US Department of Agriculture – APHIS

Typical govt office. Making stupid and senseless rules. They tell you to call for an appointment. You call and get a recording were a guy says that they open at 7.30am…follow the prompts for an appointment. Now a woman speaks and says they open at 7am. No one to take your appntmt. Now you have to leave name and number so they’ll call back. Of course when they call back (never thr dame day), you can’t get to the phone fast enough so they hang up. This happened for 1week. Now you show up without the appntmt, they take your certificate and, since you were such a bastard that did not follow their rules, you must be penalized. The certificte will be ready the following day. But if I had an appntmt you ask? Oh, we give you the certificate right away… but I can’t reach anyone for an appntmt… it is not our problem. Goodbye.
What they don’t understand is that you are trying to follow their rules.
Little secret… if you go to the airline counter with the regular vet certificate, you can still travel because the airline employees don’t know the rules and as long as they have a certificate with a name and a stamp on it, you’re good.

This is the place you want to go if you are or are planning on moving to Szechuan. They will give you all the info you need to pack up your belongings, such as your boombox AM/​FM radio from the 1990’s or your in-​house, do-​it-​yourself methadone clinic.
However, they will not pick up any collectible fecal matter. (sadly).
Given what I said; if you need these services, this is the place you want to be. 4-​stars, minus one star because of their limitations on feces transport :(.

Moving to a foreign country (Brazil) with a dog in tow isn’t the easiest thing, but it turned out to not be nearly as hard as getting a Brazilian visa (for us humans). For anyone navigating the paperwork driven process, here’s a quick overview of what it took to get Hank approved to fly.
Not really knowing the procedure, I called Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service office and despite a number of attempts, all I got was an automated answering service. So, the 4 stars is because I had to make an initial visit just to get the info I needed. Located behind the airport, the newish looking office had zero wait time (sweet).
Once the employee printed out the international animal health certificate, I made an appointment with the vet to give Hank all the necessary tests and vaccines. A few days later, I came back (for the appointment I’d made at the Dept. of Agriculture during my initial visit) and presented the clerk with all the necessary documents signed by my vet. Within 5 minutes, everything was signed, sealed and ready to go. Overall, this has been the most painless process in the move to Brazil!
Tip: if you’re moving to a new country with your pet, check out this website to find the forms/​certificates required by that specific country. Then you can share this with your vet.