Reviewed by Vet Travel Docs on 17 September 2026. Official requirements can change; the linked government sources remain authoritative.
Taking a dog from Great Britain to the United States involves a United States entry check, not an Animal Health Certificate for EU travel. For the ordinary low-risk route, the key federal requirement is the CDC Dog Import Form and the rules depend on every country the dog has visited during the six months before arrival.
Who this check supports
Our £10 check supports one dog travelling non-commercially from Great Britain to the United States after spending the preceding six months only in countries or political units that the CDC does not classify as high risk for dog rabies.
What we check
- the dog’s six-month country history against the controlled CDC high-risk list;
- that the dog will be at least six months old on arrival;
- confirmation of a microchip readable by a universal scanner;
- the proposed arrival date, state, port and carrier details;
- the importer information needed to organise the CDC form; and
- whether the supplied information is consistent with the ordinary low-risk path.
The owner or importer submits the official CDC Dog Import Form. Vet Travel Docs does not submit it for you.
Important limits
A high-risk country in the preceding six months triggers additional CDC requirements and is not treated as a completed low-risk check. Ceuta and Melilla are separately classified high-risk political units, so a generic answer of “Spain” is not enough if the dog visited either territory. State, local, airline, accommodation, onward and return requirements remain separate and must be confirmed directly.