A guide to importing disability assistance dogs into Australia category 6
AQIS does not allow the direct importation of disability assistance dogs from non-approved countries.
Importation of disability assistance dogs from non-approved countries can only occur indirectly via a country approved by AQIS. Disability assistance dogs must be continuously resident in an approved country for at least six months prior to export to Australia. If you intend to import an animal indirectly via an AQIS approved country, you must first contact the quarantine service in the approved country to ensure that your dog is eligible for entry. Your animal must meet all of the pre and post-entry quarantine requirements of the approved country.
Animals that have been resident in an approved country for a minimum of six months then become eligible for import into Australia under the AQIS import conditions that apply to that particular approved country. AQIS recommends that you commence import requirements for Australian quarantine as soon as possible after your arrival in the approved country.