Hi there,

I traveled to Amman with two cats and went through all of the questions you are asking now. :)

And in the end, my vet had all of the answers!

The long and short of it is that Jordan has very lax standards about allowing pets into the country.

Officially, Jordan only requires that pets have a recent rabies vaccination (within 1 month of departure), but when I got here they insisted that they had to be up-to-date on all vaccinations and certified as such. Fortunately, my vet had recommended this and I didn't have any problems.

So, several weeks before you leave, you will want to be in touch with your vet to let him/her know what is happening and to be ready, because starting at 30 days before departure you will be in countdown mode.

(Please note that I am writing the following assuming that you are in the U.S., but I assume the process is very similar in every country.)

You will take your cat to the vet and have all of the shots taken care of. Your vet will then certify that this was done and will rush the authorized form to your State's Department of Veterinary Medicine.

The State DVM will do their part and sign, stamp and authorize all of the papers and send them back to your vet. This part takes about a week and most likely you will want to pay in advance for the papers to be couriered back to you ASAP.

Upon receiving the papers back, you are almost ready to go.

Contact your airline in advance to tell them of your plans. I recommend for obvious reasons the most direct flight you can get - probably Royal Jordanian. They will put you in contact with their cargo department to make arrangements.

If you ARE in the U.S., your cat will have to travel in cargo, as airlines don't allow pets to be in the cabin for flights longer than 6 hours. And I know that this is really worrisome, but the cat will travel in a temperature and pressure-controlled section of the cargo hold and a person will accompany your pet.

Bringing a cat with you from the U.S. will cost about $500.

You also have to be sure that you use an airline-certified pet carrier. This is the one that I used: http://futurepet.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=DO00100

Best of luck to you! I know that this is really stressful, but it will turn out fine. :)

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There is also a newly opened Veterinary center in Amman:
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I moved to Jordan in April this year and brought my cat with me. They required a certificate of health, which your vet will provide for you. It has to be done a couple weeks ahead of time, so that your vet can take it to state health department for official stamps and tag that your cat will wear on the trip. The tag number matches the official certificate. My cat was never actually checked anywhere. I was able to take my cat onboard with me on Delta. I flew from Denver to New York, then to Amman. It cost $150 to take her onboard, and make sure you get a sherpa bag for your cat, as it squishes down enough to put under the seat for take off and landing. Be aware that every time you go through security anywhere, you must take your cat out of the bag and carry it through, while the bag goes through xray. Be sure to have a collar or harness on the cat, just in case. My vet gave me some tranquilizers in drops to give to my cat, but she never needed them. They sell pads at pet stores to fit inside the sherpa bags that will absorb up to 100 times their weight in case your cat has an accident. I put one in the bag and carried on an extra one, but my cat never needed it. I was actually delayed in New York and the trip ended up being 40 hours, so she was basically in the bag for that long, and although I was extremely worried, she was fine. I also gave her water occasionally with a small syringe. Good luck!!!

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