The Bahamas Agricultural Health and Food Safety Authority (BAHFSA) is responsible for the importation of live animals and animal products into the Bahamas.

To apply, you must first register with Click2Clear at http://www.click2clear.gov.bs/.

Once you have successfully registered, follow the following three-part steps:

1. Email click2clear@bahamas.gov.bs and request for your “password and username to be activated in order to apply for a pet permit with BAHFSA”
2. You will receive an email with your password. Click the log in here button at https://bahfsabahamas.com/epermitting-for-imports
3. Reset your password by typing in your username and the password you received and then changing it to the one you want.

Once you have registered and completed the three-part steps above, log in using the link below:

https://www.besw.gov.bs/TFBOGA/cusLogin/signin.cl

Follow the steps in the tutorial below to apply, pay, and download your permit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5_LP1RZsSo

Once you receive your permit, please give it to your supplier or Animal Health Authority in the country of export and request a sanitary certificate to accompany the permit.

To find the import conditions for animals being imported into The Bahamas, use the following links:

Beef:

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/beef

Poultry:

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/poultry

Pork:

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/pork

Rabbits:

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/trade-facilitation-unit-rabbits

Equine:

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/trade-facilitation-unit-equine-products

Animal Skins:

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/trade-facilitation-unit-animal-skins

Dairy:

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/trade-facilitation-unit-dairy-products

Sheep/Goats:

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/trade-facilitation-unit-ovine-products

Terrestrial Exotic Animals:

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/trade-facilitation-unit-terrestrial-exotic-animals

Bees and Bee Products (like honey):

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/trade-facilitation-unit-bees

Companion Birds:

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/trade-facilitation-unit-companion-birds

Exotic Aquatic Animals (live animals only):

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/trade-facilitation-unit-exotic-aquatic-animals

Live Fish, crustaceans, molluscs, and aquatic invertebrates:

https://bahfsabahamas.com/sectors/international/trade-facilitation-unit-live-fish-crustaceans-molluscs-aquatic-invertebrates

For more information about the ePermitting system, use the link below:

https://bahfsabahamas.com/epermitting-for-imports

If you have both the import permit and the sanitary certificate, you will be able to bring your animals and animal products into the country!

Feel free to contact our helpdesk numbers at 1-242-424-1826, 1-242-424-8296, and 1-242-422-3920 for further assistance.