# CDC dog import form for all dogs · United States — The dated, ordered steps for taking a dog, cat or ferret into the United States, the European Union or Great Britain — microchip, rabies vaccination, blood test and the waiting periods between them, quoted from the law itself

For CDC dog import form for all dogs · United States, entering is United States; provision is CDC dog import form for all dogs; applies to is All importers of dogs; what is required is must submit a complete and accurate CDC dog import form to CDC via a CDC-approved system prior to the dogs arriving in the United States; order it must come in is prior to the dogs arriving in the United States, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-15.

- **Entering:** United States _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Provision:** CDC dog import form for all dogs _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Applies to:** All importers of dogs _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What is required:** must submit a complete and accurate CDC dog import form to CDC via a CDC-approved system prior to the dogs arriving in the United States _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Order it must come in:** prior to the dogs arriving in the United States _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Citation:** 42 CFR 71.51(h)(1) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> CDC dog import form for all dogs. (1) All importers of dogs must submit a complete and accurate CDC dog import form to CDC via a CDC-approved system prior to the dogs arriving in the United States. This includes accompanied or unaccompanied dogs arriving by air, land, or sea regardless of where the dogs originated or whether arriving as cargo, checked-baggage, or hand-carried baggage.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.51

Last verified: 2026-09-15. Review by: 2026-12-26.
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