Traveling overseas with a pet?

A word to the wise.

Song Lee / 2 December 2022​

The logistics of moving is never fun – whether that new home is down the road, interstate or in another country.

Adding a pet to the equation makes things markedly more difficult, especially if you and your pet must relocate overseas.

Each country has different criteria that must be satisfied before it allows your pet into its borders. There are the easier (“easier“, not “easy”), countries, such as the United States. And then there are the more difficult countries – which tend to be island nations – that, understandly, heavily scrutinise live animal imports.

As a pet owner, please do not take this process lightly. An errant detail on a form will quickly lead to sudden and unwelcome circumstances for you and your pet. I would always recommend engaging the help of a pet relocation expert when relocating your pet internationally.

Unfortunately, there are more than a few anecdotes involving pet owners who tried it themselves, only to find out the hard and expensive way that how easy it is for things to go wrong.