🇰🇷Country requirements

South Korea pet travel requirements

Korea’s current APQA table lists 61 rabies-free countries/regions. Dogs/cats need readable implanted identification and an accepted original government certificate, the qualifying EU-passport route, or accepted Korean prior-export certificate evidence, with satisfactory arrival checks. From a non-listed origin, animals aged 90 days or older need a passing rabies titer sampled within 24 calendar months; the young-age exception is recalculated at planned arrival. US certificate requirements and Australian-cat/Malaysian-dog-cat disease statements are additional origin branches. Rabbits have an ordinary fifteen-day quarantine from facility admission and ferrets ten days, subject to authority variation. Personal ferrets can prove birth-country residence or six months, use the rabies-free alternative or the vaccination/titer route, and need an agreed certificate. Detailed non-US rabbit conditions and identified ferret protocol ambiguities remain explicit gaps.

Latest check recorded: Nov 12, 2026Source: Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (APQA), South Korea By the CollarPass team
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Start with the destination's requirements for this pet. Documents and preparation vary by origin and other conditions; read the full guidance and any unverified details below.

Which pets can enter

  • Dog: Some requirements need confirmation
  • Cat: Some requirements need confirmation
  • Rabbit: Some requirements need confirmation
  • Ferret: Some requirements need confirmation
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Details to confirm with the authority

These information gaps concern specific cases. Read their conditions and linked official sources before relying on them.

The current general law verifies government certification, application/clinical examination and the ordinary fifteen-day rabbit-order quarantine. The detailed current pet-rabbit origin-specific admissibility and agreed disease/certificate wording for this exporting country have not been verified. Do not use the newly checked US source-facility certificate as proof for another origin; obtain the applicable government protocol before booking.

Rabbits · Except when all of these apply: (Departure countries/regions: US, US-HI, GU)

Source: Republic of Korea, National Law Information Center / competent ministry · Checked Nov 12, 2026

Source: Republic of Korea, National Law Information Center / competent ministry · Checked Nov 12, 2026

Source: Republic of Korea, National Law Information Center / competent ministry · Checked Nov 12, 2026

The statutory rabbit/ferret quarantine period is counted from actual admission to the quarantine facility, not automatically from landing. This planner currently has the trip arrival date, so its displayed release is only the earliest possible lower bound. Confirm the approved facility, transport/admission date and any authorised shortening/extension with APQA.

Rabbits / Ferrets

Source: Republic of Korea, National Law Information Center / competent ministry · Checked Nov 12, 2026

Source: Republic of Korea, National Law Information Center / competent ministry · Checked Nov 12, 2026

Entering South Korea

Reference requirements for this pet. Read each item's conditions: different origins, histories and entry options can require different steps. Each item links to its official source and check date.

Before you travel

1

Export-country government certificate for a rabbit

Submit an original quarantine certificate issued by the exporting government stating the rabbit does not pose a contagious-animal-disease risk, together with the animal quarantine application. APQA checks identity, clinical health and applicable agreed origin-country conditions. The general statute does not by itself establish every origin’s detailed pet-rabbit health wording or admissibility.

Rabbits

The current US certificate has specific source-facility and disease statements below; those statements have not been assumed to certify rabbits from every other country.

Source: Republic of Korea, National Law Information Center / competent ministry · Checked Nov 12, 2026

Source: Republic of Korea, National Law Information Center / competent ministry · Checked Nov 12, 2026

Source: Republic of Korea, National Law Information Center / competent ministry · Checked Nov 12, 2026

2

Declare the rabbit/ferret and submit the quarantine application

Declare the animal on arrival and submit the animal-quarantine application with the original export-government certificate. Follow APQA directions for the arrival report, unloading, approved transport and admission to the quarantine facility; do not move an uncleared animal independently. A representative may need the importer’s authorisation.

Rabbits / Ferrets

Source: Republic of Korea, National Law Information Center / competent ministry · Checked Nov 12, 2026

Source: Republic of Korea, National Law Information Center / competent ministry · Checked Nov 12, 2026

3

US rabbit: verify source-facility disease history

The currently linked US-to-Korea rabbit certificate requires the source facility to have had no myxomatosis or tularemia outbreaks for 12 months and no rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) outbreak for 60 days. The rabbit must originate from an area not quarantined for rabies and must not have been exposed to rabies. Have the accredited veterinarian and USDA verify those statements; this is facility disease history, not a requirement for the individual rabbit to be twelve months old.

Rabbits · Departure countries/regions: US, US-HI, GU

Source: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Checked Nov 12, 2026

Source: USDA APHIS, health certificate for the Republic of Korea · Checked Nov 12, 2026

4

US rabbit: clinical examination and endorsed certificate

A USDA-accredited veterinarian examines the rabbit and certifies no infectious/contagious disease, including myxomatosis, tularemia, RHD and rabies. Use the current Korea rabbit certificate and USDA endorsement; identify the rabbit by its chip/name or distinguishing markings. Rabies vaccination is explicitly optional in this certificate. The form does not give a universal pre-export examination window, so confirm the current issuing/endorsement timetable rather than borrowing the dog/cat thirty-day rule.

Rabbits · Departure countries/regions: US, US-HI, GU

Source: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Checked Nov 12, 2026

Source: USDA APHIS, health certificate for the Republic of Korea · Checked Nov 12, 2026

On arrival

1

Standard 15-day import quarantine from facility admission

The current adopted statutory table sets 15 days for this animal group. The clock starts when the animal is admitted to the quarantine facility, which may be later than airport arrival. The competent authority may shorten or extend the period based on circumstances; there is no guaranteed release exactly 15 days after landing.

Rabbits

The displayed arrival-based date is only a theoretical earliest lower bound. Confirm the actual admission date, facility, approved transport and release instruction with APQA.

Source: Republic of Korea, National Law Information Center / competent ministry · Checked Nov 12, 2026

Source: Republic of Korea, National Law Information Center / competent ministry · Checked Nov 12, 2026

How many pets can you bring?

Caps recorded for South Korea can depend on the species, origin and entry conditions. Your airline can set a lower limit.

No pet cap recorded

We have not recorded a per-person or per-entry pet cap for South Korea. Check the official sources before booking.

Official forms and documents

Links go to the issuing authority. We do not sell, fill in or issue official documents.

No stand-alone form is recorded for this destination. The steps above name the documents to carry.

Open the official page to download or complete the form. Requirements can change; confirm with the authority before you travel.

Official sources

Every rule above is checked against these pages. Dates show our last check, not the page's own update.

Recent rule changes

Sourced entries that affect this country.

Second data batch: entry rules for Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and the six EU countries Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands (the EU six extend the shared EU base); US and China exit coverage for these routes; new airlines Condor, Aer Lingus, ITA Airways, Iberia, TAP, Virgin Australia and Air New Zealand; and new/updated transit files for Munich, Barcelona, Rome, Milan, Lisbon, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland.

All rule updates

Expanded destination-specific pet requirements, including origin-country branches, young-animal exemptions, official documents and entry options. Known unverified details remain clearly marked; free country summaries and personal trip reports use the same rules.

All rule updates

Personal reports now focus on dogs and cats; other pets keep free checked summaries and official links. Updated current China and Korea source branches, European country lists and Italian guidance; represented Japan's Kyrgyzstan suspension without incorrectly keeping Uzbekistan suspended. Vaccination expiry uses the actual certificate where required, with documented continuous-booster exemptions and explicit remaining evidence gaps.

All rule updates