Pet Transport from Paraguay to Australia
Shipping a dog or cat from Paraguay to Australia rewards owners who start planning early. Give yourself close to 40-52 weeks, as several stages run on fixed clocks that no agent can shorten. Factor in 10 days of quarantine at the destination. The sections …
The Paraguay to Australia import process
Every step must be completed in sequence. A single missed deadline can add months to your timeline. We own the entire process.
Responsible: Owner or pet transport agent
Responsible: Owner
Responsible: Owner and SENACSA-registered vet
Responsible: Owner and local vet
Responsible: Owner or agent
Responsible: Owner
Responsible: Owner and DAFF quarantine facility
What your pet needs to enter Australia
Every item must be verified before your pet can board. We track each one against current standards.
What this route typically costs
Critical points
Paraguay isn't on DAFF's approved list at all, so there's no version of this move that skips the 180-day stepping-stone residency requirement. Confirm this directly with DAFF via BICON. A wrong assumption here wastes months of preparation, not days.
The stepping-stone country's 180-day residency clock and the RNATT titre test's 180-day post-blood-draw clock are two different things. Running them in parallel, by testing early in the residency period, is what keeps this route closer to a year than eighteen months, but the exact sequencing isn't published in one place. Confirm the plan with an agent who has actually handled this move before.
Every pet entering Australia lands in Melbourne. There's no other approved quarantine port, regardless of your final Australian destination.
Choosing the US or Canada over the UK as the stepping-stone country saves real time, since Paraguay is off both the CDC's and the CFIA's high-risk lists, while a UK entry needs its own 3-month titre wait before the pet can even get into the country in the first place.
Approved carriers for this route
Not all airlines accept live animals. We book only with carriers that handle live animal cargo correctly.
What Australia requires
Avoiding the common mistakes
Work backwards from your travel date and add a buffer. Fixed waiting periods mean a single slipped appointment can push the whole move back by weeks.
Check the airline’s crate size and labelling rules early. An undersized or wrongly labelled crate is a frequent reason pets are refused at check-in.
Ask about temperature embargoes for your travel window. Summer and winter cargo restrictions can rule out certain routes and dates entirely.
Book the titre test laboratory well ahead. Approved labs have limited slots and the sample takes time to process, so this is not something to leave to the final weeks.