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

Leeward Islands

Saint-Barthélemy

Vet certificate needed

Before you sail

  • Veterinary health certificate
  • Microchip

Not documented Import permit · Rabies vaccine · Rabies titer test · Quarantine

Timeline

No dated steps are documented for this destination — see Before you sail.

  1. ArrivalPresent the certificate; clear the animal before going ashore.

Open questions

High priority

  1. HIGH PRIORITY — the requirements for ARRIVING in Saint-Barthélemy are not sourced. The French government page consulted describes leaving the island for mainland France, not entering it, and the Collectivité's own rules have not been located. Everything under the requirements here is from a commercial site. Confirm with the Collectivité before relying on any of it.
  2. HIGH PRIORITY for routing — Saint-Barthélemy is a third country for EU purposes, so moving an animal from here to French Saint-Martin or Guadeloupe is a third-country movement even though all three are French. French guidance describes microchip, valid rabies vaccination and, where applicable, a rabies antibody titration. Establish whether the titration applies on this route before planning the hop; if it does, it carries a 90-day lead time.

Also open

  1. No import permit, quarantine, fee, minimum age or rabies timing has been found from any source, official or otherwise.
  2. Nothing addresses an animal that stays aboard and never lands, so no transit section is authored here — relevant in Gustavia, where a yacht may lie without the animal landing.

About this page’s sources

  • The French page cites Regulation (EU) No 576/2013, which EUR-Lex marks as no longer in force — the page sits under an "Archives" path and appears not to have been updated for the recast into Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/131. Its classification of Saint-Barthélemy as a third country is a statement of status rather than of the regulation's content, so it is used here for status only. Re-source the requirements against the current instrument.

Page status

Leeward Islands · French overseas collectivity; EU overseas country and territory (not EU territory)Dataset status Secondaryconfidence: Secondary. From a non-government source; treat as a lead, not gospel.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

Veterinary health certificate

Certificate
Requiredconfidence: Secondary. From a non-government source; treat as a lead, not gospel.[2]
What the certificate must say

An export health certificate issued by an approved veterinarian in the country of origin, with proof of identification, current vaccinations and parasite treatments.confidence: Secondary. From a non-government source; treat as a lead, not gospel.[2]

Identification

Microchip
Requiredconfidence: Secondary. From a non-government source; treat as a lead, not gospel.[2]
Standard
ISO 11784 or Annex A of ISO 11785, 15 digits.confidence: Secondary. From a non-government source; treat as a lead, not gospel.[2]

Reported by a commercial source rather than by the Collectivité. Treat as a planning assumption until confirmed.[2]

Animals & vaccinations

Dogs

Cats

Sources

  1. 1

    Comment rapatrier son chat, son chien ou son furet depuis St-Martin ou St-Barthélemy — Préfecture de la Guadeloupe — Services de l'État

    agricultureAccessed 2026-08-12in FR — translated herearchived copy

  2. 2

    Saint Barthélemy Pet Import Requirements — PetTravel.com

    secondaryAccessed 2026-08-12archived copy

Last checked August 2026 · 2 high-priority open questions · 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: Secondary. From a non-government source; treat as a lead, not gospel. non-government source· How we grade