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Documents needed for pets to
enter Belarus
Certification of Veterinarian's Examination
Statement confirmed by a local office of USDA (or
national equivalent) is required.
The documents are also needed that
show that the pet has received all the vaccination
necessary for international travel (the list of
vaccines is available through most local
veterinaries). The vaccination should be made not
earlier than 2 weeks before travel (i.e. 5 days
before travel is not OK, and this is strictly
enforced). The customs will charge the traveller a
customs processing fee for every pet which is quite
nominal and currently is about 7 US dollars.
Technically translations (to
Russian/Belarussian) are required for the documents
but this is normally not enforced. If a person
arrives with a pet and documents are in English and
not translated most of times there will be no
problems. Certainly a translation of the pet's
documents will make travel more calm and easy.
Upon arrival to Belarus pets need to
be registered with a local veterinary service within
one month of arrival.
It is generally possible to travel
with a pet in local buses, trains and airplanes but
better check with appropriate carrier about their
policy.
It is also possible to stay with a
pet in some hotels and this also needs to be
confirmed with hotels in each particular case.
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