How to import your dog to the UAE - Costs & Documents and our experience with Etihad

[@amrj3989]

Thank you very much for the video. Very valuable insights about the expectations and constraints. It seems that going through a pet agency is quite mandatory.

[@anni.nikaaa]

Thank you! For the import unfortunately yes, we heard many times that importing without a pet agency is almost impossible. Exporting pets from the UAE is very easy and can be done without an agency.

[@Sonu12340e]

Hi i am moving to dubai in 2025 can u pls help me , how can i connect with you?

[@LuBarker87]

This is a great video, thank you for sharing. I am trying to get info on price for 3 dogs to go by cargo to Dubai from Warsaw. They are too big for the cabin via Abu Dhabi. Can you share this cost of cargo by any chance? I've tried to look online and contact Emirates skycargo but have had no response. Also, sorry to ask but I'm confused if you used a pet relocation service or organised everything yourself? Thank you again, I'm so grateful that you shared this ❤️

[@auroraf4448]

This is a very informative video. But could you tell me how much was the charge for import permit on the Dubai website for each dog? I have 2 dogs and 1 cat which i need get to dubai

[@divyateja6905]

Any other airline which allows pet in cabin to abudhabi

[@anni.nikaaa]

@@divyateja6905 no unfortunately not.. in cabin to the UAE it's only Etihad, we checked every other airline. When you leave the UAE there is many other taking pets in cabin like Lufthansa, turkish, etc. but entering UAE only Etihad

[@divyateja6905]

@@anni.nikaaathank you so much for your quick reply

[@lilianadiaz4089]

Hello, thank you for the video. I have a question: Where did you find information on dewormers? You mentioned that only 2 are allowed. Are those also suitable for kittens?

[@anni.nikaaa]

@@lilianadiaz4089 Hi, thank you for watching! The information on dewormers were given to us by the pet agency in our home country. If you google 'pet entry to Abu dhabi deworming' you can find a document from moccea where it mentions all vaccinations cats need to have. For anti-parasite treatment for cats it needs to be Permethrin or Fipronil for external treatment and Praziquantel for deworming. Hope this helps 😊

[@thomasweinberg18]

Thank you very much for such a detailed video! We are also planning to move to UAE and we are also in Düsseldorf area. As I understand even with agency services you actually mostly need to do all the preparations yourself. Sorry for silly question: How did you find the government vet? Or was it advised by the agency? And at the end did you need to do the blood test for antibodies? Thank you again!

[@anni.nikaaa]

Thank you! We worked with petintheair in Germany and sandypaws in dubai, they actually do all of the paperwork. So if you work with the agencies you will just need to send them the dogs passport and you just have to take the dog to your local vet for the parasite treatments and fit to fly certificate and then later to the government vet. We had to look for the government vet ourselves, we went to the one in Bergisch Gladbach which isn't far from Düsseldorf, but there should be also one in Düsseldorf. You don't need to do the bloodtest for antibodies when flying from Germany 😊 Let me know if anything is unclear or if I can help by sending you the contact of government vet that we went to.