import requirements

Angola as seen from the air above Luanda.While Angola may seem like a far off place for pets, we've actually moved three lucky cats from Scotland to Angola and, most recently, from Angola to Cairo, Egypt!

Whether traveling with pets into, or out of, Angola, there will most certainly be hurdles when dealing with Angolan bureaucracy and infrastructure. It’s not overwhelming, but it will save a lot of time going into these pet relocations prepared.

The important thing to realize is that Angola is still a developing, and as such, certain protocols have a tendency to be needlessly obfuscated, not as a means to simply confuse you, but rather due to the fact that a great number of Angolan authorities don’t have the answer to many questions themselves and can often attempt to “pass the buck”.

When importing pets into Angola, we typically only provide Door-to-Port services. While there are cargo agents available in Luanda, they have proven themselves to be rather ineffective and seem to have a habit of making things more difficult than they already are.

Last night we received an important notice concerning pets traveling to South Africa from the EU from our agents.

Beginning on 1 April 2010, all dogs traveling to South Africa from EU countries must be tested for all five of the following parasites with negative results:

1. Brucella canis
2. Trypanosoma evansi
3. Babesia gibsoni
4. Dirofilaria immitis
5. Leishmania

Felines remain unaffected by these new regulations.

This change has come to effect due to the EU open border policies.  Pets coming from other countries will still only need to be tested for parasites which are present in their country.

For example, pets traveling from the US to South Africa still only need to be tested for all of the parasites listed above except for trypanosoma evansi, as it is not a parasite found in the US.

If you have any questions about the new South African pet travel requirements, feel free to email us.

We've updated our Sri Lanka Pet Import requirements.  Take a look, and let us know if you have any questions regarding a pet move to Sri Lanka!

Today, South Korean customs announced a new regulation for pets due to Pneumonic plague. This is the first restriction South Korea has imposed for bringing pets as a carry on or excess baggage.

Effective today, 11 August 2009, South Korea will not accept any pets as a carry on or as excess baggage.

Our agent in South Korea reports that this initially was only for pets coming from China however as of this morning they have started to prohibit pets as a carry on or excess baggage from all countries.

We received a question today about what is required to move pets from Hong Kong to Indonesia.  Below are the import requirements.

Import Pet (Dogs & Cats) to Indonesia from Hong Kong

The documents required for obtain an import permit 3 weeks in advance :

1. Copy of owner passport, front page only
2. Copy of vaccination certificate/ books/ certificate
3. Address and phone no. for delivery the pets

An import permit must be available by the time of pets arrive.