🇬🇮Taking a dog or cat to Gibraltar: entry rules and flights
✓ Rules checked: September 24, 2026Official sources only
Preparing from scratch takes 3 weeks to 4 months, depending on where you fly from.
Gibraltar sets its own requirements for bringing in dogs and cats. From any departure country your pet needs microchip, rabies vaccination, parasite treatment, veterinary health certificate and pet passport. 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. Order matters more than the list: the microchip goes in before the rabies vaccination, or the vaccination does not count. 2 carriers in our directory fly direct to Gibraltar, and their pet conditions differ.
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Airlines with direct flights
2 airlines in our directory fly direct to and from Gibraltar. 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.
Showing the 2 carriers serving the most cities out of 2 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 personup to 5+
The maximum number of pet animals which may accompany the owner cannot exceed five during a single non-commercial movement unless documentary evidence substantiates the purpose is participation in competitions, exhibitions or sporting events or training for such events.
Minimum ageno limit; vaccination from 12 weeks
Points of entryNot stated
What you need to enter Gibraltar
The full list of documents and procedures for entering Gibraltar. 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+
Pet animals should be marked by the implantation of a responder [transponder] or by a clearly readable tattoo applied before 3 July 2011. (Environmental Agency / PetTravel: non-encrypted, 15-digit pet microchip that is compliant with ISO 11
«Pet animals should be marked by the implantation of a responder [transponder] or by a clearly readable tattoo applied before 3 July 2011. (Environmental Agency / PetTravel: non-encrypted, 15-digit pet microchip that is compliant with ISO 11784 or Annex A of ISO 11785.)»
Pet animals should have received an anti-rabies vaccination that complies with the usual validity requirements. All dogs, cats, and ferrets over 12 weeks of age entering Gibraltar must have proof of a current rabies vaccination administered
«Pet animals should have received an anti-rabies vaccination that complies with the usual validity requirements. All dogs, cats, and ferrets over 12 weeks of age entering Gibraltar must have proof of a current rabies vaccination administered at the same time or after a microchip was implanted; at least 21 days prior to entering Gibraltar.»
Pet animals should comply with any specific preventive health measures for diseases or infections other than rabies adopted by the Commission from time to time. (EU-style tapeworm/Echinococcus multilocularis treatment 24-120 hours before en
«Pet animals should comply with any specific preventive health measures for diseases or infections other than rabies adopted by the Commission from time to time. (EU-style tapeworm/Echinococcus multilocularis treatment 24-120 hours before entry where applicable; Gibraltar applies EU-equivalent domestic legislation.)»
Not required from every departure country — checking your own route gives the exact answer.
A rabies antibody (titer) test is needed only when entering from a country absent from the Annex II tables of Regulation (EU) 577/2013, which Gibraltar publishes in full. The result must be at least 0.5 IU/ml, the sample is taken by an authorised veterinarian, and three months must pass after the blood draw. Only an EU-approved laboratory may run the test.
«The animals must have a blood test confirming a neutralizing rabies antibody titration at least equal to 0.5 iu/ml carried out on a sample taken by an authorized veterinarian and three months before being moved.»
Source ↗Rules checked: September 24, 2026government
Documents
Veterinary health certificatealways+
Pet animals should be accompanied by a valid Pet Passport duly completed and issued by a veterinarian. (From unlisted countries: a non-commercial bi-lingual EU Health Certificate for Gibraltar, valid for 4 months of travel within the EU.)
«Pet animals should be accompanied by a valid Pet Passport duly completed and issued by a veterinarian. (From unlisted countries: a non-commercial bi-lingual EU Health Certificate for Gibraltar, valid for 4 months of travel within the EU.)»
A pet passport is accepted INSTEAD of the veterinary certificate. This cancels no procedure: the microchip, the rabies vaccination and — where required — the antibody titre remain mandatory. The passport merely attests that they were done, and takes the place of the document otherwise issued for the trip. That is exactly why it is more convenient: a certificate lasts days, a passport lasts years, and it shows the vaccination never lapsed.
«Pet animals should be accompanied by a valid Pet Passport duly completed and issued by a veterinarian. (From unlisted countries: a non-commercial bi-lingual EU Health Certificate for Gibraltar, valid for 4 months of travel within the EU.)»
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 12 weeks 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
Veterinary health certificate
Pet passport
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
The country's rules place no restriction on the arrival airport. Below are airports with direct flights; marked where we have documented the arrival procedure.
Not documented yet1
GIBGibraltar
FAQ
What documents do I need to enter Gibraltar?+
From any country: microchip, rabies vaccination, parasite treatment, veterinary health certificate, pet passport. Depends on the departure country: rabies antibody titre test.
Is a rabies titre test required for Gibraltar?+
It depends on the departure country. From Turkey, for example, it is required; from United Kingdom it is not. The form above gives the exact answer for your route.
How many pets can one person bring?+
No more than 5.
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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