Guidance

When someone dies in Kuwait

Information to help the friends and family of British nationals who have died in Kuwait.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 6 November 2016
• Last updated: 21 October 2024
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  1. 21 October 2024

     Added links to send an online enquiry to the embassy get no objection letter and death certificate request letter.

  2. 7 July 2021

     next of kin authorisation form was added

  3. 31 May 2019

     Added shipping agents and the contact details of the Vice Consul.

  4. 1 August 2018

     Kuwait - Bereavement Information updates

  5. 6 November 2016

     First published.

Documents

Annex A: next of kin authorisation form

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Kuwait: bereavement information

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Details

Includes information on:

• what to do when someone dies in Kuwait
• burial and cremation
• returning bodies to the UK (repatriation)

See also what to do when someone dies: death abroad