Wallis and Futuna sets its own pet-import rules, separate from mainland France, and the health certificate here is valid for just 3 days, one of the shortest windows documented on this entire site. Pixel makes friends with every customs officer, but this territory needs the vet visit timed almost to the day of departure itself.

Pet import to Wallis and Futuna is overseen by SIVAP de Wallis-et-Futuna. Confirmed against an official source so far: a health certificate, an import permit, quarantine and a tapeworm treatment. Anything else — commonly a microchip, rabies vaccination and health certificate — is not yet confirmed for Wallis and Futuna against an official source, so it's flagged in the table below rather than assumed.

Who sets the rules here

Wallis and Futuna sets its own pet-import rules. The national rules of France do not apply here.

Official source
wallis-et-futuna.gouv.fr
Relationship to France
sets its own rules

How Wallis and Futuna handles your pet

Key points

  • Wallis is reached through New Caledonia: an animal coming from mainland France must first meet New Caledonia's own import conditions, spend 10 days in the New Caledonian quarantine, and only then travel on to Wallis
  • An animal already living in New Caledonia skips that step
  • Plan for two sets of rules: that means the New Caledonia requirements apply first, including its import permit, rabies vaccination and antibody titration, and the Wallis permit applies second
  • Wallis import permit: issued by SIVAP-WF on receipt by email of the completed permit request form, the animal's identification attestation, and copies of current vaccinations — three years of vaccination history for an animal over three years old
  • Identification: a tattoo or a transponder is accepted, though the transponder is preferred and is required for any later return to mainland France
  • Order matters: identification must be done before, or on the same day as, any treatment or vaccination
  • Vaccinations for dogs: distemper, Rubarth's hepatitis, parvovirus, kennel cough (para-influenza) and leptospirosis
  • For cats: cat flu and infectious panleukopenia
  • Booster timing: the booster must be more than 14 days and less than 12 months before export
  • Parasite treatments: internal and external, each given twice at least 15 days apart, the first within 30 days and the second within 3 days before departure
  • Banned dogs: category 1 and category 2 dogs may not enter Wallis and Futuna — pit-bull types, Staffordshire and American Staffordshire terriers, Mastiff or boerbull types, Tosa and Rottweiler
  • Certificate: signed by a New Caledonian vet, countersigned by DAVAR-SIVAP in New Caledonia, and scanned to sivap@agripeche.wf before the animal leaves
  • Veterinary care on Wallis: there are no private clinics on the islands; care is provided by the SIVAP-WF veterinarian alone

Each fact comes straight from the operator’s published policy. Tap the to read the exact wording; the opens the source page.

Health & documents

Microchip · Must be done before vaccination Yesverified 2026-10-09
Quarantine · Required Yesverified 2026-09-15
Quarantine · Duration10 daysverified 2026-09-15
Quarantine · Approved facility required Yesverified 2026-09-15
Import permit · Required Yesverified 2026-09-15
Import permit · Issuing authoritySIVAP de Wallis-et-Futunaverified 2026-09-15
Health certificate · Required Yesverified 2026-09-15
Health certificate · Endorsed byofficial government veterinarian from DAVAR-SIVAP in New Caledoniaverified 2026-10-03
Health certificate · Validity days3 daysverified 2026-10-09
Health certificate · Government endorsed Yesverified 2026-10-03
Tapeworm treatment · Required Yesverified 2026-10-09
Tapeworm treatment · Window max hours before arrival72verified 2026-10-09

Other rules

Pets accepted Acceptedverified 2026-10-03

Timing chain

Day -3 health certificate issued · Day 0 arrive at customs

Breed restrictions

Banned breeds: American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Terrier, Rottweiler, Tosa, Mastiff (boerbull type), Pit bull type (unregistered Staffordshire/American Staffordshire) verified 2026-10-09

Wallis and Futuna requires identification, the microchip, to come before or on the same day as any treatment or vaccination listed in the requirements. A chip applied after a vaccination does not satisfy this entry rule, even with just a single day's gap between them. Schedule the microchip for the same appointment as the first treatment, or earlier, never later than that.
Category 1 and category 2 dogs — including American Staffordshire Terriers, Rottweilers, Tosas, Boerboel-type Mastiffs, and unregistered Pit Bull types — are prohibited from entering Wallis and Futuna's own territory. That prohibition covers the type itself, not only formally registered breed lines specifically. A dog matching any of these categories cannot be imported regardless of its individual temperament or training.
Every animal imported to Wallis and Futuna has to transit through New Caledonia first, to complete a 10-day quarantine there before continuing on to the final destination. That 10-day stay adds real time and facility cost to the trip, on top of the territory's own paperwork requirements. Budget for the New Caledonia quarantine stop as its own separate leg of the overall journey.
Here's what nobody tells you: a 3-day certificate window and a mandatory New Caledonia quarantine stop both change the whole trip timeline for Wallis and Futuna entirely, not just the arrival paperwork itself. Get a personalized plan from Pawgo to map out that full sequence, transit stop included, before you book anything at all.
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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.