Taking pets to Australia
20 October 2015 by News Desk
Visitors and migrants wishing to bring live pets into Australia must ensure their animals are free from Rabies by completing an official declaration.
Cats and dogs being exported from a Department of Agriculture and Water Resources group 3 country must submit a RNATT declaration at the time of the application.
The RNATT declaration must be completed, signed and endorsed by an official government veterinarian within the country of export.
A copy of the RNATT laboratory report must be submitted with the RNATT declaration.
Lodgement and assessment fees apply to each animal in a consignment. Please note that the assessment fees are provided as a minimum charge. If applications are incomplete or require additional effort, further fees may be payable by the importer.
Electronic eLodgement (online)
First cat or dog in a consignment
Lodgement – $125.00
Assessment – $360.00
Total = $485.00
For each additional animal = $245.00
A separate permit application must be submitted for each animal.
Manual lodgement applies to applications that are scanned and emailed, faxed or posted (these applications are manually entered into the permit system by Department of Agriculture and Water Resources staff).
eLodgement applies to applications received via the department’s online lodgement system (these applications do not require department staff to manually enter the information).
A consignment for this purpose is defined as dogs and/or cats being sent to Australia, at the same time from the one country of origin, with the same importer and exporter details listed on the import permit application.
Please be aware further advice in relation to permit applications provided by Department of Agriculture and Water Resources may incur charges in addition to the permit application and assessment fee.
For more into go to: http://www.agriculture.gov.au/cats-dogs
