✅ Requirements verified against Ministry of Agriculture and Customs guidelines
Last Updated: December 2025
BIMINI BAHAMAS IMPORT REQUIREMENTS
For your Dog or Cat: You will need an import permit
APPENDIX 1
Conditions for importation of Cats and Dogs
A. If a country, zone, or compartment free from rabies according to World Organization for Animal
Health (WOAH) wishes to export:
a. Dogs,
i. an international veterinary certificate (within forty-eight (48) hours of importation) is
required and must attest that the dog(s):
1. is/are more than six (6) months of age
2. was/were actively immunized against the following diseases:
a. Rabies
b. Distemper,
c. Hepatitis,
d. Leptospirosis,
e. Parvovirus, and
f. Adenovirus
3. is/are free of internal parasites as determined by a negative test result using a stool sample test.
4. is/are free of external parasites.
b. Cats,
i. an international veterinary certificate (within forty-eight (48) hours of importation) is
required and must attest that the cats(s):
1. is/are more than six (6) months of age, since birth
2. was/were actively immunized against the following diseases:
a. Rabies
b. Feline Leukemia,
c. Feline Rhinotracheitis,
d. Feline Calicivirus,
e. Feline Panleukopenia and
f. Feline Pneumonitis
3. is/are free of internal parasites as determined by a negative faecal matter test result.
4. is/are free of external parasites.
B. If a country, zone, or compartment not free from rabies according to the World Organization for
Animal Health (WOAH) wishes to export:
a. Dogs,
i. an international veterinary certificate (within forty-eight (48) hours of importation) is
required and must attest that the dog(s):
1. is/are more than six (6) months of age
2. was/were actively immunized against the following diseases:
a. Rabies by either:
i. one (1) year duration vaccine – the vaccine must have been
administered within not more than ten (10) months and not less than one (1) month prior to importation;
or Page 2 of 4ii. three (3) year duration vaccine – the vaccine must have been
administered within not more than thirty-four (34) months and not less than one (1) month prior to
importation.
b. Distemper,
c. Hepatitis,
d. Leptospirosis,
e. Parvovirus,
f. Adenovirus, and
g. Coronavirus
3. is/are free of internal parasites as determined by a negative faecal matter test result.
4. is/are free of external parasites.
b. Cats,
i. an international veterinary certificate (within forty-eight (48) hours of importation) is
required and must attest that the cats(s):
1. is/are more than six (6) months of age
2. was/were actively immunized against the following diseases:
a. Rabies by either:
i. one (1) year duration vaccine – the vaccine must have been
administered within not more than ten (10) months and not less than one (1) month prior to importation;
or
ii. three (3) year duration vaccine – the vaccine must have been
administered within not more than thirty-four (34) months and not less than one (1) month prior to
importation.
b. Feline Leukemia,
c. Feline Rhinotracheitis,
d. Feline Calicivirus,
e. Feline Panleukopenia and
f. Feline Pneumonitis
3. is/are free of internal parasites as determined by a negative faecal matter test result.
4. is/are free of external parasites.