Pet entry requirements: Cat → French Polynesia
These are the requirements for entering French Polynesia with a cat, based on a departure from Germany/the EU. Requirements can change — always confirm with the relevant authority before you travel.
🔴 Required
Import permit Required
Prior import permit (PIP) from the Direction de la Biosécurité for each cat individually, time-limited; applied for online via mes-démarches.gov.pf; application fee 5500 XPF per animal.
Microchip Required
Identification by microchip (tattoo only if applied before 03/07/2011); identification must precede the rabies vaccination. No ISO standard named for cats in the source.
Rabies vaccination Required
Rabies vaccination required: after a primary vaccination more than 6 months and 21 days before arrival, vaccinated at 3 months of age at the earliest; boosters without a gap per manufacturer. Protocol addresses origin France; Germany is not named.
Minimum age / young animals Required
Minimum age: per protocol (origin France) cats must be older than 9 months and 21 days on the day of arrival. The site also states a general ban for animals under 3 months (unless with their mother); per the FAQ the actual minimum depends on the origin country's rabies status. Not explicitly evidenced for Germany. Numeric columns stay NULL (single publisher domain).
Rabies titer test Required
Rabies antibody titre required: positive with at least 0.5 IU/ml, by an approved laboratory, at least 3 and at most 12 months before loading (protocol, origin France). Germany not explicitly named.
Other tests Required
No leishmaniasis test for cats (the page requires it "for dogs only"). Females only: non-pregnancy ultrasound within 30 days before departure. No further blood tests are named in the source.
Parasite treatment Required
Two treatments against internal parasites (nematodes, cestodes/echinococcus) and two against external parasites (ticks, fleas) within 30 days before loading: first within 30 days before departure, second at least 14 days later and within 4 days before loading, given by a vet.
Health certificate Required
Official health certificate signed by an official veterinarian of the exporting country; it is a country-specific certificate negotiated between the authorities. No template for Germany is named on the pages checked (templates only FR, NC, US, NZ, AU) — gap.
⚠️ Notes & grey zone
Grey zone
Germany as origin is not explicitly named on any page or protocol checked. The cat protocols cover France (FR) and USA/Hawaii; the site says that without a negotiated certificate the journey must be split into stages. Whether a direct certificate exists for DE origin is open. All conditions are therefore evidenced for France/general, not for Germany.
Notes
Cats travel exclusively as manifested cargo in an IATA crate sealed by the vet (no cabin; no exemption for cats). Per the protocol (2022) only Air France and Air Tahiti Nui carry cats to PF. Alternative route if the rabies vaccination is not valid: 6 months before loading in an approved quarantine station.
Related destinations in Africa & Oceania
Australia · Egypt · Kenya · Morocco · New Caledonia
Authority: Direction de la Biosécurité (DBS), Gouvernement de la Polynésie française
Read at the responsible authority on 30/09/2026.
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