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.
Quarantine
Yes, if the conditions are not met
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What the quarantine depends on:
- No rabies antibody titre and the country of departure is not on the Agency's list
- Less than 3 months have passed since the titre blood draw
- The animal is not chipped (or the tattoo was applied after 01.01.2020)
- The vaccination predates the chipping, or was given under 12 weeks of age
- No health certificate, or no owner declaration of non-commercial movement
Banned breeds
No bans
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These are the country's rules. Airlines refuse some breeds on their own — their limits are in the carrier table above.
Pets per person
up to 5
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No more than 5 animals per non-commercial movement. More is allowed only for competition or exhibition participants: proof of registration is required and the animals must be over six months old.
Minimum age
no limit; vaccination from 12 weeks
Points of entry
Designated points, list held by the country
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The country of departure is not on the Article 7 list, so the animal must be taken through the designated passenger corridor at the border crossing and the documents presented for control. Do not use the 'green channel' with a pet.
If the requirements are not met, the animal is either returned to the country of departure at the owner's expense, or isolated under veterinary supervision for as long as it takes to achieve compliance — but no longer than six months.
A relaxation for the young: puppies and kittens under 12 weeks without a rabies vaccination MAY enter — with an owner declaration of no contact with wild animals susceptible to rabies, or when travelling with their vaccinated mother. This is not a restriction.
What you need to enter Georgia
The full list of documents and procedures for entering Georgia. 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+
ISO 11784/11785 microchip readable by an HDX or FDX-B device, implanted BEFORE the rabies vaccination. A legible tattoo is accepted only if it was applied before 1 January 2020.
«შინაური ბინადარი ცხოველები ნიშანდებულია ტრანსპონდერის იმპლანტაციით ან 2020 წლის პირველ იანვრამდე გამოყენებული მკაფიოდ კითხვადი სვირინგით»
Source ↗Rules checked: August 14, 2026government
Vaccination
Rabies vaccinationalways+
Rabies vaccination given no earlier than 12 weeks of age, with an inactivated vaccine (at least one antigenic unit per dose) or a recombinant one. The vaccination date cannot precede the microchipping date.
«ვაქცინაციის დღეს შინაური ბინადარი ცხოველი იყო, სულ მცირე, 12 კვირის»
Source ↗Rules checked: August 14, 2026government
Tests and treatments
Parasite treatmentalways+
Treatment with a broad-spectrum product against ENDOparasites (anthelmintic) and against ECTOparasites. The decree sets no specific time window — the treatment is given shortly before travel and recorded in the document.
«დამუშავებულია ენდოპარაზიტების წინააღმდეგ ფართო სპექტრის ანტიჰელმინთური საშუალებით და ეგზოპარაზიტებზე»
Source ↗Rules checked: August 14, 2026government
Rabies antibody titre testdepends on origin+
Not required from every departure country — checking your own route gives the exact answer.
Rabies antibody titre — because the country of departure is NOT on the Article 7 list of Decree 551. Blood is drawn no earlier than 30 days after vaccination, the result must be ≥0.5 IU/ml, at an accredited laboratory. Entry is possible no earlier than 3 months after the blood draw — about four months of preparation in total.
«ტესტი უნდა ჩატარდეს აღებულ სისხლის ნიმუშზე ვაქცინაციის ჩატარების თარიღიდან, სულ მცირე, 30 დღეში და: ა.ა) სულ მცირე, სამი თვით ადრე... იმ სხვა ქვეყნიდან ან მისი ტერიტორიიდან არაკომერციული გადაადგილების თარიღამდე, რომელიც არ არის განსაზღვრული ამ წესის მე-7 მუხლის პირველი პუნქტის ან მე-2 პუნქტის შესაბამისად დადგენილ ჩამონათვალში»
Source ↗Rules checked: August 14, 2026government
Documents
Veterinary health certificatealways+
Veterinary health certificate (or identification document) carrying the chip number, the animal's species and date of birth, vaccination details and the titre blood-draw date. A written owner declaration that the movement is non-commercial is attached. The decree names no separate validity period — the 10 days are ordinary issuing practice, confirm with the vet service.
«სათანადოდ შევსებული და გაცემული საიდენტიფიკაციო დოკუმენტი»
Source ↗Rules checked: August 14, 2026government
The order of preparation
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.
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Microchip
before the rabies vaccination
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Rabies vaccination
pet at least 12 weeks oldvalid after 21 days
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Rabies antibody titre test
depends on origin
no earlier than 30 days after the vaccinationentry 90 days after the blood draw
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Parasite treatment
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Veterinary health certificate
no earlier than 10 days before entry
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.
| From | Microchipalways | Rabies jabalways | Treatmentalways | Titre test | Health certificatealways | Earliest departurepreparing from scratch | |
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| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | January 23, 2027 |
Plan → |
| 🇫🇷 France |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | January 23, 2027 |
Plan → |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | January 23, 2027 |
Plan → |
| 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | October 15, 2026 |
Plan → |
| 🇨🇳 China |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | January 23, 2027 |
Plan → |
| 🇺🇸 United States |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ | October 15, 2026 |
Plan → |
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
Entry with a pet is only through a designated border post, but the list is kept by the country itself and we do not have it. Below are airports with direct flights; check your own before buying a ticket.
Arrival with a pet documented1
TBSTbilisi
Not documented yet3
BUSBatumi
KUTKopitnari
SUISukhumi
Leaving Georgia
How to take a pet out of Georgia: what is arranged at home before the flight.
How to take a dog or cat out of Georgia when the owner travels with the pet (non-commercial). Steps run in order; some depend on the destination country. The international export veterinary certificate is issued by the National Food Agency (NFA) under the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia.
1. Microchip (ISO 11784/11785)+
A 15-digit ISO 11784/11785 microchip is required to enter most destinations (EU, UK, USA, etc.); Georgian export control itself usually does not check the chip on exit. The ordering rule matters: the rabies vaccination date must not precede the chipping date — i.e. implant the chip BEFORE the first rabies shot (or at the same time). If the animal was vaccinated before being chipped, the vaccination must be repeated. The chip number is recorded in the pet passport.
2. Rabies vaccination+
Required to travel abroad. The shot is given in advance: as a rule no sooner than 21–30 days before travel and no later than ~11–12 months (the vaccination must still be valid). The vaccination date cannot precede the chipping date. The shot is recorded in the pet passport and is the basis for the documents issued by the vet and the NFA. For EAEU/CIS countries requirements are minimal: a valid rabies shot and a combined vaccination, usually no sooner than one month before departure.
3. Rabies antibody titer (serology test)+
Depends on the destination country, NOT on Georgia. To enter the EU, Israel and some other countries a rabies antibody blood test is required (level ≥ 0.5 IU/ml). Georgia has no EU-accredited lab of its own: blood is drawn at a local vet clinic and sent to a foreign lab (in practice to Germany via an intermediary clinic). Results take a long time: electronic ~1 month, paper 3–4 months, so the test must be planned well in advance. Not required for EAEU/CIS.
4. Vet clinic certificate (domestic vet document)+
Before going to the NFA you take the pet to a vet clinic: the vet performs a clinical examination, checks the pet passport (chip, vaccinations), gives deworming/anti-parasite treatment if needed and stamps the clinical exam record. On the basis of this certificate and the pet passport the NFA then issues the international export certificate. It is inexpensive (around 10 GEL); many owners get the exam and treatment on the same day. This is a Georgian domestic document and is not used by itself for travel abroad.
5. NFA international export certificate+
The key document for departure. It is issued by the National Food Agency (NFA) under the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture — you must come in person with the pet. Bring: the pet passport (chip, vaccinations, treatments), the vet-clinic certificate, your travel passport (or a copy) and preferably the itinerary/tickets. An officer checks the documents and the animal, may require deworming and an exam stamp, and issues the certificate stating the breed, destination country and means of transport, sealed with a stamp. It is issued the same day. Cost is about 100 GEL (some sources say up to 200 GEL — confirm on site). The certificate is valid 72 hours for departure and then gives ~3 months (90 days) to re-enter Georgia without new paperwork. Offices: Tbilisi (6 Marshal Gelovani Ave) and Batumi (46A Iakob Gogebashvili dead-end); opening hours are limited, come in the morning.