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When someone dies abroad: advice by country

Local rules and procedures, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body or ashes to the UK.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published:
18 May 2016
Last updated:
19 June 2026 — See all updates

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Updates to this page

Last updated:
19 June 2026
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  1. Link for Armenia has been updated.

  2. Updated guidance for Indonesia added.

  3. Bereavement guidance added for Dominican Republic

  4. Guidance for Japan added.

  5. We have added the bereavement pack for Poland

  6. Added Lithuania bereavement pack

  7. Updated collection with Slovakia bereavement pack

  8. Added Cuba Bereavement Pack

  9. Bahamas was added

  10. Updated March 2018

  11. Added Georgia bereavement pack to collection

  12. Updated January 2018

  13. Amended October 2017

  14. Belarus added

  15. Added St. Lucia

  16. Bereavement guida for Macedonia added

  17. Added information for Malta

  18. Added Jamaica to list

  19. Bereavement information added for Iceland, Malawi, Madagascar and Greece

  20. Bolivia - bereavement pack/information added

  21. Belize - bereavement pack/information added

  22. Added information for Finland.

  23. First published.

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