Pet relocation services in Chennai
Moving your dog or cat to, from or within India? We handle the IATA crate, the paperwork, the airline and the AQCS clearance at Chennai airport — door to door, with one team you can reach on WhatsApp or call the whole way.
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South India’s international gateway for pets
Chennai is one of the few Indian cities where pets clear customs and animal-quarantine in and out directly — no routing through another metro. From the OMR tech corridor to Anna Nagar and the suburbs, we collect your pet at home, prepare a travel-ready crate and the paperwork, and see them through every step at Chennai airport.
Three ways we help
However your pet is moving
Whether you are leaving India, arriving back, or relocating to another city, the path starts the same way — one team, door to door.
Moving abroad
Relocating overseas? We manage country rules, the rabies titre where needed, airline cargo and the export clearance from Chennai.
Moving abroad from IndiaWithin India
Shifting to another city? Dedicated AC road transport, the right train arrangement, or a domestic flight — a handler with your pet throughout.
Domestic pet relocationReturning to India
Bringing a pet back? No rabies titre to enter, no long quarantine for returning residents, and clearance at Chennai on arrival.
India pet import rulesFlying abroad from Chennai
Popular routes out of Chennai
The big corridors from Chennai — with the country rules, airlines and timelines explained in full on each route page.
United States
The hardest outbound route, done honestly.
India to USA MAA → DXB · AUHUnited Arab Emirates
Weeks, not months — and an in-cabin option.
India to UAE MAA → SIN → MELAustralia
Cannot fly direct — we plan the staged route.
India to Australia MAA → LHRUnited Kingdom
Plan ahead — one fixed three-month wait.
India to UK MAA → YYZ · YVRCanada
One of the more straightforward corridors.
India to CanadaMore destinations
40+ countries across our network.
See all destinationsMoving within India
From Chennai to anywhere in India
Three ways to move your pet across the country — including arrangements most movers skip. A handler stays with your pet the whole way.
By road
Door to doorA dedicated air-conditioned vehicle with a handler aboard, planned rest and feeding stops. For long-distance and interstate moves — not short local hops.
By train
Calm long-haulThe three Indian Railways arrangements for pets — a first-AC coupe, a basket in any class, or the brake-van dog box — booked at the parcel office after charting, not the app.
Full guide: pets on Indian trains →By air
FastestDomestic cabin and cargo on the airlines that carry pets, with a fit-to-fly check close to travel. Snub-nosed breeds cannot travel in the hold.
Popular domestic routes from Chennai
Bringing a pet into India
Arrivals into Chennai are the easy direction
Chennai is a primary arrival gateway. For a compliant pet, clearance happens on arrival — there is no long wait and no kennel stay for returning residents.
No rabies titre to enter India
The titre is an export-only test for some destinations — it is not required to bring a pet in.
No long kennel quarantine
Returning residents are inspected on arrival and usually cleared straight home.
Round-the-clock clearance at the port
The final animal-quarantine clearance is now issued at Chennai airport at any hour.
Doorstep pickup
We collect across Chennai
Home pickup right across the city — you never have to bring your pet to us.
IT corridor
- OMR (Old Mahabalipuram Rd)
- Sholinganallur
- Perungudi
- Thoraipakkam
- Siruseri · Navalur
Central
- T. Nagar
- Nungambakkam
- Anna Nagar
- Kilpauk · Egmore
- Mylapore
South & coastal
- Adyar
- Besant Nagar
- Velachery
- Guindy
- ECR
West & suburbs
- Porur
- Tambaram
- Chromepet · Pallavaram
- Ambattur
- Avadi
Beyond the city too. We also collect from across Tamil Nadu — Madurai, Trichy and Pondicherry route through Chennai (MAA) for international and most domestic moves. Moving from Coimbatore? Pets there clear via Kochi — see our Coimbatore guide.
End to end
What every Chennai move includes
One price, one coordinator, nothing left for you to chase.
IATA-compliant crate
Sized correctly to your pet.
Vaccinations & paperwork
Compiled and checked for the route.
AQCS certificate & NOC
Export or import clearance handled.
Airline booking
Confirmed cabin or cargo space.
Doorstep pickup
From your home across Chennai.
Vet coordination
Through our partner network.
Live WhatsApp updates
From pickup through to landing.
One coordinator
The same person, the whole move.
Why FidoJet
A specialist team, not a courier
Pet relocation is all we do — seven years of it, with proof you can check.
I'd already moved to San Francisco for work, so I couldn't even be in Chennai to see Buddy off — handing my boy over to fly that whole distance alone was terrifying. But the team handled every last thing from the Chennai end, from pickup to the AQCS export certificate, and kept me updated at every stage. I collected him at cargo calm and not shaken one bit, just thrilled to see me.
Rambo is a big boy and the cargo-hold stress of flying really doesn't suit him, so we chose the train — the best call we made. FidoJet booked us the entire 1st AC coupe so he travelled inside the cabin the whole way, and the handler stayed with him the full 27-hour journey, walking him at the major stations and sending photos from the stops. He stepped off at Howrah looking like he'd been on a little holiday.
After nearly six years in Dubai we moved back to Chennai for good, and bringing Zorro home was the part I was most anxious about. FidoJet made it simple — they walked me through the import permit, the AQCS requirements and the paperwork from the Dubai side, so he cleared with no quarantine hold-up. He landed and we had him home the very same day; I'd braced for a long, stressful wait and it just didn't happen.
Chennai questions
Frequently asked
Is Chennai airport equipped to handle pet exports and imports?
Which countries can you relocate my pet to from Chennai?
Can you move my pet from Chennai to another Indian city?
Do you pick up from my home in Chennai?
How early should I start a pet move from Chennai?
Do you cover cities near Chennai like Coimbatore or Madurai?
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Tell us where you are headed and we will map the whole move — crate, paperwork, airline and clearance.