Mexico Pet Import Requirements: How to Bring a Pet to Mexico in 2026

• a health certificate issued by a USDA-accredited veteran within 10 days of travel.
• Proof of rabies vaccination (must be at least 30 days old but not expired). The health certificate process was simple but took time – see your vet first,
• USDA approval (which can be done by mail or at regional offices).

rabies vaccination (must be at least 30 days old but not expired)

Transportation of animals under 4 months is not permitted.

Check if your pet is on the list
If the species is not registered in the Module, send an email to:
janet.chavez@senasica.gob.mx
reqzoosan.dgsa@senasica.gob.mx
reqacuicola@senasica.gob.mx (aquatic species only)
You must include the following information:
1. Full name, RFC, CURP and address.
2. Telephone number with area code
3. Contact e-mail address
4. Animal species and zootechnical function.
5. Country of origin
6. Country of departure
7. Destination or final use of the merchandise.
8. Additional information that you consider may provide technical
and documentary support to your request.
9. Customs office through which it would enter

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After passing immigration control and collecting the animal from your luggage, you must go to the SAGARPA-SENASICA office to present your documents and have the animal inspected, where you will be issued a Mexican import certificate.

Official information about documents

if you often travel with your pet to this country

other pets

• Health certificate
• A scan of the license of the veterinarian who will issue the certificate
• Do parasite treatment and put a stamp on the examination by the veterinarian
• Exit certificate (you can leave for the USA and Canada with a health certificate without receiving an exit certificate)
• Exit certificate
• You need to contact the Senasika service 3 or less days in advance. The service is located at the airport. You must appear in person without the animal, with the animal’s passport (it must contain a chip, vaccinations), with the passport with which you will travel, and with a copy of it, with a health certificate and a scan of the license of the veterinarian who issued the certificate. Tickets may be required: the route will be rewritten from them.
• On the day of departure, go to the Senasika service again, where they will check the animal’s chip and put a stamp on the documents prepared in advance.
• Mexico City, International Airport – Terminal 1, near Viva Airbus, gate No. 6
• Certificate validity period
• The exact validity period is not yet known.

• Rabies antibody titers
• Not required for travel to the EU and countries that have adopted EU rules (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro).
• Required for entry into Israel, China, UAE, Turkey, South Korea.
• For other countries, check the rules for import from Mexico.

Official information about documents

if you often travel with your pet to this country

other pets