#New Zealand pet import 2026 IHS Articles

A pet passport is not a universal travel permit — but several popular warnings about it are also wrong. Updated September 3, 2026: when an EU Pet Passport is valid, why Great Britain→EU uses an Animal Health Certificate (AHC) rather than a 'GB Pet Health Certificate', when Great Britain accepts EU passports, what the CDC really requires for U.S.-bound dogs, and how Japan, Australia and New Zealand use their own import systems. Includes the EU's new 2026 document framework, route-specific rabies timing and eight myths corrected.

An ISO-compatible microchip is the safest default for international pet travel, but it is not literally mandatory in every destination or every legacy case. This September 2026 guide compares the EU, Great Britain, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, the USA, Canada and the UAE — including non-ISO reader exceptions, the EU's 2028 country-code transition, rabies-vaccine sequencing, document matching and what to do if your pet already has the wrong or unreadable chip.