Canada to Indonesia
Pet Shipping from Canada to Indonesia
We provide international pet transport from Canada to Indonesia, planned around its import rules, the Canadian winter and your move date.
Book door-to-door pet relocation, or only the parts you need.
- Airline booking
- The travel crate
- The CFIA export paperwork
- Check-in at your Canadian airport
- Pickup in Indonesia with delivery to your new address
Indonesia at a glance
Full requirementsThe CFIA publishes a certificate of its own for dogs and cats going to Indonesia, and one of its official veterinarians endorses it by appointment while the pet is still in Canada.
- Where you are landing
- Bali will not admit dogs or cats as pets. Governor of Bali Regulation No. 88 of 2008 bars them in both directions, and Regulation No. 19 of 2010 treats keeping one as a pet as commercial movement, which may not come in from outside the island
- Identification
- A microchip or a tattoo, its number written on the CFIA certificate
- Rabies dose
- Required, and the vaccination record travels with the animal rather than following it
- Antibody titre result
- Required. A protective rabies antibody titre result has to accompany the animal
- Export certificate
- Indonesia is one of the countries the CFIA publishes specific export requirements for, so the certificate for this route comes from CFIA rather than the general international one
Pet Shipping from Canada to Indonesia
Indonesia is two questions, not one. The first is national: can your pet meet the entry requirements, which centre on rabies vaccination, a protective rabies antibody titre, and a veterinary certificate that travels with the animal. The second is local, and it overrules the first: does the province you are landing in admit dogs and cats at all. Bali does not.
Why the Province You Land In Settles Everything
Anyone planning a Canadian family’s move to Bali runs into the same wall, and it is worth knowing exactly what it is. In December 2008, after rabies reached the island, the Governor of Bali signed Regulation No. 88, which shut the province’s borders to what Indonesian law calls rabies-carrying animals. Dogs and cats are named in it. So are monkeys. The prohibition runs in both directions, applies to any person or organization, and the text carries neither an expiry date nor any circumstance that would let an individual pet through.
Eighteen years on it has not been withdrawn. The province’s own agriculture department still lists it among the regulations in force, having re-posted the document in late 2025, and Bali continues to report and manage rabies cases. It is a live restriction, not a historical curiosity that a well connected agent can talk around.
A later provincial rule, Governor of Bali Regulation No. 19 of 2010, read 29 October 2026, does open one door, and it is not one a family pet can use. It lets animals be brought from outside the island for a religious ceremony, for state security, or for science or conservation, and only on an application to the Governor. Its definitions place a dog or cat kept as a household pet under commercial movement, and it bars commercial movement from outside Bali.
Everywhere else in the archipelago, national rules govern and the move is an ordinary one. Because Indonesian provinces do set their own animal health measures, we check what applies to the particular city you are moving to before quoting anything.
Route details: Canada to Indonesia
- Route
- Canada to Indonesia
- Arrival airports
- Only through an entry point Barantin designates (PP 29/2023); Barantin Decree 4719/2025 lists them, including Soekarno-Hatta, Tangerang
- How the pet flies
- Barantin rule 5/2024 lets only guide, assistance or emotional support animals, up to 2, enter as a passenger’s baggage
- Advance notice
- Barantin: register in SSMQC and file a prior notice before leaving Canada; PP 29/2023 sets the import plan at least 2 days ahead
- Health certificate
- CFIA’s Indonesia certificate (HA2450): a vet licensed in Canada examines the pet within 5 days before departure; a CFIA vet endorses it
- Quarantine on arrival
- Barantin inspects the pet on arrival; under PP 29/2023, isolation in a quarantine installation rests on risk analysis or clinical signs
- Rabies titre
- Rabies neutralizing antibody test within the past 24 months, 0.5 IU/ml or more, declared on the CFIA certificate
Work out your pet’s dates for this route
From official sources, read 29 October 2026: Government Regulation No. 29 of 2023 implementing Law 21/2019 on Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine, as hosted by Barantin JDIH; Decree of the Head of Badan Karantina Indonesia No. 4719 of 2025 on Designated Entry and Exit Points, Barantin JDIH; Badan Karantina Indonesia Regulation No. 5 of 2024 on Quarantine Measures for Accompanied Baggage, Barantin JDIH; Badan Karantina Indonesia, Si Anabul Mau Ikut Mudik, Begini Prosedur Karantinanya, section Mudik Dari Luar Negeri; CFIA, HA2450 Veterinary Health Certificate for the Export of Dogs and Cats to Indonesia; CFIA, Pets: Export certificates; CFIA, Book an appointment for CFIA pet export certification endorsement.
What Happens When Your Pet Lands
Which Animals Canada Can Send
Indonesia handles an arriving animal through Badan Karantina Indonesia, and the system is built around advance registration rather than a queue at the counter. Your pet is entered into it before you fly, a prior notice goes in ahead of the flight, and the animal is declared when you land. An officer inspects it, and a release certificate is what lets it leave the airport with you.
Three documents do the work at that inspection: the record of rabies vaccination, the laboratory report showing a protective antibody titre, and the veterinary certificate. Canadian files come unstuck when these disagree with one another rather than when one is missing, so the number, the dates and the names have to read identically across all three. We reconcile them before the certificate goes to the CFIA, because that is the last point at which a correction costs nothing.
Before scheduling vet steps or flights, we confirm what applies to your pet against the Indonesian quarantine agency rules, the regulations in force in your destination province, and the CFIA export process.
Health Preparation and Documentation
The order matters. Identification first: the CFIA’s certificate for Indonesia, form HA2450, read 29 October 2026, records either a microchip number or a tattoo, so whichever your pet carries has to be in place before anything else and match every other record. Then the rabies vaccination, then the blood draw for the antibody titre, which has to come back protective and travels with your pet as a laboratory report. The certificate is prepared last, because the CFIA endorsement appointment has to sit before departure and cannot be arranged afterwards.
Indonesia is one of the countries the CFIA publishes specific export requirements for, so we confirm the current certificate, the titre threshold and the accepted laboratories for your route with the CFIA and the Indonesian quarantine agency before the first vet appointment, rather than working from a summary.
| What Indonesia checks | Indonesia, from Canada |
|---|---|
| Where you are landing | Bali will not admit dogs or cats as pets. Governor of Bali Regulation No. 88 of 2008 bars them in both directions, and Regulation No. 19 of 2010 treats keeping one as a pet as commercial movement, which may not come in from outside the island |
| Identification | A microchip or a tattoo, its number written on the CFIA certificate |
| Rabies dose | Required, and the vaccination record travels with the animal rather than following it |
| Antibody titre result | Required. A protective rabies antibody titre result has to accompany the animal |
| Export certificate | Indonesia is one of the countries the CFIA publishes specific export requirements for, so the certificate for this route comes from CFIA rather than the general international one |
| CFIA endorsement | By appointment only, walk-ins refused. Fee calculated by a CFIA officer, paid online at least 3 days ahead, non-refundable. It cannot happen once your pet has left Canada |
| Filing before you fly | Badan Karantina Indonesia has to have the animal registered ahead of time, be given notice before the flight leaves, and receive a declaration once it lands |
| At the airport in Indonesia | Your pet is inspected, then released against a release certificate. The vaccination record, the titre result and the health certificate all have to say the same thing |
| Time to allow | HA2450 puts no wait between vaccinating, drawing blood and flying; the titre laboratory, the CFIA appointment and the quarantine registration set the pace |
How Early to Start From Canada
Our own estimate is roughly 6 to 10 weeks; it is a planning figure of ours, not a rule. The rabies vaccination has to be in place before the blood draw, the titre laboratory turnaround is measured in weeks rather than days once courier time is counted, and the CFIA endorsement appointment has to be booked and paid at least three days ahead and completed before your pet leaves Canada. The quarantine registration and prior notice with Badan Karantina Indonesia happen in the same window.
None of that matters if you are heading for Bali. There the closure is the whole answer, and it is the question to settle before a single vet appointment is made.
Planning the budget? See our breakdown of what pet shipping from Canada costs, fee by fee. Elsewhere in the region: we also handle Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines.
Our pet shipping cost calculator gives a working figure, and our guide to the rabies titre test explains where a Canadian sample goes. Vietnam asks for far less than Indonesia does, and our Vietnam page shows how the two compare.
Every Pet Travels Differently
Different destinations, different routes, different challenges.
Because one Indonesian province will not admit your dog at all, the first thing we establish is whether the move you are planning is legal, and only then what it takes.
Destination-Focused Planning
We work from the Indonesian quarantine agency rules, the provincial regulations that apply to your destination, and the CFIA export process.
Smart Routing and Logistics
We help choose practical routes and travel windows from your Canadian gateway, and confirm that your arrival point can actually receive your pet.
Personalized Support
Pet Travel Advisors gives you one coordinator who says early whether a Canadian departure can reach your destination, including when the answer is that it cannot.
Questions about moving a pet to Indonesia
Request a QuoteCan we take our dog to Bali?
Not lawfully, no. Bali closed itself to dogs and cats in December 2008 through Governor of Bali Regulation No. 88, which forbids any person or organization from moving rabies-carrying animals across the province’s borders in either direction. The text names dogs, cats and monkeys, and gives no expiry date. It remains on the Bali agriculture department’s list of regulations in force, and the island is still managing rabies cases, so it is not a dormant rule. A later provincial rule, Regulation No. 19 of 2010, admits animals from beyond the island solely for non-commercial reasons, a religious ceremony among them, and treats a family pet as commercial, so a pet has no way in under it either. Canadians planning a Bali move should raise it with us at the idea stage, well before crates or tickets enter the picture.
Is my pet held on arrival in Indonesia?
It can be. Indonesia’s Government Regulation No. 29 of 2023, read 29 October 2026, lets the quarantine service hold an arriving animal in isolation at a quarantine installation for observation when a risk analysis or a clinical or laboratory finding calls for it (Articles 71 and 72), and the isolation lasts as long as those checks need, with no set number of days. Badan Karantina Indonesia registers your pet before departure, takes a prior notice ahead of the flight, receives your declaration on landing, inspects the animal and issues a release certificate. What it checks against are the vaccination record, the protective titre report and the veterinary certificate, so those three have to agree with each other exactly. We confirm the arrangements at your specific arrival airport before a booking is made, since handling differs between them.
What does Canada require to send my pet to Indonesia?
Indonesia is one of the countries the CFIA publishes specific export requirements for, so the certificate for this route is the one CFIA sets rather than the general Canadian International Health Certificate. A veterinarian licensed in Canada completes it and an official CFIA veterinarian endorses it before your pet leaves the country. Endorsement is by appointment only, walk-ins are refused, and the fee is calculated by a CFIA officer and paid online at least three days before the appointment. It is non-refundable, and it cannot be done once your pet has already left Canada.
What does Indonesia require for a pet arriving from Canada?
A rabies vaccination with the record travelling with the animal, a protective rabies antibody titre result, and a veterinary certificate. Your pet is pre-registered with Badan Karantina Indonesia, a prior notice is submitted before departure, and the animal is declared and inspected on arrival before it is released. We confirm the current titre threshold and the accepted laboratories for your route before the blood draw.
Is a rabies antibody titre needed on the Canadian side?
Yes. Indonesia treats dogs and cats as rabies-carrying species, and the quarantine agency expects a protective rabies antibody titre result to accompany the animal alongside the vaccination record and the certificate. Plan the blood draw early, because courier time to an accepted laboratory sits on top of the laboratory turnaround.
Which Canadian airports will my pet fly from to Indonesia?
Most routes leave from Toronto Pearson (YYZ) or Vancouver (YVR), and we choose the routing with the fewest connections from your city and the best conditions for your pet. Indonesia is a long sector with at least one connection from Canada, so the layover airport and its animal handling matter as much as the departure airport.
How much does it cost to move a pet from Canada to Indonesia?
The government side is the CFIA endorsement fee, which a CFIA officer calculates and you pay online before the appointment, plus your veterinarian for the examination, the vaccination and the blood draw, and the titre laboratory fee. The large numbers are the flight and the crate, which depend on your pet size, the season and the route. Our Canadian cost breakdown walks through each line.
How does Pet Travel Advisors handle a Canada to Indonesia move?
We start by checking your destination province, because that decides whether the move is possible at all. From there we sequence the microchip or tattoo, the vaccination and the titre draw with your Canadian veterinarian, book and pay the CFIA endorsement appointment in time, handle the quarantine registration and prior notice with Badan Karantina Indonesia, arrange the crate and the routing, and tell you what happens at the arrival inspection. If the honest answer is that your destination will not accept your pet, we tell you that first rather than last.
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