They are coming with you. The timing is the only hard part.
There was never a version of this where you left them behind. So the real question is not whether your dog or cat comes. It is whether you get the sequence right, because pet import is the one part of moving abroad that punishes good intentions with bad timing. A titer test booked a few weeks too late, a rabies shot in the wrong window, an airline that quietly will not take your breed, and a simple move becomes quarantine, a missed flight, or worse. That clock is exactly what a plan exists to manage.
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- Built for
- Dogs & cats
- Covers
- Chip, jab, titer, flight
- Manages
- The timing clock
How Nomad helps pet parents move
Bringing a pet abroad is almost entirely a sequencing problem. The microchip, the rabies vaccination, the blood titer test, the airline booking, and the destination's import rules each have a deadline, and they depend on each other. Your plan turns that into a single dated countdown.
The import rules for your exact destination, not a generic checklist
Every country has its own pet-import rulebook, and some have waiting periods that start months before departure. Your plan pulls the requirements for where you are going and flags the ones with long lead times first, so you start the clock early enough instead of discovering a four-month wait four weeks out.
Microchip, vaccinations, and titer test in the order they have to happen
These steps only count if they are done in sequence: the microchip before the rabies shot, the rabies shot before the blood titer test, the titer drawn after the right interval. Get the order wrong and the clock resets. Your plan sequences each step with its own date so your pet is cleared to travel on time, not stuck repeating a test.
An airline and route that will actually take your pet
Airlines differ sharply on which pets fly in-cabin, which go as cargo, breed restrictions, and seasonal temperature embargoes. Your plan flags the airlines and routes that fit your pet and your destination, which means you book a flight you can actually fly instead of canceling at the counter.
A vet at the other end before you land
Your plan helps you line up care at the destination and carry records, prescriptions, and food transitions across the move, so the first time your pet needs a vet abroad you already have one. The meaning: your companion settles in as smoothly as you do.
One countdown instead of five separate worries
The paperwork, the jabs, the titer, the flight, and the arrival rules all hang on one shared timeline. Your plan puts them on a single countdown sequenced backward from your flight, so you always know the next thing to book and the move never stalls on a missed window.
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