Exporting/ Importing your cat to Australia/ USA

There are many companies that can do all this for you and in Australia they include; Australian Air Express 1300368747, Jet Pets 02 9693 5760, Sky Pets 02 960659551 etc However I coudn't afford this nor could I afford to keep my cat in a kennel for my intended study period of one and a half years in the USA. Nobody I knew was prepared to look after my cat for such a long period. So I decided to take him with me and go through the import/export process myself.

A few essentials are: a credit card, mobile phone, access to the internet, at least medium organisation and research skills and lots of patience.

THE RULES AND FORMALITIES ARE ALWAYS CHANGING SO CHECK

www.aqis.gov.au (the Australian quarantine site ) In fact since I took my cat to the USA in 2004 they have changed the rules such that only cats being re-imported back to Australia require the rabies test prior to leaving Australia.