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Pet travel from the United States to Brazil

What you need, in order

Recommended lead time: start about 45 days before travel.

Requirements reviewed against the destination authority's published instructions on 2026-09-18. Steps decided outside Petra are listed below.

Microchip recorded Recommended
Rabies vaccination valid

Applies from 90 days old
21-day wait after a primary rabies vaccination

Applies from 90 days old
Certificado Veterinário Internacional (CVI, APHIS-endorsed)

The Certificado Veterinário Internacional (CVI) is completed by a USDA-accredited veterinarian and endorsed by APHIS — not a generic Form 7001. It is valid for 60 days from the day the vet signs it, and must still be valid on arrival in Brazil.

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Internal + external parasite treatment within 15 days of CVI issue

A licensed vet administers internal + external antiparasitic treatment within 15 days before the CVI is issued and records it on the certificate. Certification Statement 2 (docs/verification-packages/brazil-primary-2026-09/): "submitted within fifteen (15) days prior to the date of issue of the health certificate to a broad-spectrum treatment against internal and external parasites."
Verify all paperwork BEFORE boarding

Pets arriving in Brazil without the required documents can be re-exported, quarantined, or in rare cases euthanised.
Under 90 days old: unvaccinated entry requires the certificate's age/no-urban-rabies attestation Required

Certification Statement 1B (docs/verification-packages/brazil-primary-2026-09/): a pet under 90 days old at certificate issuance may enter without a rabies vaccination if the certifying vet attests it was NOT vaccinated against rabies AND has not been on any property with a reported case of urban rabies in the last 90 days. Confirm your vet includes this attestation on the CVI, then tick this off. (This item only appears for under-90-day pets; Petra checks age at ARRIVAL, which may occasionally be stricter than the certificate's own issuance-date condition for a pet that ages past 90 while a valid certificate is still in its 60-day window — contact support if this affects you.)

Applies up to 89 days old

The Certificado Veterinário Internacional (CVI) is completed and APHIS-endorsed outside Petra (Phase 2); Petra records that it was accepted, not that Petra issued it.
This qualified claim covers ONLY personal travel departing the United States. A different origin's export document is not modeled by this ruleset and stays at the guidance floor.

Entrar no Brasil (Viajar com animais de estimação) — MAPA (Brazil) (retrieved 2026-09-05)
Pet Travel From the United States to Brazil — USDA APHIS (via Wayback Machine mirror — live aphis.usda.gov resets automated GETs on this exact URL) (retrieved 2026-09-04)
Pet Travel From the United States to Brazil (dateModified 2026-07-23) — USDA APHIS (retrieved 2026-09-18)
Veterinary Health Certificate for Export of Dogs and Cats from the United States of America to Brazil — USDA (issuing authority) / MAPA (destination) (retrieved 2026-09-18)

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Petra's recommended lead time for the United States to Brazil is 45 days before travel.

Petra's Brazil (MAPA) ruleset for this corridor, last reviewed 2026-09-18 (see Primary sources below).

Requirements reviewed against the destination authority's published instructions on 2026-09-18. Steps decided outside Petra are listed below.