Pet Travel and Passport Record

Who this is for

A place to keep what you have been told about taking an animal abroad. The top holds the document references and who issued them, the requirements table records each thing your vet or the authority said this journey needs and the date it was done, and the journeys table is the history of where the animal has actually been.

Owners travelling with a pet, people moving abroad with an animal, and anyone keeping the documents for a dog, cat or ferret that crosses a border more than once.

What this helps you track

• Document type, number, issue date and who issued it, copied from the document itself
• Each requirement for this journey, in the words of whoever told you
• The date each one was done, and any date it expires or falls due again
• The stamp, certificate or reference that proves it
• Every journey taken, with the route, the carrier and what was checked

How to use it

1. Write the animal's details and the microchip number exactly as it appears on the travel document.
2. Record the document type, its number, the date it was issued and the vet or authority that issued it.
3. Ask your vet, and the authority for the country you are going to, what this particular journey needs — then write each item into the requirements table with the date you were told and who told you.
4. Fill in the date done, the reference or stamp, and any expiry or repeat date as you are given it.
5. Book the vet appointments the requirements need, in the order and the timing your vet specifies.
6. Log each journey afterwards with the route, the carrier and anything that was checked at the border, so the next trip starts from experience.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The online version keeps what you enter in your own browser and builds the completed PDF on your device.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

Does this sheet tell me what my pet needs to travel?

No, and it deliberately does not try. Entry requirements differ by country, by species, by where you are travelling from, and they change. This sheet records what your vet and the destination's own authority told you.

Where do I find the real requirements?

From the official source for the country you are entering and from your own vet, close to the date of travel. Requirements are often time-sensitive, which is why the table has both a date told and a date done.

Is a pet passport the same everywhere?

No. Schemes, documents and their names vary, and a document accepted on one route may not be on another. The document columns take whatever you actually hold.

Why record the journeys?

Because a border question is easier to answer with dates, routes and references than from memory, and because a returning journey often depends on what was done on the outward one.

Can I use it for a country I am only passing through?

Yes. Give transit countries their own lines in the requirements table — what a route needs is not always what the destination needs.