Preparing from scratch takes about 4 weeks, wherever you fly from.
Gibraltar sets its own requirements for bringing in dogs and cats. From any departure country your pet needs microchip, rabies vaccination, rabies antibody titre test, parasite treatment, veterinary health certificate and pet passport. The rules are the same for dogs and cats.
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 Gibraltar, and their pet conditions differ.
Free, no signup: timings, documents and airlines for your pet
1 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.
| Airline | Cabin | Hold | Cabin fee | Direct flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| easyJet | no pets | no pets | — | from 4 cities in 1 country |
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.
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.
These are the country's rules. Airlines refuse some breeds on their own — their limits are in the carrier table above.
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.
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.
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 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
Rabies titer test required only for pets entering Gibraltar from unlisted countries, administered no sooner than 30 days after the rabies vaccination; results allow entry three calendar months after the date the blood was drawn. The rabies
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 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.
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.
Steps marked “depends on origin” are not needed by everyone — see the table above or check your own route.
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.
| From | Microchip | Rabies jab | Titre test | Treatment | Health certificate | EU pet passport | Earliest departurepreparing from scratch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | October 25, 2026 | Plan → |
| 🇫🇷 France | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | October 25, 2026 | Plan → |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | October 25, 2026 | Plan → |
| 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | October 25, 2026 | Plan → |
| 🇨🇳 China | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | October 25, 2026 | Plan → |
| 🇺🇸 United States | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | October 25, 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.
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.
From any country: microchip, rabies vaccination, rabies antibody titre test, parasite treatment, veterinary health certificate, pet passport.
Yes, from any departure country.
No more than 5.
The country's rules list no breed bans. Individual airlines have their own restrictions — see the carrier table.