Pet Travel

"Living animals" are treated as restricted goods; therefore, an import permit from the Department of Livestock Development is required when passengers bring their pets with themselves into Thailand. Besides, they are not exempted from duty. 

Bringing Pets into Thailand with Passengers 

  1. Documents required: 

    • Passport 

    • Pet Health Certificate 

  2. Procedure: 

    • Passengers arriving at Suvarnabhumi International Airport and/or other international airports go through immigration checks and pick up baggage and pets 

    • The passengers take their pets and the documents required in item 1 above to the Suvarnabhumi Airport Animal Quarantine Station (AQS). Veterinary officials at the AQS will issue an import permit for the passengers if the pets meet the import permit requirements. 

    • The passengers present the import permit and their pets to Customs officers at the “Goods to Declare” channel, and make payment of duty and taxes. 

Bringing Pets out of Thailand with Passengers 

  1. Documents required: 

    • Passport 

    • Certificate of Rabies Vaccination 

  2. Certificate of Rabies Vaccination Procedure 

    • Passengers must submit an application for an export permit and take their pets for a health check at the AQS no more than 3 days prior to the date of departure 

    • The passengers present the documents in item 1 above and their pets at the AQS. Once the veterinary officials at the AQS have completed document inspection and animal health check, they will issue for the passengers an export permit as well as a Health Certificate, which will be required to be presented at related units in the destination country. 

Note: The Suvarnabhumi AQS is located on 1st Floor of the CE-1 Building, Free Zone, Suvarnabhumi Airport Cargo Clearance Customs Office.

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Customs Care Center : The Customs Department, 1, Suntorn Kosa Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok, 10110 
Fax : +66-2667-7767 
E-mail : saraban@customs.go.th 
Call Center : 1164 

For more information please contact. : Phuket Airport Passenger Control Customs Office 222 Moo 6, Mai Khao Subdistrict, Thalang District, Phuket 83110 

Telephone number : 02-667-7000 (24-5904)