Licence to Import/Export/Transship Non-Food Animals, Birds, Eggs and Biologics
- Validity
- 90 days
- Processing time
- Biologics: 3 working days (normal), 2 working days (express) Animal Product/Live Animals/Live Birds: 2 working days (normal), 1 working days (express)
- Issuing authority
- ANIMAL & VETERINARY SERVICE (AVS)
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Who needs the Licence to Import/Export/Transship Non-Food Animals, Birds, Eggs and Biologics
This licence applies to Singapore businesses registered under the following SSIC industry codes:
- Required to operateGroup 014 — ANIMAL PRODUCTION
Includes: 01410 Cattle and goat farms (for livestock and milk production), 01421 Rearing of poultry (except layer farms), 01422 Layer farms (chickens reared for eggs), 01491 Dog breeding
- Required to operate46219 — Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals n.e.c. (except tropical produce)
Includes: 46219 Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals n.e.c. (except tropical produce)
- Required to operate46213 — Wholesale of pet birds and animals and related accessories/products
Includes: 46213 Wholesale of pet birds and animals and related accessories/products
- Required to operate46212 — Wholesale of aquarium fishes and related accessories/products
Includes: 46212 Wholesale of aquarium fishes and related accessories/products
Required documents and prerequisites
Items the applicant typically needs ready before submitting:
- Valid rabies vaccination record/certificate, including details of animal and microchip number (applicable only for Import of Dogs & Cats from Schedule II)
- File Format: DOC,DOCX,JPEG,JPG,PDF,PNG,XLS,XLSX
- Maximum upload per application: 2MB
- Valid rabies serology test report (applicable only for Import of Dogs & Cats from Schedule II)
- File Format: DOC,DOCX,JPEG,JPG,PDF,PNG,XLS,XLSX
- Maximum upload per application: 2MB
- Documentary proof to show its 5th generation and above from the ancestral stock of Prionailurus bengalensis/Leptailurus serval (mandatory only for Bengal/Savannah cat crosses) (applicable only for Import of Cats from Schedule I and II countries/regions)
- File Format: DOC,DOCX,JPEG,JPG,PDF,PNG,XLS,XLSX
- Maximum upload per application: 2MB
- Photo showing clearly the face and body of the dog (mandatory only for mixed/ cross breed) (applicable only for Import of Dogs from Schedule I and II countries/regions)
- File Format: DOC,DOCX,JPEG,JPG,PDF,PNG,XLS,XLSX
- Maximum upload per application: 2MB
- Import permit of importing country/region (applicable only for Transhipment of Cats & Dogs)
- File Format: DOC,DOCX,JPEG,JPG,PDF,PNG,XLS,XLSX
- Maximum upload per application: 2MB
- Valid Health Certificate from exporting country/region (applicable only for Transhipment of Cats & Dogs)
- File Format: DOC,DOCX,JPEG,JPG,PDF,PNG,XLS,XLSX
- Maximum upload per application: 2MB
- Dog Licence
- File Format: DOC,DOCX,JPEG,JPG,PDF,PNG,XLS,XLSX
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