Caribbean Cruising with PetsEntry rules for cats & dogs arriving by boat

Windward Islands

Grenada

Import permit neededRabies vaccine neededVet certificate within 2 weeks of arrival

Before you sail

  • Import permit — apply at least 2 weeks before arrival
  • Rabies vaccine within 1 year before arrival
  • Veterinary health certificate issued within 2 weeks of arrival

Not documented Rabies titer test · Microchip · Quarantine

Timeline

  1. 1 year before arrivalRabies vaccine given no earlier than this
  2. 2 weeks – arrivalVeterinary health certificate issued in this window
  3. 2 weeks before arrivalApply for the import permit
  4. ArrivalPresent the permit and certificate; clear the animal before going ashore.

On arrival & aboard

Advance notice
The Grenada Veterinary Officer must be notified of the port of entry and the time of arrival. The permit application itself requires the port or airport of landing and the expected date of arrival. No notice period is set for the notification itself; the only published deadline is on the permit, which "should be faxed to the Veterinary Department ... at least two (2) weeks prior to arrival in Grenada".confidence: Inferred. Backed by an official source but not yet certified by a human reviewer.[1]
At the dock
The import permit must be presented at the port of entry. The application must state the animal's age, sex, colour and breed.

Quarantine

Quarantine
Not yet documentedconfidence: Unknown. Not located in any source yet.
If your papers are not in order

The Ministry document does not mention quarantine. Absence of a statement is not an exemption — confirm with the Veterinary Department before you sail.confidence: Unknown. Not located in any source yet.

Open questions

High priority

  1. HIGH PRIORITY — the Ministry document is scoped to arrivals from the United States. A yacht clearing in from Trinidad, St Vincent, Carriacou or anywhere else in the chain is not covered by it. Confirm with the Veterinary Department on (473) 440-2708 which requirements apply to your actual last port. This is the single most likely way for a cruiser to be caught out here.

Also open

  1. The document is dated February 2017 and is served from the embassy in Washington rather than a gov.gd domain. Obtain the current version from the Veterinary Department and confirm provenance.
  2. No microchip requirement, minimum age, rabies titer, parasite treatment or permit fee is mentioned anywhere in the document. Several of those would be unusual to omit, so treat their absence as a gap in the source rather than as an exemption.
  3. Quarantine is not mentioned at all. Since it is the requirement most likely to change a cruising plan, confirm it directly.
  4. The process described is fax-based, with a return fax number requested for the signed permit. Confirm whether email to livestock@gov.gd is now accepted, since few yachts carry a fax.
  5. Nothing addresses an animal that stays aboard and never lands, so no transit section is authored here. Grenada is where many boats sit out the season, so an animal may be aboard for months without landing.

Page status

Windward Islands · Independent Commonwealth realmDataset status Inferredconfidence: Inferred. Backed by an official source but not yet certified by a human reviewer.Last checked 2026-08-12 Recently checkedfreshness: Recently checked. Sources were last re-read 61 days ago, well inside the 180-day window. Recent is not reviewed — this page is still an unreviewed draft.

Evidence

Import permit

Permit
Requiredconfidence: Inferred. Backed by an official source but not yet certified by a human reviewer.[1]
Apply ahead
14 days (The permit must be faxed to the Veterinary Department with the health certificate for approval and signature at least two weeks prior to arrival.)confidence: Inferred. Backed by an official source but not yet certified by a human reviewer.[1]
Phone
(473) 440-2708 / 3078 / 3083 / 3386

Rabies

Vaccination
Requiredconfidence: Inferred. Backed by an official source but not yet certified by a human reviewer.[1]
Max. before travel
365 days (Vaccinated against rabies within twelve months prior to arrival.)confidence: Inferred. Backed by an official source but not yet certified by a human reviewer.[1]

Veterinary health certificate

Certificate
Requiredconfidence: Inferred. Backed by an official source but not yet certified by a human reviewer.[1]
Completed within
14 days (Issued by a veterinarian within the two weeks prior to arrival.)confidence: Inferred. Backed by an official source but not yet certified by a human reviewer.[1]

Animals & vaccinations

Dogs

Cats

Sources

  1. 1

    Importation of Dogs and Cats into Grenada — Grenada Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Fisheries, Public Utilities and Energy — Veterinary Department

    agricultureAccessed 2026-08-12archived copy

Last checked August 2026 · 1 high-priority open question · Sources & questions

What the dots mean

confidence: Inferred. Backed by an official source but not yet certified by a human reviewer. official-backed, awaiting human reviewconfidence: Unknown. Not located in any source yet. not yet documented· How we grade