Bringing a pet to Georgia

• Microchip your pet (ISO 11784 (HDX or FDX-B); the reader must comply with ISO 11785)Must be implanted before the rabies vaccination, or the vaccine is not recognised.
• Rabies vaccinationPet must be at least 12 weeks old. Valid 21 days after the primary dose.
• Rabies antibody (titer) test — required from some origin countries⚠Pending official confirmationVerbatim (health certificate Annex 4 point II.3.1 — this point has an either/or two-option structure: the listed-country path and the unlisted-country + antibody path share the number II.3.1, and note (8) states explicitly 'The rabies antibody titration test referred to in point II.3.1 [not required for U.S. origin pets]'; the numbering was confirmed against the original text by Fable's manual review on 2026-07-18): the rabies antibody test must be ≥ 0.5 IU/ml, and blood must be drawn 'at least 30 days after' the previous vaccination and 'at least 3 months before the date of issue' of the certificate. A note within the same Annex 4 also states '30 days after vaccination and 3 months before the date of import'; because issue precedes import, the main certificate clause (before issue) is the stricter standard that actually applies, and the stricter one governs. For US-origin pets that only transit an unlisted country, an Annex 3 transit declaration may replace the antibody test.
• Official health certificate (Official bilingual (Georgian/English) health certificate Annex No. 4 (for non-commercial movement); plus the owner's non-commercial declaration Annex No. 5 (required with every certificate).)Endorsed by Issued by the exporting country's official (government) vet; for the US, issued by a USDA-accredited vet and endorsed by APHIS. The 10-day validity is verbatim from Annex 4 (tier-1; upgraded from tier-2 APHIS to tier-1 by Fable's manual review of the original text on 2026-07-18): the certificate is valid until the document/identity check at the designated point of entry, extended by the voyage time for sea travel.. Enter within 10 days of endorsement.
• Travel through an approved point of entry⚠Pending official confirmationtier-1 does not designate a dedicated point of entry; tier-3 (PetTravel) says 'entry must be via Tbilisi International Airport', but Georgia also has land BIPs, so this 'airport only' claim is not supported by tier-1 and is to be confirmed.

1. 1
   Before vaccination
   Microchip

   Implant the ISO microchip first — the rabies vaccine only counts once the pet is chipped.

2. 2
   Day 0
   Rabies vaccination

   Pet must be at least 12 weeks old.

3. 3
   After 21 days
   Rabies vaccine becomes valid

   Earliest eligible entry date for listed / low-risk origin countries.

4. 4
   Unlisted origins only
   Rabies antibody titer test + waiting period⚠Pending official confirmation

   Verbatim (health certificate Annex 4 point II.3.1 — this point has an either/or two-option structure: the listed-country path and the unlisted-country + antibody path share the number II.3.1, and note (8) states explicitly 'The rabies antibody titration test referred to in point II.3.1 [not required for U.S. origin pets]'; the numbering was confirmed against the original text by Fable's manual review on 2026-07-18): the rabies antibody test must be ≥ 0.5 IU/ml, and blood must be drawn 'at least 30 days after' the previous vaccination and 'at least 3 months before the date of issue' of the certificate. A note within the same Annex 4 also states '30 days after vaccination and 3 months before the date of import'; because issue precedes import, the main certificate clause (before issue) is the stricter standard that actually applies, and the stricter one governs. For US-origin pets that only transit an unlisted country, an Annex 3 transit declaration may replace the antibody test.

5. 5
   ≤ 10 days before entry
   Health certificate issued and endorsed

   Endorsed by Issued by the exporting country's official (government) vet; for the US, issued by a USDA-accredited vet and endorsed by APHIS. The 10-day validity is verbatim from Annex 4 (tier-1; upgraded from tier-2 APHIS to tier-1 by Fable's manual review of the original text on 2026-07-18): the certificate is valid until the document/identity check at the designated point of entry, extended by the voyage time for sea travel..

6. 6
   Arrival
   Entry checks at an approved point

   No routine quarantine when all requirements are met.

⚠Some fees not publishedTo be confirmed: no official fee schedule was found; accompanied non-commercial entry appears to have no national import fee (the owner only bears vet/lab costs), but there is no tier-1 verbatim. Import permit: not needed for accompanied non-commercial movement; unaccompanied/cargo needs an advance permit (tier-2).

⚠Pending official confirmationTo be confirmed (tier-1): no national dangerous/banned-breed list was found in the NFA official text; tier-3 (PetTravel) says 'Georgia does not publish a list of banned breeds', but the 'no ban' cannot be confirmed verbatim against NFA tier-1.