the cargo area just before the Airport Police Station.

The quarantine kennels are provided with air-condition. There is kennels' staff and Veterinarian in charge all the time.

Visiting Your Pets.
During stay at the Quarantine station your pets may be visited by the owner or representative.

You must take into consideration that your pet will have separation anxiety during the time of moving, then could make your pets in more stress when seeing you for a while at the quarantine but you do not take them home, especially dog who very attached to the owner. Your dog of course like you are very happy when meeting you in there, the dog think that you are going to pick him or her up home at that time. When you are leaving you probably happy have seen him ok and you can plan to see him again next days.What the dog does after you left, might be reversely yours. Dog could be very sad, he couldn't understand why you let him at the quarantine place, he probably won't eat or barking a lot, why you left him etc, etc... depending on how close you and your dog, how he attach to you. He need sometimes to be in stable condition then few days later you show up again, and the story repeated, it could be worse and worse.

Sometimes the quarantine officer offers the owner for bathing their dog or cat. One thing the owner must know, when the dog or cat arrived from traveling need recovery their conditions and adapting to the new environment, some dog or cat even in very weak condition because of traveling time, and some could have dehydration for a while.

Bathing is not a good time for those kind of situation, that can make the animals easily get sick or get respiratory problem such as pneumonia or coughing. It is better to say no to them at the first days in quarantine for bathing your pets, until you know exactly that your dog or cat is in good condition or wait until return out from the quarantine station. Bathing is an additional services that you must pay in addition of normal charges.

Our Importation service will include pick up from the quarantine station and delivery to client's new residence. While we are at the quarantine station for dropping or collecting other customer's pets, we also can visit dogs and cats those still not finished the quarantine period.

Early Released.
Early release sometimes allowed by Quarantine officer. Please check with our representative if you wish for pets early released, for additional cost may involve.

Animal quarantine map:

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Amended pre-export requirements for tick treatments for dogs and cats for export to Australia

Issue Date: 24 September 2008

Biosecurity Australia (BA), the Australian government agency responsible for the risk assessment and policy development for the importation of dogs into Australia, has advised the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) of new requirements in the import conditions for dogs and cats.

BA has advised that all dogs and cats for export to Australia must be examined by an accredited veterinarian for the presence of external parasites, including visible or palpable ticks within 4 days prior to export. A thorough examination for external parasites must be performed, with particular attention being paid to the body regions of the forelegs, chest, neck, head, ears, eyes, shoulders, axillae and inner thighs.

BA has also advised that all dogs must be re-treated for external parasites within 4 days of export. This treatment is in addition to those required at the time of blood sampling for Ehrlichia canis and for the maintenance of protection.

AQIS has implemented the new condition from September 2008 for all cats and dogs imported from countries other than New Zealand.

AQIS information packages for the importation of dogs into Australia and the web information provided to AQIS clients have been amended to reflect the new requirements.
For further information about this requirement or other issues concerning the importation of dogs or cats to Australia, please contact our section at the addresses and numbers below:

AQIS Live Animal Imports
Phone: +61 2 6272 4158
Fax: +61 2 6272 3110
Email: animalimp@aqis.gov.au

Source: IPATA/AQIS
See related links: AQIS

NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR DOGS IMPORTED INTO USA (Screwworm)

USDA, APHIS, VS policy allows dogs from screwworm affected countries to enter the country if the following requirements are not met:

1. Health certificate signed by veterinary official certifying that the dog(s) were inspected for screwworm within 5 days preceding shipment to the U.S. and dog(s) were found free of Screwworm OR
2. Dog(s) were found infested with screwworm, were held in quarantine, and treated until free prior to leaving the country.

COUNTRIES AFFECTED WITH SCREWWORM:

• AFRICA - Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaiziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
• ASIA - Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Macau, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam.
• CENTRAL AMERICA/CARIBBEAN- Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
• MIDDLE EAST- Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
• PACIFIC ISLANDS- Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paracel Island, Philippines, Singapore, Spartly Islands
• SOUTH AMERICA- Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Easter Islands, Equador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela

Inspectors should check the origin of dogs entering the country. Dogs originating from the countries listed above that do not meed USDA policy will be held.

CONTACT VETERINARY SERVICES AREA OFFICE AT 770/922-7860 FOR VETERINARY INSPECTION ON THESE ANIMALS PRIOR TO RELEASE.

Source: IPATA - 23 October 2008
Effective date: 1 Sepetmber 2008