Argentina asks very little of you, and that changes the texture of the trip. No import permit. No quarantine. No microchip obligation. What you are left with is a single veterinary certificate and sixty unhurried days to use it. Tafoukt and I have learned that the countries which demand the least are the ones where you should still take your time.

Pet import to Argentina is overseen by the national veterinary authority. Confirmed against an official source so far: a rabies vaccination and a health certificate. Anything else — commonly a microchip, rabies vaccination and health certificate — is not yet confirmed for Argentina against an official source, so it's flagged in the table below rather than assumed.

How Argentina handles your pet

Key points

  • Governing instrument: MERCOSUR Resolución GMC 17/15 (repeals GMC 04/96 and 05/96), applied by SENASA
  • HARD EXCLUSION — no test is required, but a history of the disease bars entry outright: "Section 17 - The Member State receiving the animals shall not authorize the entry into its territory of animals previously diagnosed with Leishmaniosis." NO MICROCHIP is required by Argentina; GMC 17/15 s.18 leaves identification to each Member State and only prescribes an ISO format if a chip is used
  • PUPPIES/KITTENS UNDER 3 MONTHS may enter unvaccinated: "If the dog or cat is less than 3 (three) months old, the veterinary authority must certify the age of the animal and that the animal has not been on any property where a case of urban rabies has occurred in the last 90 (ninety) days prior to shipment." RABIES-FREE ORIGIN: "If the animal comes from a country or zone declared free of rabies as established by the OMSA, it may enter if the veterinary authority issuing the CVI states this condition in said CVI or passport." TRAVELLING AS CARGO (pet not on the same aircraft) is a different regime from accompanied baggage: "The freight forwarder or the person responsible for the cargo must give prior notice or Request for Intervention to the border post through which it is to be entered within 24 working hours." and "Upon arrival at the border post, for the verification of pets entering as cargo with or without commercial purposes, the entry permit fee must be paid." Accompanied pets need neither
  • LANGUAGE: under Res
  • Senasa 1354/1994 the certificate must be in Spanish, or be translated by a national public translator on arrival

Downloadable forms

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Health & documents

Microchip · Must be done before vaccination Noverified 2026-09-03
Import permit · Required Noverified 2026-09-03
Tick treatment · Required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Health certificate · Required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Health certificate · Endorsed byVeterinary Authority of the Exporting Countryverified 2026-09-03
Health certificate · Validity days60 daysverified 2026-09-03
Health certificate · Original required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Health certificate · Government endorsed Yesverified 2026-09-03
Rabies vaccination · Required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Rabies vaccination · Booster required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Rabies vaccination · Waiting period after vaccination21 daysverified 2026-09-03
Tapeworm treatment · Required Noverified 2026-09-03
Internal parasite treatment · Required Yesverified 2026-09-03
Internal parasite treatment · Timing notesdentro de los 15 (quince) días previos a la fecha de emisión del CVI o a la intervención del pasaporteverified 2026-09-03

Other rules

Pets accepted Acceptedverified 2026-09-03

Service & assistance animals

Import rules modified Yesverified 2026-09-03
Documentation required Yesverified 2026-09-03

Timing chain

Day -21 rabies vaccine deadline · Day -60 health certificate issued · Day 0 arrive at customs

Identification is left to each Member State, and no chip-before-vaccination order is imposed. Where an electronic system is used, the transponder must comply with ISO 11784 or Annex A of ISO 11785. A non-ISO chip may not be readable at the border, so confirm the standard printed on the implant certificate, or carry a reader.
The international veterinary certificate is valid for sixty calendar days from the date it is issued, for entry, return or transit between Member States. Sixty days covers a round trip on many itineraries, so one certificate often serves both directions. Confirm the rabies vaccination stays in force across that whole period, because the certificate depends on it.
There is a quiet pleasure in a destination that trusts the paperwork to be simple. Argentina gives you sixty days of certificate validity and asks for almost nothing else, which means the real planning is about the flight itself and the hours your dog spends in transit. Let the plan builder hold the dates, and spend your attention on the journey.
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Glossary

ISO chip
ISO 11784/11785 — the universal microchip standard.
FAVN
Fluorescent Antibody Virus Neutralization — a rabies serology test required by rabies-free destinations.
Brachycephalic
Snub-nosed breeds (French Bulldogs, Pugs, Persians, Himalayans) with restricted airline acceptance due to heat-stress risk.
AVIH
Animal Vehicle In Hold — IATA's term for cargo pet shipment, with fees that vary by carrier and route.