Pet Shipping from the USA to Indonesia

Not lawfully. Governor of Bali Regulation No. 88 of 2008 closed the entry and exit of rabies-carrying animals, which it defines as dogs, cats, monkeys and similar animals, to and from Bali province. It states that every person or legal entity is prohibited from bringing them in or taking them out. It was enacted on 1 December 2008 as a temporary measure after rabies reached the island, and it is still published as current regulation by the Bali provincial agriculture office. The province’s Regulation No. 19 of 2010 allows dogs and cats in from outside Bali only for non-commercial purposes such as religious ceremonies or conservation, and it counts keeping one as your own pet as commercial movement, which it prohibits. Rabies is still being managed on the island, so this is not a rule that has quietly lapsed. If Bali is your destination, talk to us before you spend anything.

Indonesia runs arrivals through Badan Karantina Indonesia as a registered process. You pre-register your pet, submit a prior notice before departure, and declare the animal on arrival, where it is inspected and then released against a release certificate. The vaccination record, the rabies antibody titer result and the veterinary certificate all have to travel with the animal and agree with each other. We confirm the arrangement and any holding period for your specific arrival point before booking.

A killed rabies vaccine in a pet at least 3 months old, and a rabies neutralizing antibody titer of 0.5 IU/ml or greater with the sample date, result and laboratory recorded on the certificate. The clinical examination has to be within 5 days of departure, and the certificate is issued by a USDA accredited veterinarian and endorsed by APHIS, which accepts digital endorsement through VEHCS. Cats also need a negative COVID-19 PCR result before export.

Yes. The certificate requires a neutralizing antibody titration result of 0.5 IU/ml or greater, and the sample date, the result and the name of the laboratory all have to appear on the certificate. Plan the blood draw early, because the result has to be back from the laboratory before the certificate can be completed.

Because Indonesia still asks for one. APHIS lists Indonesia as requiring cats, along with several other species, to be accompanied by a negative laboratory result for a COVID-19 PCR test carried out before export. Dogs are explicitly excluded from that requirement. It is an unusual survival from the pandemic rules, and it is the item most often missed on this route because almost nobody expects it.

The veterinary examination that supports the certificate has to be carried out within 5 days of departure. That makes it the tightest scheduling constraint on the route. It means the vet appointment, the APHIS endorsement and the flight all have to sit inside a very short span, and a flight change can invalidate the examination.

The government side is knowable: the APHIS endorsement sits in the 1 to 2 laboratory test band, $160 for one pet on a certificate plus $10 for each additional pet, plus your veterinarian for the examination, the vaccination and the blood draw, the titer laboratory fee, and for cats the COVID-19 PCR test. The large numbers are the flight and the crate, which depend on your pet size and the route. Our cost breakdown walks through each line.

We start by checking your destination province, because that is what decides whether the move is possible at all. From there we sequence any microchip, the killed rabies vaccine and the titer draw with a USDA accredited veterinarian, fit the 5 day examination window against your flight, prepare the certificate for APHIS endorsement through VEHCS, handle the quarantine registration and prior notice, and arrange the crate and the routing. If the honest answer is that your destination will not accept your pet, we tell you that first rather than last.