We specialize in pet immigration to Malaysia.

Preparing to bring pet to Malaysia from Hong Kong

To meet pet import Philippines requirements, pets must have:

For pet owners planning to move to Malaysia, the question of what to do with their furry companions can be a significant concern. Can your pet join you on your journey? What are the requirements and procedures for your pet transport to Malaysia? It is crucial to understand the policies and associated costs of pet immigration to Malaysia to ensure a smooth transition for your pet.

To assist you in bringing your pet to Malaysia, PET TRAVEL has compiled a comprehensive list of necessary preparations for pet immigration based on Malaysia’s regulations and requirements.”

Pet Import to Malaysia: general requirements should include:

  • Tell us your plan 2-3months before your planned departure
  • Microchip
  • Vaccination and Vaccination Record
  • Malaysia pet health certificate
  • Other treatments
  • IATA standard crate required
  • Malaysia pet import permit
  • pet quarantine Malayis – reserve quarantine facilities (7days)

If you are interested in using our services, please fill out our quotation request form and provide us with information about your pet travel needs, in order to assist us in creating a personalized pet relocation plan for you. If you have further inquiries or questions, you may send us a message through our contact form or contact our professional consultant directly through WhatsApp at +852 6358 3131.

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For pet owners planning to move to Malaysia, the question of what to do with their furry companions can be a significant concern. Can your pet join you on your journey? What are the requirements and procedures for your pet travel to Malaysia? It is crucial to understand the policies and associated costs of pet immigration to Malaysia to ensure a smooth transition for your pet.

To assist you in bringing your pet to Malaysia, PET TRAVEL has compiled a comprehensive list of necessary preparations for pet immigration based on Malaysia’s regulations and requirements.”

About the pet import to Malaysia requirements, pets must have:

  • Tell us your plan 2-3months before your planned departure
  • Microchip
  • Vaccination and Vaccination Record
  • pet health certificate Malaysia
  • Other treatments
  • IATA standard crate required
  • Malaysia pet import permit
  • pet quarantine Malaysia – reserve quarantine facilities (7days)

If you are interested in bringing pets to Malaysia, please fill out our quotation request form and provide us with information about your pet travel needs, in order to assist us in creating a personalized pet relocation plan for you. If you have further inquiries or questions, you may send us a message through our contact form or contact our professional consultant directly through WhatsApp at +852 6358 3131.

Important Factors to Keep in Mind for Pet Relocation to Malaysia

It is recommended to notify PET TRAVEL, the pet travel Malaysia experts and arrange for pet immigration procedures at least 1.5 months before departure. Contacting the airline in advance to book a pet immigration ticket to Malaysia is also essential. Most direct flights to Malaysia only allow pet transportation in the cargo hold with oxygen supply and do not permit pets to travel in the cabin or as special baggage. If financially feasible, you may also consider pet immigration to Malaysia via private charter flights.

Please note that obtaining a Malaysia pet entry permit from the Malaysian customs is necessary before departure for pet immigration to Malaysia.

Before your pet relocation to Malaysia, please take them to a veterinary clinic for a pre-flight check-up, obtain a health certificate and arrange for other treatments. Additionally, you need to bring these documents to the Fisheries Department for endorsement. Between 2-7 days before departure, your pet must undergo other treatments.

After ensuring that all the necessary documents are in place, you should send your pet to the airline and complete the check-in procedures before your flight departure. Upon arrival in Malaysia, your pet will be subject to a seven-day quarantine period.

PET TRAVEL is the pet transport Malaysia expert. The procedures for bringing pet to Malaysia can be complex, but our mission at PET TRAVEL is to save you time and provide attentive service. We offer the lowest prices for cat and dog relocation to Malaysia and handle all aspects of pet relocation to Malaysia with care. If you’re still deciding which pet relocation service to use, take a moment to learn about PET TRAVEL’s professional services.

At PET TRAVEL, we treat your beloved pets like our own family members, and strive to provide the following services at an affordable pet immigration cost:

  • Pet immigration consultation, with advanced planning of the pet’s route to Malaysia
  • Ensuring a safe and comfortable travel experience for your pet
  • Providing a qualified veterinarian to oversee the pet immigration examination and provide necessary health certificates
  • Ensuring a dedicated specialist to handle all pet immigration procedures and necessary documents
  • Providing an IATA-approved pet carrier
  • Arranging pet-friendly accommodations
  • Booking pet flights and obtaining Malaysia pet immigration permits
  • Assisting with pet quarantine if needed
  • Handling customs clearance procedures at the destination
  • Booking commercial or private flights for your pet at reasonable pet immigration prices
  • Providing a transparent pricing system with no hidden fees
  • Providing pet transportation services upon request

At PET TRAVEL, we can customize your pet’s immigration route to Malaysia and arrange private flights for your pet. If you decide to immigrate with your cat or dog to Malaysia and need assistance with obtaining Malaysia pet immigration permits, we offer the lowest cat and dog immigration costs to Malaysia to help you.

Timeline for Malaysia pet immigration

For our pet immigration service, we recommend that you provide us with at least 1.5 months advance notice before your departure date. This will allow us enough time to prepare the necessary import/export documents and coordinate with airlines and customs officials. The airline will also need to reserve space for your pet as cargo or excess baggage.

Neither Hong Kong nor China issues pet passports. Pet passports are only applicable to pets coming from the United States, the United Kingdom, and European Union countries, which allow cats and dogs to be brought from the UK to other EU countries. For certain countries/regions, additional requirements may apply.

In Hong Kong or China, we will provide a pet health certificate instead of a pet passport for export and import purposes. The pet health certificate is completed and issued by an official or authorized veterinarian and then signed by the competent authority. It is valid for 1-14 days from the date of issuance by the official veterinarian to the date of the document and identity check at the entry port of the traveler. The health certificate should contain the pet’s name, microchip number, pet identity, and vaccination records. For more Malaysia pet import information, please consult our professional team.

In addition to vaccine preparation and export documentation, your pet may require an import permit to enter specific countries or regions. Some countries require a pet immigration company to prepare these import documents. If you require this service, you can contact our professional team.

Airlines will require the original veterinary health certificate for your pet, records of your pet’s vaccination history, a letter of declaration from the live animal shipper, and the airway bill for the shipment of your pet. When importing or exporting from Hong Kong, you may also need an airline certificate (Captain’s declaration). At Pet Travel, we can assist you in preparing all of these documents and coordinate with the airline and relevant immigration departments before you and your pet travel.

Certainly. While it’s certainly possible to move your pet on your own, many people do so in an effort to save money, but end up making costly mistakes. If you’re moving to another country and aren’t familiar with their pet import policies, you may end up putting your pet through unnecessary hardship. Don’t risk your pet’s well-being by going it alone!

By using our service for your pets entering Malaysia, you can save a great deal of time, stress, and headaches. We handle all the paperwork so you don’t have to. Pet relocation is our specialty, and we know the ins and outs of pet moving better than anyone else. We treat every move with the utmost care, as if it were our own pet, and we approach each challenge with a smile.

Traveling by air is as safe for pets as it is for people. Airlines require pets to travel in containers that comply with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Live Animal Regulations and with specific airline guidelines. All of these things are designed to help ensure the safety and comfort of your pet while traveling. In some cases, your pet may not be allowed to travel in the cabin with you. Your pet will travel in a special cargo compartment within the aircraft. This compartment is both climate-controlled as well as pressurized, so your pet will be safe and comfortable. It is on the same air circulation system as the cabin.

Our Policy is to transport your pet with the minimum amount of stress involved. We will find the most direct route available, with little time spent confined in the kennel as possible. Additionally, there are certain products you can purchase, such as Feliway, which is a natural pheromone to induce a calmer state.

Your pet will be pleased to see you and will probably enjoy a good meal at the end of their flight, but most animals travel very well and relax throughout the flight. There are more than a million pets that fly safely every year worldwide, and the captain will act appropriately if there are any animals aboard.

We can let you know if this is possible if you let us know which airline you will be flying with and on which day. We will make every effort to book cargo space on the same flight as your pet. To avoid you incurring unnecessary costs, it is advisable for us to check availability for pets before you book your own flight if you wish to travel at the same time

It is advised by every airline that pets do not travel wearing a collar of any kind as they are deemed a choking hazard. However, they will be able to travel with the containers attached to their airline-approved crate in order to be able to refit them when they reach their destination. 

Yes, your dog/cat can be booked as manifest cargo and can fly alone to most locations.

Both passengers and crew are not permitted access to the cargo hold. During refueling and transit stops, passengers will not be permitted access to their pets.

Unfortunately, little accidents sometimes do happen, so the crates are lined with absorbable puppy training pads to help soak up any little accidents that do occur. Like humans, your pet may experience a little dehydration during the flight, which will reduce the need for urination. Also, do not feed your pet the morning before travel as this may increase the risk of defecation or vomiting.

First, you must make sure all the important documents are ready for your pet. You must have your pet microchipped and rabies vaccination and vaccination record for airlines. Airlines need to have all documents prepared so they could book the pet cargo/ excess baggage for you, as they do not want your hassle from the trip. The customs would not accept pets import their countries if the documents are not well prepared, your pet may have to quarantine or even be banned for import their countries, your pet may need to turn back to your origin. Hence, airlines need all documents ready so they could reserve a seat for your pet. 
Lastly, it is important to note that some airlines will not allow you to book directly with them to fly your cat internationally to some countries. Instead, you’ll be required to hire a pet-shipping company with an airline account. This is because they want to have the assurance that the import procedures and paperwork were completed correctly to avoid any penalties or fees.

When you travel with your pet and you both check in at the passenger terminal, this is termed ‘excess baggage,’ however, your pet will still travel in the animal hold. Air Cargo can be used when you travel with your pet or if your pet is traveling without you. Your pet will be checked in through the cargo terminal at your departing airport and the cargo terminals of modern-day airports are used to handling and caring for animals. Some even have specialized rooms for holding animals.

Although several airlines, domestic and international, accept pets as carry-on or excess baggage, you could travel with them. Carry-on pets must adhere to strict size restrictions, along with limitations regarding available space (both on board the airplane and in the cargo hold). Most airlines place a strict limit on the number of pets that can travel in the plane’s cabin. Several will only allow one or two animals per flight.
Normally, airlines only accept cats and small dogs travel in the cabin with their owner, their weight must be < 8kg (17lbs) and the owner must put them in either a small soft pet container or IATA approved pet crate. One important thing you must know, some breeds like bulldog, wolf-dog and snub-nosed pets like exotic shorthair and pugs may be restricted by airlines. You may check with the airlines if you would like to travel with your pet in the cabin. 
For traveling in the baggage compartment (excess baggage), airlines could accept pets under 32kg -40kg to travel as excess baggage with the same flight. However, some countries may be restricted for pet travel as excess baggage due to their pet import policy, some countries may even do not accept pets for importing their countries. You have to reach the airline for further enquiries if you do not want to travel separately with your pets. If airlines do not accept pet travel on the same flight, you have to ship your dog in Manifest Cargo by the airlines’ cargo service. 
One key point to note, airlines may NOT ACCEPT pet travel in-cabin with TRANSIT Flight (Connecting Flight) from different airlines, some airlines may even serve pets in a direct flight.  Due to the COVID19 pandemic, some airlines have stopped pet check-in and limit pet travel.
For pet travel in cargo separately, the cost will be straightly expensive than pet travel in the baggage compartment or travel in a cabin. Your pet must be put in the IATA-approved pet crate and follow the LAR (Live Animal Regulations) by airlines.
In addition to large and giant breed dogs traveling in extremely large crates, some passenger aircraft aren’t able to handle such oversized cargo. Keep in mind that the airlines must adhere to the International Animal Transport Association’s Live Animal Regulations (IATA/LAR) and they will require you to do the same. Taking your pet on the plane with you seems to be an attractive, affordable option. However, be aware that you run the very real risk of your pet missing the flight if there is no space available onboard or in cargo, or if you have not complied with the IATA/LAR.

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