New Caledonia is French, but its pet-import rules are not France's. It sets its own biosecurity regime, so the paperwork that works for Paris is not the checklist here: Cooper needed an import permit, a microchip, a titer test, a tapeworm treatment, a properly signed health certificate and ten days of quarantine on arrival. Plan it as a Pacific destination, not a French one.

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

Who sets the rules here

New Caledonia sets its own pet-import rules. The national rules of France do not apply here.

Official source
davar.gouv.nc
Relationship to France
sets its own rules

How New Caledonia handles your pet

toute importation d'un chien ou d'un chat en Nouvelle-Calédonie est soumise à la délivrance d'un permis d'importation, au respect d'exigences sanitaires précisées dans un certificat spécifique à chaque pays de provenance, et à un isolement de 10 jours dans la quarantaine publique à son arrivée

Downloadable forms

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Health & documents

Microchip · Required Yesverified 2026-07-15
Quarantine · Typepublic quarantine facilityverified 2026-09-15
Quarantine · Required Yesverified 2026-09-15
Quarantine · Duration10 daysverified 2026-09-15
Quarantine · Approved facility required Yesverified 2026-07-20
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Required Yesverified 2026-07-20
Rabies titer test (FAVN) · Approved laboratory required Yesverified 2026-07-20
Import permit · Required Yesverified 2026-09-15
Health certificate · Required Yesverified 2026-09-15
Health certificate · Endorsed byofficial government veterinarianverified 2026-07-15
Health certificate · Government endorsed Yesverified 2026-07-15
Tapeworm treatment · Required Yesverified 2026-08-28
Tapeworm treatment · Window max hours before arrival21verified 2026-08-20
Tapeworm treatment · Window min hours before arrival21verified 2026-07-15

Other rules

Pets accepted Acceptedverified 2026-07-20

Timing chain

Day -90 microchip implant · Day 0 arrive at customs

The health certificate has to be signed by an official government veterinarian or by a veterinarian authorised to practise veterinary medicine in Australia. A certificate from a signatory outside those two categories will not satisfy the requirement for New Caledonia, so confirm who is entitled to sign before booking the appointment, not after.
Every import of a dog or cat into New Caledonia is subject to an import permit and to the health requirements attached to it, and the published conditions include a 10-day quarantine on arrival. That quarantine is part of the entry process rather than an optional check, so the arrival date, the flight and the quarantine booking have to be arranged as one decision.
The 10-day quarantine is the recurring cost line on this route, adding housing and care on top of the flight and the veterinary work beforehand. Because the import permit fixes the conditions of entry, the permit, the quarantine reservation and the arrival flight should be priced together, since changing one of them usually means rearranging the other two.
New Caledonia is manageable once it stops being treated as part of France. Import permit first, then the microchip, the titer test and the tapeworm treatment, then a correctly signed health certificate, and a flight that lines up with the 10-day quarantine booking. Cooper and I found the Pacific rules clear once we read them on their own terms. Build the plan around the permit.
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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.