Essentials at a glance

1. Protection against rabies
Have your animal vaccinated at least 21 days before entering Switzerland. If a booster vaccination has been given within the validity period of the first vaccination, the waiting period does not apply.

2. Identification
Your animal must be identified - with a microchip or a tattoo (only valid when tattooed before 03.07.2011). Swiss dogs must also be registered in the ANIS database. Anyone who definitively imports a dog into Switzerland from abroad must have it registered in the ANIS database by a veterinarian within 10 days.

3. Pet ID
The animals must be accompanied by a correctly completed pet ID.

4. Dogs and cats younger than 3 months:
Veterinary certificate, stating that the young animals were kept since birth at their birthplace without contact with wild animals. The certificate is not necessary, when the young animals are accompanied by their mother, from which they are still dependent. Cubs younger than 56 days can only be brought over the border, when they are accompanied by their mother or their foster-mother.

6. No dogs with docked ears and/or tails
See details in the following document: