The AFCD pet permit forms come in a pair. AF240 applies for the Special Permit that makes the import legal. PC100 books the quarantine kennel that Malaysia's Group IIIA status makes compulsory. They go in together, they are read together, and a mistake on either one stops the file. Two more forms, UN110 and UN111, sit quietly behind them.
Introduction: two forms doing two different jobs
The AFCD pet permit forms most Malaysian owners meet are AF240 and PC100. AF240 is the permit application, filed under Hong Kong’s Cap. 139 and Cap. 421. PC100 reserves the quarantine space. Neither works alone, and no permit is issued until the kennel side is settled.
Most guides to moving a pet from Malaysia to Hong Kong stop at the word “permit”. They tell you to apply, quote the fee, and move on. What they skip is that the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department splits the application across two documents. The second one carries decisions owners make casually and regret later.
Malaysia sits in AFCD’s Group IIIA, a category created on 1 December 2024. Group IIIA pets are quarantined for a minimum of 30 days on arrival. That single fact is why the paperwork splits in two, and why the forms behave unlike any other route My Pet Mover handles out of KLIA.
This piece walks both forms line by line and shows where Malaysian files break. The video below is a primer on how a government animal-import permit application works, though its forms are American rather than Hong Kong’s.
What AF240 is, and what it is not
AF240 is the Application for Special Permit/Import Permit for the importation, transit or transhipment of animals and birds. It is a general animal-import form, not a pet form. Dogs and cats share it with birds and commercial consignments, which is why several boxes will not apply to you.
The form’s header names its legal basis: the Public Health (Animals and Birds) Ordinance, Cap. 139 and the Rabies Ordinance, Cap. 421. You are not filling in a booking request. You are signing a statutory declaration.
Three consequences follow, and all three are printed on the form:
- You undertake to comply with the permit terms. The signature block commits you to the permit terms and all relevant legislation, not just to the facts you wrote.
- You must report changes immediately. If the animal that arrives differs from the particulars you declared, you tell AFCD at once rather than at the airport.
- Wrong information is a prosecution risk. The applicant states in writing that they understand they are liable for prosecution if the particulars are incorrect.
That last line changes how you should treat guesses. A breed written loosely, an age rounded up, a microchip copied from an old card: on a booking form these are sloppy. On AF240 they are declared facts. Every Malaysia to Hong Kong pet transport file we prepare is checked against the pet’s documents before anything is signed.
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Inside AF240: the fifteen items, item by item
AF240 runs to fifteen numbered items on one page. Roughly a third do not apply to a private pet move, and two decide whether AFCD can reach you at all. The table below maps every item to the answer a Malaysian pet owner actually gives.
The form is completed in block letters. Below is the March 2021 version, still the one AFCD links from its Group IIIA page.
AF240 field map for a Malaysian pet owner
| Item | What it asks | Malaysian pet-owner answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Applicant name, plus a tick for owner or agent | Tick (a) if applying yourself; tick (b) plus UN110 if an agent applies |
| 2 | HKID or passport number and issuing country | Malaysian passport number, unless you already hold an HKID |
| 3 | Company name | Blank; commercial consignments only |
| 4 | Correspondence address | Where the paper permit is posted, so use a Hong Kong address if you have one |
| 5 | Telephone, fax and email | An email you check daily, since AFCD offers quarantine slots by email |
| 6 | Port and country of export | Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia |
| 7 | Conveyance and flight number | Air. The flight number is marked “if known”, so an unbooked flight is fine |
| 8 | Expected arrival date | Your planned arrival, later replaced by AFCD’s allocated timeslot |
| 9 | Onward transit details | Blank unless Hong Kong is a transhipment stop, not the destination |
| 10 | Kind, breed, quantity, age in years and months, sex, colour, identification | Copy breed, colour and microchip off the vaccination record so both agree |
| 11 | How the permit is dispatched | Collection in person, or post with a self-addressed envelope. Never fax |
| 12 | Purpose of importation | Tick “pet”. The trading and breeding boxes carry different scrutiny |
| 13 | Animal Trader Licence details | Leave blank for a private move |
| 14 and 15 | Date and signature | Signed by whoever ticked item 1, matching UN110 if an agent signs |
Source: compiled by My Pet Mover from AFCD form AF240, March 2021 version, and the AFCD Group IIIA application procedure, June 2026.
Two small items carry disproportionate weight. Item 5’s email address is how AFCD offers quarantine slots. Item 11 decides whether you wait on Hong Kong Post or collect the permit at a counter.
Six months, one consignment: the note that sets your deadline
AF240’s own guidance notes state that a granted permit is normally valid for six months and is good for one consignment only. For Group IIIA pets from Malaysia, that six months has to absorb a quarantine waiting list, so the permit is not the thing you should be racing to obtain first.
Six months sounds generous in isolation. Against the Group IIIA sequence it is tighter than it looks, because AFCD only completes the permit application once your quarantine position is settled. The waiting list runs ahead of the permit, not behind it.
AFCD’s published estimate for a government quarantine space is roughly three months for dogs and six for cats, moving with demand. That estimate, not the permit clock, governs your realistic travel window. We cover how the queue behaves in the AFCD quarantine waiting list.
Three further notes on the same page carry operational weight:
- Fees are not refundable once the permit is approved. A change of plan after approval does not return the money.
- Submitting the form is not the same as being granted one. AFCD says so explicitly, and adds that final travel arrangements wait until the permit is in hand.
- The animal travels as manifested cargo by the fastest, most direct route. By air that means an air waybill and an IATA-compliant crate, which rules out cabin and excess baggage.
That third note is a route decision disguised as a footnote. It is unpacked in why Hong Kong pets must fly as manifested cargo.
What PC100 books, and what it quietly cancels
PC100 is the Booking of Quarantine Facility for Imported Dogs and Cats. It is short, but each of its three parts commits you to something: which centres you accept, when your pet can first arrive, and how many animals are coming. One tick box can remove you from the government queue.
The current version is dated June 2026 and covers both Group IIIA and Group IIIB. Its top-right corner carries the permit reference number, which is how AFCD ties the booking to the application.
PC100 decision points and what each one commits you to
| Section | The choice | What it commits you to |
|---|---|---|
| I-A | Rank the two government Animal Management Centres, first and second | AFCD honours the ranking as far as possible, so naming one centre can lengthen the wait |
| I-B | Whether you will also consider the licensed private centre | You contact it yourself and must notify AFCD once a space is allocated |
| I-B note | Confirming a private booking to AFCD | Your place on the government waiting list is cancelled automatically |
| II | State the earliest possible date of arrival | A date set too late pushes you past slots you could have taken |
| III | Number of dogs and number of cats | Dogs and cats queue separately, so a mixed household waits twice |
| Footer | Daytime phone and email | Slot offers arrive by email; an accepted booking is held one week only |
Source: compiled by My Pet Mover from AFCD form PC100, June 2026 version.
The automatic cancellation in section I-B is the trap. Owners treat the private centre as a backup, tell AFCD they have secured a space, then find they have given up the government queue position they were holding. The two options are compared in SPCA Tsing Yi versus the government quarantine centre.
Kai Tak or Pok Fu Lam: ranking the two centres
PC100 asks you to rank two government facilities. Kowloon Animal Management Centre sits at Kai Tak, in the Animal Management and Animal Welfare Building Complex on Shing Yau Street. Hong Kong Animal Management Centre is at 688 Victoria Road, Pok Fu Lam.
Owners tend to rank these by convenience, which is fair given that a Group IIIA pet spends at least 30 days inside. Visiting is easier when the centre sits on your side of the harbour.
Two points are worth weighing before you write “1” against either name:
- Ranking only one centre narrows your options. AFCD follows your preference as far as possible, so naming a workable second choice keeps more slots open to you.
- You arrange the road transfer. The applicant moves the animal from the border to the quarantine facility, escorted by AFCD staff. Distance from the airport is your cost, not the department’s.
AFCD does not rate either centre above the other, so the choice is logistics rather than welfare. For the reasoning behind the 30 days, see why Hong Kong quarantines pets from Malaysia.
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UN110 and UN111: the two forms nobody names
UN110 is the declaration and authorisation form that lets someone apply on the owner’s behalf. UN111 is the declaration and undertaking for admission to a government quarantine centre, and it is where owners discover that centre staff will not medicate their pet.
UN110 is straightforward. If an agent, a relative in Hong Kong or an employer’s mobility team files AF240 for you, this form gives them standing. Without it, ticking box (b) on item 1 is unsupported.
UN111 is the one to read properly. It goes in at the permit-completion stage for government centre placements. Three of its sections reshape what you should expect from the 30 days:
- Section A asks you to declare health conditions. You state whether the animal is healthy, has a condition needing no medication, or needs treatment. If it needs treatment, you specify the route and frequency of each medication.
- Section B sets out what the centre will not do. Staff conduct regular checks but provide no veterinary treatment or care requiring direct contact, including administering medication. Arranging and paying for that care is the owner’s job.
- Section B also requires a nominated vet. On admission you name at least one registered private vet or clinic to call if your pet needs urgent attention and you cannot be reached.
The nomination is not a formality. If your nominated vet is unavailable in an emergency, centre staff may take the animal to another registered vet. The form states they keep that authority even where the owner refuses treatment, and the owner pays either way.
For a pet on daily medication this changes the plan. You are not handing over a pet to be nursed for a month. You are arranging a month of private veterinary visits, and that belongs in the budget before you file UN111.
What the forms actually cost, dog versus cat
The permit fee is HK$432 for a single animal and HK$102 for each additional animal on the same permit. Government quarantine is charged separately at HK$90 a day for a dog and HK$46 for a cat, so the kennel dwarfs the permit.
The chart below models Hong Kong government charges for a minimum 30-day Group IIIA quarantine. Airline cargo, crates, Malaysian export costs and the ground transfer all sit on top.
Modelled Hong Kong government charges, 30-day Group IIIA quarantine
| Scenario | Permit | Quarantine, 30 days | Total | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One cat | HK$432 | HK$1,380 | HK$1,812 | |
| One dog | HK$432 | HK$2,700 | HK$3,132 | |
| Two dogs, one permit | HK$534 | HK$5,400 | HK$5,934 |
Illustrative scenario modelled by My Pet Mover from published AFCD permit fees, June 2026, and the quarantine rates printed on form PC100, June 2026. Quarantine fees are stated by AFCD to be subject to revision, and a stay may run beyond 30 days.
On a single-dog move the permit is roughly one seventh of the government bill. A second animal adds HK$102 to the permit but a full second kennel rate every day, so two-pet households should plan around the kennel line.
When each form goes in: the two-stage sequence
The AFCD pet permit forms go in two waves. AF240, PC100, UN110, the vaccination records and the antibody report are submitted first to join the quarantine queue. UN111, updated records and the fee follow months later, once AFCD offers a slot.
Understanding the split separates a calm file from a panicked one. The timeline below maps the sequence for a Group IIIA import from Malaysia.
Form submission timeline, Malaysia to Hong Kong
| Stage | What is submitted | Timing |
|---|---|---|
| Before any form | Microchip, rabies and core vaccinations, antibody blood draw | Blood sample at least 90 days before export |
| Stage one | AF240, PC100, vaccination records, antibody report, passport copy, UN110 if using an agent | As soon as the antibody result is in hand |
| Waiting list | Nothing. AFCD emails when a slot opens | Roughly 3 months for dogs, 6 for cats |
| Stage two | UN111, updated vaccination and antibody records, permit fee | After the slot offer. The booking holds one week |
| Permit issue | Two carbonised copies: white original, yellow duplicate | At least 3 working days, or 5 from receipt of the fee |
| Before departure | Government-issued or endorsed health certificate | Issued no more than 7 days before export |
| Arrival | Original permit, records, antibody report and health certificate | Notify AFCD at least 24 hours before landing |
Source: compiled by My Pet Mover from the AFCD Group IIIA application procedure, June 2026, and forms AF240 and PC100.
Two details catch people out. The white original permit releases your pet on arrival, while airlines commonly ask for the yellow duplicate before accepting the animal in Malaysia. Both copies have to travel with the right person. The antibody blood draw, covered in the Hong Kong RNATT timing rules, happens roughly three months before stage one even begins.
Where Malaysian applications fail on paper
Most rejected files fail on consistency rather than substance. A microchip number that reads differently across the vaccination card, the antibody report and item 10 of AF240 stalls an application that is otherwise fully compliant.
AFCD checks the paperwork as a set. The microchip number threads through all of it, required on the rabies record, the other-disease vaccination record, the laboratory report and the health certificate. If one disagrees, the set does not reconcile.
The failures we see most often on Malaysian files fall into four groups:
- Transcription drift on the microchip. A digit dropped when a clinic retyped the number onto a new card, so the antibody report and the vaccination record no longer match.
- Missing date of birth or sex on the vaccination record. AFCD requires both alongside the microchip number, and many Malaysian clinic cards carry neither.
- A course that misses the written definition. Separate from whether the pet is protected, and explained in what counts as full vaccination for Hong Kong.
- An antibody test from an unrecognised laboratory. The approved list sits in the permit terms, and a result from elsewhere does not count whatever the titre.
None of these are exotic. They are the ordinary state of a Malaysian pet’s records, written for local practice rather than a foreign regulator’s audit. That is why we start every file with a document check rather than a form. The same discipline runs through Singapore’s 30-day quarantine for Malaysian pets and through pet export from Malaysia generally.
Conclusion
The AFCD pet permit forms are not complicated, but they are unforgiving. Their sequence punishes anyone who works to the permit’s timetable instead of the kennel’s. AF240 declares the animal, PC100 books the space, UN110 authorises whoever files them, and UN111 sets the terms of the 30 days.
Rules here change. Group IIIA dates only from December 2024, the permit terms carry a January 2026 revision, and PC100 was reissued in June 2026. Whatever you read anywhere, confirm the current position against AFCD’s Group IIIA page before committing to dates. Applications can also go through Hong Kong’s Trade Single Window rather than the counter.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What are the AFCD pet permit forms for a Malaysian pet?
Two forms carry the application. AF240 is the Special Permit or Import Permit application under Cap. 139 and Cap. 421. PC100 books the quarantine kennel or cattery. UN110 is added when an agent applies, and UN111 follows later for admission to a government Animal Management Centre.
2. How much is the AFCD permit fee?
HK$432 for a single animal, and HK$102 for each additional animal on the same permit for one shipment. Government quarantine is charged separately at HK$90 a day for a dog and HK$46 for a cat, as printed on the June 2026 PC100. AFCD states those fees are subject to revision.
3. How long is an AFCD permit valid?
AF240’s guidance notes state that a granted permit is normally valid for six months and good for one consignment only. For a Group IIIA import, AFCD also allocates an importation timeslot once a quarantine space is confirmed, and the pet must arrive within it.
4. Can I submit AF240 without booking quarantine?
Not for a Group IIIA import from Malaysia. AFCD’s published procedure lists AF240 and PC100 in the same submission, and completes the permit application only after a quarantine space is confirmed.
5. How long does AFCD take to issue the permit?
At least three working days, with AFCD stating five working days from receipt of the application and fee to issue. That clock starts only at the final stage, after the quarantine slot is settled, so it does not measure the whole process.
6. Will the quarantine centre give my pet its medication?
No. UN111 states that centre staff conduct regular checks but provide no veterinary treatment or care requiring direct contact, including administering medication. The owner arranges and pays for veterinary care throughout quarantine, and must nominate a private Hong Kong vet on admission.
7. Does booking a private quarantine centre affect my government queue place?
Yes. PC100 states that once you notify AFCD of a confirmed booking at a licensed quarantine centre, your place on the government waiting list is cancelled automatically. Treat it as a decision, not a backup.
8. How do I get the permit once it is approved?
Either collect it at the Permit and Certification Section counter or have it posted to the address on item 4, with a self-addressed envelope enclosed. AFCD does not dispatch permits by fax or email. Two carbonised copies are issued, and the white original releases your pet on arrival.
