Can I bring my pet with me when I stay in an emergency accommodation or asylum reception centre?
If you have brought your pet from abroad, your pet must be checked at the border by the Norwegian Food Safety Authority. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority must control all pets that come to Norway to minimise the risk of spreading deadly diseases, such as rabies, to humans and other animals in Norway.
As of 1 July 2023, pets brought into Norway from Ukraine are subject to the standard requirements regarding microchipping, rabies vaccination, blood testing, tapeworm treatment and health certificates.
Pets coming to Norway from 1 July that do not meet the animal health requirements must be kept in quarantine paid for by the pet owner, returned directly to Ukraine or euthanised.
You can read more about bringing pets from abroad on the Norwegian Food Safety Authority's website (external website).
If your pet has not been checked at the border when you arrived, you must immediately contact the Norwegian Food Safety Authority by telephone: +47 22 40 00 00.
You can read more about bringing pets from abroad on the Norwegian Food Safety Authority's website (external website).
You are responsible for your own pets under almost all circumstances.
The vast majority of animals coming to Norway from Ukraine do not arrive in accordance with the Norwegian Food Safety Authority's guidelines and must therefore be held in quarantine.
Your pet might clear quarantine before you leave the reception centre. In such case, your pet may stay with you at the centre for a short period of time if the centre allows it. Certain reception centres have made preparations for pets to be accommodated at the centre. It is the decision of the reception centre whether or not to allow animals in.