🇵🇫Taking a dog or cat to French Polynesia: entry rules and flights
✓ Rules checked: September 24, 2026Official sources only
Preparing from scratch takes about 4 months, wherever you fly from.
French Polynesia sets its own requirements for bringing in dogs and cats. From any departure country your pet needs import permit, microchip, rabies vaccination, veterinary health certificate and parasite treatment. What is needed on top — rabies antibody titre test — depends on the country you fly from. The rules are the same for dogs and cats.
The titre test sets the pace: blood is drawn no earlier than 30 days after the vaccination, and entry is allowed no earlier than 90 days after the draw. Pets may not enter through just any airport: there is only one designated point. Order matters more than the list: the microchip goes in before the rabies vaccination, or the vaccination does not count. 1 carriers in our directory fly direct to French Polynesia, and their pet conditions differ.
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Airlines with direct flights
1 airlines in our directory fly direct to and from French Polynesia. Their conditions differ — the cabin weight limit, whether they carry pets in the hold, the fee and breed restrictions — so it is worth choosing the carrier before buying the ticket.
no snub-nosed breeds in the hold · banned breeds: 15
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from 3 cities in 3 countries
Showing the 1 carriers serving the most cities out of 1 with direct flights. Schedules: AeroDataBox, AirLabs, Travelpayouts; pet conditions come from our airline directory.
Restrictions
The limits people find out about last: how many animals one person may bring, the minimum age and which breeds are turned away at the border.
QuarantineNot stated in the rules
Banned breedsNo bans+
These are the country's rules. Airlines refuse some breeds on their own — their limits are in the carrier table above.
Pets per personNot stated
Minimum ageno limit; vaccination from 90 days
Points of entry1 airports+
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What you need to enter French Polynesia
The full list of documents and procedures for entering French Polynesia. Every item carries its official source and last-checked date, and is marked as always required or required only from some departure countries.
Identification
Microchipalways+
Pets must be identified with a non-encrypted, 15-digit pet microchip that is compliant with ISO 11784 or Annex A of ISO 11785. A readable tattoo is also an acceptable form of identification.
«Pets must be identified with a non-encrypted, 15-digit pet microchip that is compliant with ISO 11784 or Annex A of ISO 11785. A readable tattoo is also an acceptable form of identification.»
Unless your pet has lived in a rabies-free country during the six months prior to travel, it must have proof of a current rabies vaccination after microchip implantation. The vaccination must be administered after three months of age and mo
«Unless your pet has lived in a rabies-free country during the six months prior to travel, it must have proof of a current rabies vaccination after microchip implantation. The vaccination must be administered after three months of age and more than six months before entering the country.»
Dogs and cats from non-rabies-free countries need a rabies titer test, parasite treatments, and additional health checks, including a leishmaniasis test for dogs, before entering French Polynesia.
«Dogs and cats from non-rabies-free countries need a rabies titer test, parasite treatments, and additional health checks, including a leishmaniasis test for dogs, before entering French Polynesia.»
Not required from every departure country — checking your own route gives the exact answer.
A rabies antibody (titer) test is needed if in the past six months the pet lived anywhere outside French Polynesia’s list of countries. Blood is drawn no sooner than a month after vaccination, the threshold is 0.5 IU/ml, and three months must pass before departure; the result is valid for a year.
«The animal for export was subjected to a neutralising antibody titration test for rabies more than three (3) months and less than one (1) year prior to export to French Polynesia and found to have at least 0.5 UI/ml of antibody in their serum.»
Source ↗Rules checked: September 24, 2026government
Documents
Import permitalways+
Pets traveling to French Polynesia need an import permit and a USDA-endorsed health certificate, which must be physically signed and sealed.
«Pets traveling to French Polynesia need an import permit and a USDA-endorsed health certificate, which must be physically signed and sealed.»
The order matters more than the list: a step done too early has to be repeated. The intervals come from the same rule fields the engine uses for the earliest departure date.
Microchip
before the rabies vaccination
Rabies vaccination
pet at least 90 days oldvalid after 21 days
Rabies antibody titre testdepends on origin
no earlier than 30 days after the vaccinationentry 90 days after the blood draw
Parasite treatment
Import permit
Veterinary health certificate
Steps marked “depends on origin” are not needed by everyone — see the table above or check your own route.
Compared by departure country
Lapaport's engine on six examples, counted from zero: a dog of no particular breed with nothing done yet — no microchip, no vaccination, no tests — starting preparation today. Columns marked “always” are required from anywhere.
If the microchip and vaccination are already done, the wait is shorter: the clock runs from the vaccination date, not from today. Breed, weight and connections change the answer too — check your own route with the form above.
Arrival airports
Pets may not enter through just any airport. Below: where direct flights go and whether animals are accepted.
On the list of entry points1
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FAQ
What documents do I need to enter French Polynesia?+
From any country: microchip, rabies vaccination, parasite treatment, import permit, veterinary health certificate. Depends on the departure country: rabies antibody titre test.
Is a rabies titre test required for French Polynesia?+
It depends on the departure country. From United Kingdom, for example, it is required. The form above gives the exact answer for your route.
Which breeds are banned from entry?+
The country's rules list no breed bans. Individual airlines have their own restrictions — see the carrier table.
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