Bringing a pet to Thailand

• Microchip your pet (To be confirmed (the DLD document only lists 'Microchip Implant certificated', with no mention of ISO 11784/11785))⚠Pending official confirmationThe DLD requires a microchip certificate as a mandatory document; verbatim '1.6 Microchip Implant certificated'. If the microchip code on the document does not match the animal, the animal may be returned or detained. The ISO standard does not appear in the DLD official document (only in tier-3), so it is marked .
• Rabies vaccinationPet must be at least 12 weeks old. Valid 21 days after the primary dose.
• Obtain an import permitRequired before travel — see costs and process below.
• Official health certificate (An Original Official Health Certificate issued, endorsed and stamped by the exporting country's government authority; after obtaining the import permit, the applicant obtains the health certificate from the exporting country's AQS.)Endorsed by The exporting country's government / official vet.
• Travel through an approved point of entryThe DLD operational document uses Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) as the point of entry

1. 1
   Before vaccination
   Microchip⚠Pending official confirmation

   The DLD requires a microchip certificate as a mandatory document; verbatim '1.6 Microchip Implant certificated'. If the microchip code on the document does not match the animal, the animal may be returned or detained. The ISO standard does not appear in the DLD official document (only in tier-3), so it is marked .

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
   Shortly before departure
   Health certificate issued and endorsed

   Endorsed by The exporting country's government / official vet.

5. 5
   Arrival
   Entry checks at an approved point

   No routine quarantine when all requirements are met.

⚠Some fees not publishedAdvance import permit: apply by email to qsap_bkk@dld.go.th (Form R1/1 + a passport copy + a photo of the pet + the flight itinerary + an English vaccination record + a microchip certificate), submitted 'within 60 days but no less than 7 days' before departure, with the permit emailed within 3 working days. On arrival: AQS issues a Notice of Import Approval (R-6) + Import License (R-7); verbatim 'A processing fee of 500 baht will be charged per animal' (the R-7 licence processing fee, paid on arrival). The advance-permit fee / inspection fee is not stated in the DLD document, so it is marked . Other vaccines (verbatim, ≥21 days before departure): dogs = Rabies, Distemper, Hepatitis, Parvo, Leptospirosis (canine lepto may be covered by a valid vaccine or a negative test within 30 days before departure); cats = Rabies, Feline Panleukopenia. The 'e-Movement online system' does not appear in this email-based document, so it is marked .

⚠Pending official confirmationThe current legal force is pending anchoring in the official original text; banned_breeds is kept empty (neither the breed list nor its current force has been settled against the DLD official original text). Three layers of fact (updated 2026-07-18): (a) the import ban is a firmly established historical fact but older than first thought — the DLD suspended imports of the Pit Bull Terrier in 1991 (BE 2534) and broadened the notice to other fierce breeds on 2002-11-29 (BE 2545), with a 5,000 baht fine (an indicative figure from consistent Thai sources; the official notice text is not located) and possible detention for violators; ⛔ the previously cited ราชกิจจานุเบกษา 2561/E/144, once the user obtained the original text, turned out to be a feed regulation — the wrong (mis-anchored) document (see the sources TH-RATCHA-2561-144 MIS-ANCHORED note) — and the official original text of the 1991/2002 notices has still not been located; (b) the breed lists disagree across sources, so none is taken as authoritative — the Thai embassy (official, current webpage) = 2 breeds (Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier), Thai media = 4 breeds (American Pit Bull, Rottweiler, Doberman, Fila Brasileiro), Dogilike = 5 specially controlled breeds; (c) current force — Thai government sources contradict each other: the Canberra embassy states Pit Bull / American Staffordshire Terrier are prohibited; the Washington DC embassy states 'No dog breeds are banned'; the DLD's current operational page is silent; the historical documents (1991/2002) are not located. The two official sources are mutually exclusive and neither may be picked over the other. Erring on the side of caution for readers: because one official source (the Canberra embassy) expressly bans the Pit Bull/AmStaff, do not bring such dogs into the country, and check directly with the DLD before travelling.