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Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Find out how to register a death in the UK or abroad
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Japan, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
How to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Eswatini, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Use this form if you're a personal applicant and you've had a foreign death certificate translated into English and don't have a certificate from a licensed company.
Application form to order a death certificate for a death that was registered overseas.
Change or cancel a presumption of death certificate where there's clear evidence the missing person is still alive or that they died on a different date to what's on the certificate.
Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Kazakhstan.
Guidance and support on coronavirus (COVID-19) in Scotland.
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