Traveling with Pets
If you are bringing pets to Panama, please send the following documents along with the corresponding form:
1. Fill out the form
Quarantine for Domestic Animals.
2. USDA Sanitary Certificate, signed and sealed by USDA Vet and signed by the pet’s vet
3. Vaccinations Certificate for Rabies.
4. Fee: $30.00.
Airlines guidelines may establish certain specific requirements for the transport of your pet or the handling of your documentation. Please make sure you check with your airline for further information prior to your departure date.
NOTE: Fax the completed Quarantine for Domestic Animals form to (507) 238-4234, (507) 238-4059, (507) 238-4113, (507) 238-2700 or email it to
dcontreras@minsa.gob.pa at the Ministry of Health in Panama. This form must be sent to the Ministry of Health authorities 3 days prior to your arrival in Panama.
Take note of the following ministry working hours in the Tocumen International Airport in Panama:
• Ministry of Health: Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
• Ministry of Agriculture: Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm and from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
If you do not arrive in Panama during these times, please make the necessary arrangements with the above mentioned authorities.
Birds
In order to bring your pet bird with you to Panama, you must have an import permit (“permiso de importacion”) to do so. This permit is issued by Panama’s National Environmental Authority (ANAM) located at Curundu, Building 507, telephone (507) 500-0855 or (507) 500-0839.
As a result of the Avian Influenza Virus outbreak, it will be necessary to administer your pet with vaccines for: Avian Influenza, New Castle, Tuberculosis, Chlamydia and Salmonella.
1. Certification that the above mentioned vaccines have been given to your pet must be included in the Health Certificate issued by your vet.
2. The Health Certificate issued by the USDA and the Vaccine Certificate issued by the Vet must be authenticated by the Consulate of Panama.
3. If your pet arrives in Panama with some of this paperwork missing the authorities might keep it under quarantine unless they allow you to take the bird home with you under certain restrictions.
Usually, your lawyer or the airline will put you in contact with a person that will do the paper work before you arrive in Panama.
