Moving With Cat From Us To Thailand

[alyssa9933]

I am moving to Thailand in June and I am bringing my cat. I have all the shots and am in the process of getting the necessary health certificates, etc but I keep reading that I need to complete paperwork at the Bangkok Airport and that I need to contact their immigration office prior to my flight. I have called a few times and can never speak to anyone who is very fluent in English and can't get a response to my question which is -

Do need to get a form or document from them prior to my flight so that they already have it on file and know when and where I am arriving with the cat or do I just get the form on the airplane and present it through the normal immigration process. I fear getting there and not having what I need and them wanting to put the cat in quarantine.

Any help will be appreicated.

Thanks.

[chiangmaibruce]

Alyssa, welcome to the forum

Suggest you PM a moderator and ask them to move your post to the correct sub-forum (the one dealing with pets) so you can get more & better responses

Suggest you also scan that sub-forum where you will find many accounts by others who have gone through the same process (I can't comment on coming from the US - we came from Australia and the regs/process are a little different)

[vespachiangmai]

As far as i know just provide a kennel-cage and proof of shots signed by your vet.

my roomate bought my 3 cats here a few years ago with no problems.

they other way around different story

[Julieflowers]

Hi,

We arrived 3 weeks ago with 2 dogs and 2 cats from Bahrain. We brought them excess luggage which is what we had been advised to do. It may not be that simple from the US. If so there is what we had to do.

The dogs had UK Pet Passports and the cats originated in Bahrain had proof of rabies shots and vaccinations.

We had a Government Health Certificate from the Bahrain vets to prove they were fit to travel and had recently had tick and worm treatment administered.

We notified Gulf Airways, the first carrier and we had to go to their office in Bahrain and give weights of each animal including cages. We notified Thai Airways local office in Bahrain and carried out the same information over the phone and then went to their office in Bahrain. Both offices issued us with a receipt of weights. This also showed our booking reference for the flight.

This was then given to booking in clerk on arrival at the airport and they took our animals from there. We paid excess luggage charges for each animal.

When we arrived in Bangkok you will find your cats will arrive at overweight baggage area, but there is more than one of these areas and no one told us. We did find our pets and then took to the correct office for animal imports next to the last overweight luggage desk. Although English was limited, they knew what to do and it all went smoothly.

Hope this helps.

[bigmove]

Hope this helps

Documents Required for Pet Import

1) Certificate of Vaccination against Rabies The vaccination date must not less than 30 days, but not longer than 1 year.

2) Health Certificate Need to take the pet to to issue the Health Certificate (English language)From Official Veterinarian in your country (by Government ) only, Pet passport from EU can not use.

3) Copy Passport of the owner/shipper Copy passport is required only the photo page only.

4) Import Permit from Department Livestock Department

Recommendation for Import of Dog and Cat to thailand

1) The animal (s) must be vaccinated against rabies wherever possible, a period of 30 days before the departure is recommended. Other vaccination is voluntary. A dog or cat that is younger than 3 months old is not allow to import.

2) Prior to export, the originals as well as photocopies of

· Certificate of Rabies Vaccination· Passport or other identification of the owner· Health Certificate issue by Government

3) When arrived at Suvarnabhumi airport ,contact Animal Quarantine station,locate opposite Luggage claim No.8 (open 24Hr daily) +662-134-0636 +662-134-0636 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

4)The Animals should arrive during daytime. If arrival is after 4:00 PM, special Customs clearance can be arranged. I'm recommended to send your pet as excess baggage. Don't send by cargo.

5)The processes for Import other kinds of pets is nearly the same, but have a bit difference. For more details, you can contact the Suvarnabhumi Airport Animal Quarantine Station at the below address.

Suvarnabhumi Airport Animal Quarantine Station

Free Zone Area ,CE 1 Building

Tel 662-134-703 +662-134-7031

E-mail [email protected]

BM

[Nienke]

Do need to get a form or document from them prior to my flight so that they already have it on file and know when and where I am arriving with the cat or do I just get the form on the airplane and present it through the normal immigration process.

You need to have an import permit, see: http://www.dld.go.th/dcontrol/move/imex_e.html

Click here and you get the document which you need to fill in and send to the AQS in BKK.

I think emailing them is easier than phoning.