🇵🇫Taking a dog or cat to French Polynesia: entry rules and flights
✓ Rules checked: June 1, 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, rabies antibody titre test, veterinary health certificate and parasite treatment. 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.
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🐕 🐈 Same rules for dogs and cats
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
Microchip+
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 arriving from countries that aren't rabies-free must have a rabies titer at least 30 days after their last rabies vaccination. Results are valid for 12 months but must be processed within the window of 3-12 months before entry
«Dogs and cats arriving from countries that aren't rabies-free must have a rabies titer at least 30 days after their last rabies vaccination. Results are valid for 12 months but must be processed within the window of 3-12 months before entry.»
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.»
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 test
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
The requirements are the same whichever country you fly from — this country draws no distinction between departure countries. Below is the same engine answer on six examples, counted from zero: no microchip and no vaccination yet, preparation starting today.
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, rabies antibody titre test, parasite treatment, import permit, veterinary health certificate.
Is a rabies titre test required for French Polynesia?+
Yes, from any departure country. Entry is allowed no earlier than 90 days after the blood draw.
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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