What actually makes a move "easy"
The easiest countries to move a dog to share one trait, and it isn't distance or price — it's matching rabies status. When your origin and destination sit in the same rabies category, the hardest, slowest step (a blood-titer waiting period) disappears. When they don't, you inherit months of lab work and waiting. Everything below flows from that one variable.
The difficulty tiers
| Tier | Examples | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Easiest | EU member states (with each other), Canada, USA | Shared or lenient rabies frameworks, no quarantine, streamlined certificates. The EU pet passport lets dogs move between member states with minimal friction. |
| Moderate | Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore | Rabies-controlled islands: a titer test and possible short quarantine, but clear, published rules and predictable timelines. Doable in months with planning. |
| Hardest | Australia, New Zealand | Strict biosecurity, mandatory quarantine of several weeks, long lead times and limited approved routes. |
Where Taiwan really sits
Taiwan has a reputation as "difficult," but that's mostly unfamiliarity. It's genuinely mid-difficulty: the rules are strict but published and stable, the quarantine is short (seven days) and often waivable, and the only real challenge is the FAVN titer calendar. Nothing about it is arbitrary or unpredictable — which, for a move, is exactly what you want. Coming from a rabies-free area makes it easy; see Hawaii to Taiwan for the lightest version.
The takeaway
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