🇵🇭 Pet Import to Philippines

The Philippines requires an import clearance from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), an ISO microchip, current rabies vaccination, and a veterinary health certificate for incoming dogs and cats. Pets with complete documentation generally avoid quarantine, but animals lacking a valid clearance or adequate vaccination history can be held at the port of entry for observation. Since the Philippines is an archipelago with rabies still present in parts of the country, authorities apply closer scrutiny to pets without clear origin-country veterinary records. The most common failure point is departing before the BAI import clearance is finalized.