PROCEDURE

1. Obtain an import permit from the Philippines’ Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI):
   • Go to http://www.bai.gov.ph/ and click BAI ONE TIME LINK (almost at the bottom of the page). This leads to the form to fill out and submit.
   • Alternately, go directly to https://www.intercommerce.com.ph/registrationbai.asp and fill out the form.
   • Applicant will be asked for a Username (email) and password, which will be used to check the status of the application. The status could be: 1) for Endorsement (meaning the application is waiting for the signature of the approving authority); 2) Approved; Rejected (the applicant will have to re-apply).
     • To check the status of the application, go to https://www.intercommerce.com.ph/login.asp?home=home
     • If approved, click the reference number and it will bring applicant to the 3-page SPS permit. Print the permit and present this at the Quarantine station in the airport (Philippines).
   • Approval usually takes 1-2 days. Validity of the SPS permit is two months. Please read the other requirements on the permit in order to import your pet(s), i.e. Veterinary Health Certificate and the updated Vaccination Record.
   • For the updated Vaccination Record, the following is needed:
     1. DOGS: rabies vaccination and vaccination against distemper, leptospirosis, parvovirus, adenovirus type 2.
     2. CATS: rabies vaccination and vaccination against herpes, calicivirus, panleukopenia and feline leukemia
   • Qualification for issuance of the permit:
     • Minimum age of pets, dog/s and cat/s must be at least 4 months;
     • Dog/s and/or cat/s to imported must have updated Rabies vaccinations, not <14days or more than 1 year prior to SPS Applications;
     • Dog/s must have also have DHLPPi vaccination while cats should have vaccinations against feline panleukopenia;
     • Dog/s and/or cat/s to imported must all have been dewormed for internal and external parasites;
     • Import maximum of 3 animals once a year, or import maximum of 3 animals, more than once a year provided same animals identified through its microchip numbers, are imported.
2. Obtain health certificate from a licensed veterinarian in the country of origin: The health certificate should be dated within 30 days before the date of arrival in the Philippines. The certificate should certify that the animal is free from, and has not been recently exposed to, any dangerous or communicable disease, and that it has been given anti-rabies and other required inoculation.

For updated information on importation of pets, animals and household plants, kindly refer to the website of the Philippine Bureau of Customs at https://customs.gov.ph/pet-animals-and-household-plants/ or the Bureau of Animal Industry at https://www.bai.gov.ph/oci-faq