Bringing your Pets to Cyprus 

Pets may be brought into Cyprus after securing an import permit from the Cyprus Veterinary Services. They must be kept under quarantine for six months (home quarantine in a previously designated area where the Veterinary Services Department can inspect them at intervals is also possible), avoiding the upset of your pet being kennelled for six months. 

This quarantine has been lifted for pets when certain documents/certificates such as the following are submitted:

• Examination certificate stating that pets were clinically examined 72 hours prior to exportation

• Confirmation that the pets were kept in the exporting country since birth or the last six months prior to shipment, with no outbreak of rabies

• Pets were treated against echinococcosis / hydatidosis prior to shipment

• Pets were treated with an incecticidal preparation against ectoparasites prior to shipment. The following breeds cannot be brought into Cyprus: American Pit Bull or Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro.

More information can be obtained from the veterinary services on Tel: 00 357 22 805240  Fax: 00 357 22 332803