Pet Transport Argentina to USA: 2026 Guide

Dog has been only in these countries for 6 months before entry: CDC Dog Import Form receipt (valid 6 months), age 6 months, microchip, healthy; any airport, seaport or land border. Official source

• Import permit: For dogs only in rabies-free or low-risk countries, the receipt is valid 6 months unless the dog visits a high-risk country or a different low-risk country in that time. Applies to dogs from rabies-free or low-risk countries.
  Entry Requirements for Dogs from Dog-Rabies Free or Low-Risk Countries, checked 2 October 2026
• Health certificate: No document beyond the CDC Dog Import Form receipt is listed for dogs only in rabies-free or low-risk countries. Applies to dogs from rabies-free or low-risk countries.
  Entry Requirements for Dogs from Dog-Rabies Free or Low-Risk Countries, checked 2 October 2026
• Health certificate: Not required: CDC does not require a general health certificate for pets (cats, and dogs only in rabies-free or low-risk countries). Airlines and some states may still ask for one.
  Bringing an Animal into the U.S., checked 2 October 2026
• Rabies vaccination: CDC recommends, but for dogs only from rabies-free or low-risk countries does not list as an entry requirement, rabies vaccination. Applies to dogs from rabies-free or low-risk countries.
  Bringing a Dog into the United States, checked 2 October 2026
• How your pet may travel: Not required: no federal restriction on mode of travel for dogs only in rabies-free or low-risk countries; they may arrive by air, sea or land. Cabin, checked baggage or cargo is an airline matter. (Seattle's CDC facility takes cargo-only reservations, and the LAX facilities prefer cargo, for high-risk dogs.) Applies to dogs from rabies-free or low-risk countries.
  Entry Requirements for Dogs from Dog-Rabies Free or Low-Risk Countries, checked 2 October 2026
• Arrival points and notice: Dogs only in rabies-free or low-risk countries may enter at any airport, seaport or land border. Applies to dogs from rabies-free or low-risk countries.
  Entry Requirements for Dogs from Dog-Rabies Free or Low-Risk Countries, checked 2 October 2026

• Minimum age: Every dog must be at least 6 months old on entry or return to the US.
  Entry Requirements for Dogs from Dog-Rabies Free or Low-Risk Countries, checked 2 October 2026
• Minimum age: Not listed: cats. CDC's cat section requires only that cats appear healthy on arrival (they may be inspected, examined at the owner's cost if ill, or refused if they show a zoonotic disease); rabies vaccination proof is not required. APHIS states it has no animal health requirements for pet cats (https://www.aphis.usda.gov/pet-travel/another-country-to-us-import/cats). Neither sets a minimum age; destination states may.
  Bringing an Animal into the U.S., checked 2 October 2026

• Export health certificate: Pets leaving Argentina need an International Veterinary Certificate (CVI) issued by SENASA based on the destination country's requirements. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Argentina.
  Procedimiento para viajar al exterior con perros y gatos, checked 1 October 2026
• Export health certificate: A registered (matriculado) private vet first certifies compliance with the destination's requirements, using products approved by SENASA in Argentina; SENASA's certifying office then issues the CVI. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Argentina.
  Procedimiento para viajar al exterior con perros y gatos, checked 1 October 2026
• Other conditions: All SENASA certifying offices work by prior appointment; online self-service appointments can be booked up to one month before travel at offices offering it, and a payment coupon is generated in the system. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Argentina.
  Procedimiento para viajar al exterior con perros y gatos, checked 1 October 2026
• Other conditions: Vaccination certificates from abroad may be accepted if valid, but treatments carried out abroad are not valid for SENASA export certification. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Argentina.
  Procedimiento para viajar al exterior con perros y gatos, checked 1 October 2026
• Other conditions: The CVI is issued in the name of the person travelling with the pet; for unaccompanied pets in the hold, in the name of the person receiving it at destination. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Argentina.
  Procedimiento para viajar al exterior con perros y gatos, checked 1 October 2026
• Other conditions: Pets that entered Argentina on a CVI need a new SENASA CVI to return to their country of origin, unless the entry CVI expressly states it is valid for the return, gives the maximum period allowed for it and is still in force. Pets that entered on a legalised official passport can return on it while the rabies vaccination certified in it remains valid. Applies to dogs and cats returning from Argentina.
  Ingresos con perros y/o gatos, checked 1 October 2026