MX
Mexico
✈️
IE
Ireland
Pet Transport from Mexico to Ireland
20-26 weeks
Typical preparation
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Quarantine on arrival
Moderate
Route complexity
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Full door-to-door service
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Which Ireland rules depend on a pet coming from Mexico?
The EU sorts non-EU countries into groups, and Mexico falls in “Listed third countries and territories, Annex II to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/636”.
No rabies antibody titration test needed. Animal health certificate, microchip and rabies vaccination still required; entry through a travellers' point of entry with documentary and identity checks. Montenegro and Serbia were added by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1228. The EUR-Lex text of 2026/636 lists the USA as including American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands. Official source
The rules that apply to every pet entering Ireland, whatever the origin, are listed with their official sources in our Ireland guide.
What does Mexico require before your pet leaves?
- Export permit: Not required: SENASICA lists every document needed to obtain the CZE (application form, owner ID, letter of authority if applicable, vet health certificate, vaccination record, deworming, microchip and lab results where the destination asks); no separate export permit is among them. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Mexico.
Solicita el Certificado Zoosanitario de Exportación para mascotas (7 April 2026), checked 2 October 2026 - Export health certificate: Pets leaving Mexico need a Certificado Zoosanitario para Exportación (CZE), procedure Senasica-05-001-B, requested at any authorised SENASICA office (page dated 7 April 2026). Applies to dogs and cats leaving Mexico.
Solicita el Certificado Zoosanitario de Exportación para mascotas (7 April 2026), checked 2 October 2026 - Export health certificate: The CZE is free and valid for 8 calendar days unless the destination sets a different validity. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Mexico.
Solicita el Certificado Zoosanitario de Exportación para mascotas (7 April 2026), checked 2 October 2026 - Export health certificate: Supporting health certificate from a private vet, no more than 5 days old (or per the destination's validity), with pet details (microchip where applicable), owner's Mexican address, and no fresh or healing wounds or signs of infectious disease. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Mexico.
Solicita el Certificado Zoosanitario de Exportación para mascotas (7 April 2026), checked 2 October 2026 - Export health certificate: SENASICA issues the CZE within three working days with a first stamp and signature (the pet need not attend); on travel day an official at the SENASICA office at the exit point examines the pet and adds the second stamp and signature. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Mexico.
Solicita el Certificado Zoosanitario de Exportación para mascotas (7 April 2026), checked 2 October 2026 - Export health certificate: The CZE is delivered within three working days after the application with supporting documents is submitted. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Mexico.
Solicita el Certificado Zoosanitario de Exportación para mascotas (7 April 2026), checked 2 October 2026 - Other conditions: A vaccination record showing rabies vaccination (from three months of age), plus any other vaccines the destination requires, must be presented; a vaccine without a stated validity is treated as valid for one year. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Mexico.
Solicita el Certificado Zoosanitario de Exportación para mascotas (7 April 2026), checked 2 October 2026 - Other conditions: Destination requirements (certification wording, vaccines, treatments) are looked up in SENASICA's requirements module (Módulo de requisitos) before applying. Applies to dogs and cats leaving Mexico.
Solicita el Certificado Zoosanitario de Exportación para mascotas (7 April 2026), checked 2 October 2026
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Check this before you plan around it, because the answer is worth about four months. Mexico appears on the United Kingdom’s listed-country register (GOV.UK, read 2026-09-02), and a listed origin needs no rabies antibody test and no waiting period. The EU keeps its own equivalent register, which has tracked the British one since Brexit but is a separate instrument, and we could not read the EU annex directly to confirm Mexico is on it. If it is, there is no test. If it is not, you need a titre with a three-month wait from the blood sampling date. Ask the destination’s veterinary authority and get the answer in writing before booking a laboratory slot or a flight.
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Requirements on this page were checked against the authorities below. Rules change, so confirm current conditions with the relevant authority before you travel.
- IATA · International Air Transport Association, Live Animals Regulations