Hong Kong is on Great Britain’s listed-country table and uses a Great Britain pet health certificate. For this standard non-commercial path: microchip first, valid rabies vaccination, wait 21 full days after a primary vaccination, dog tapeworm treatment 24 to 120 hours before arrival, current official certificate, non-sale declaration, and an approved route and carrier. Northern Ireland has different rules.
Hong Kong is on Great Britain’s listed-country table and uses a Great Britain pet health certificate. For this standard non-commercial path: microchip first, valid rabies vaccination, wait 21 full days after a primary vaccination, dog tapeworm treatment 24 to 120 hours before arrival, current official certificate, non-sale declaration, and an approved route and carrier. Northern Ireland has different rules.
Entry must use an approved route and transport company. A carrier being pet-friendly on another route does not make a Hong Kong–Great Britain flight approved; obtain acceptance from the operating carrier and preserve the booking evidence.
Non-commercial movement of up to five dogs, cats or ferrets when the owner or authorised person travels within five days
Non-commercial movement of up to five dogs, cats or ferrets when the owner or authorised person travels within five days
This record does not cover Northern Ireland, sale or transfer, more than five pets, or a pet travelling more than five days away from the owner/authorised person. Those cases need a different commercial or regional process.
UK Government / DEFRA · UK Government / DEFRAThe microchip must be implanted or read before the rabies vaccination recorded for travel. Keep vaccination validity continuous; a lapsed booster can turn the next dose into a new primary course with a new wait.
UK Government / DEFRAHong Kong uses the GB pet health certificate, signed and dated by an official vet authorised by the exporting government. Pair it with the required non-commercial declaration and exact travel evidence.
UK Government / Animal and Plant Health Agency · UK Animal and Plant Health AgencyA vet must administer and record an accepted praziquantel-equivalent tapeworm treatment in the required window. Recalculate if arrival changes, then match chip, treatment time, certificate, owner journey and operating route.
UK Government / DEFRA · UK Government / DEFRAEvery conclusion must trace back to an official source. Government forms link to the original publisher.
Bring the route, dates and breed-risk choices into Peqaboo to manage records, documents, deadlines and re-checks.
