🇼🇸Taking a dog or cat to Samoa: entry rules and flights
✓ Rules checked: June 1, 2026Official sources only
Preparing from scratch takes about 4 weeks, wherever you fly from.
Samoa 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, additional vaccination, parasite treatment and veterinary health certificate. The rules are the same for dogs and cats.
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 12 weeks
Points of entry1 airports+
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What you need to enter Samoa
The full list of documents and procedures for entering Samoa. 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+
Your pet's passport will include proof of microchip, rabies and other vaccinations, parasite treatments, titer test and international export health certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian in the origination country.
«Your pet's passport will include proof of microchip, rabies and other vaccinations, parasite treatments, titer test and international export health certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian in the origination country.»
Your dog, or cat must be vaccinated with an inactivated or recombinant rabies vaccine that is approved for use in your country between 30 days and 12 months of entering Samoa. Unvaccinated puppies and kittens are not permitted to enter Samo
«Your dog, or cat must be vaccinated with an inactivated or recombinant rabies vaccine that is approved for use in your country between 30 days and 12 months of entering Samoa. Unvaccinated puppies and kittens are not permitted to enter Samoa.»
Proof of other vaccinations are required at scheduled intervals prior to import: canine distemper and hepatitis. Vaccinations against parvovirus, leptospirosis, parainfluenza and Bordetella bronchiseptica (kennel cough) are strongly recomme
«Proof of other vaccinations are required at scheduled intervals prior to import: canine distemper and hepatitis. Vaccinations against parvovirus, leptospirosis, parainfluenza and Bordetella bronchiseptica (kennel cough) are strongly recommended.»
Your pet's passport will include proof of microchip, rabies and other vaccinations, parasite treatments, titer test and international export health certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian in the origination country.
«Your pet's passport will include proof of microchip, rabies and other vaccinations, parasite treatments, titer test and international export health certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian in the origination country.»
Your pet's passport will include proof of microchip, rabies and other vaccinations, parasite treatments, titer test and international export health certificate
«Your pet's passport will include proof of microchip, rabies and other vaccinations, parasite treatments, titer test and international export health certificate»
Your pet's passport will include proof of microchip, rabies and other vaccinations, parasite treatments, titer test and international export health certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian in the origination country.
«Your pet's passport will include proof of microchip, rabies and other vaccinations, parasite treatments, titer test and international export health certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian in the origination country.»
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 test
no earlier than 30 days after the vaccination
Parasite treatment
Additional vaccination
Import permit
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
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 Samoa?+
From any country: microchip, rabies vaccination, additional vaccination, rabies antibody titre test, parasite treatment, import permit, veterinary health certificate.
Is a rabies titre test required for Samoa?+
Yes, from any departure country.
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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