Pet Transport from Denmark to the United States

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: In most cases the private vet completes a health attestation or a background declaration; the Certificate Database, the destination's import requirements or the certificate itself show whether a private vet's attestation suffices, whether the Administration must approve or verify it, or whether the Administration must issue the whole certificate. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Denmark for non-EU countries.
  Sådan rejser du med et kæledyr uden for EU, checked 1 October 2026
• Export health certificate: The Administration does not sign a private vet's health attestation, but in some cases must verify it or confirm the private vet's authorisation. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Denmark for non-EU countries.
  Sådan rejser du med et kæledyr uden for EU, checked 1 October 2026
• Export health certificate: Official certificates and attestations are issued by appointment at Glostrup, Korsør, Herning, Vejen, Aalborg and Bornholm; bring the background declaration and the vaccination, health and laboratory attestations where they are required. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Denmark for non-EU countries.
  Sådan rejser du med et kæledyr uden for EU, checked 1 October 2026
• Other conditions: Check the rules for returning to Denmark before leaving: some of them must already be met before the pet leaves Denmark or the EU. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Denmark and returning.
  Sådan rejser du med et kæledyr uden for EU, checked 1 October 2026