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Find out about the VAT liability of funeral services and other activities relating to the disposal of the remains of the dead.
Annual National Statistics on deaths reported to coroners.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Form for coroners to complete to release a body for cremation.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Nigeria, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Forms for applying for a cremation, including certificates and authorisation forms for doctors, funeral directors and crematorium managers.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Cameroon, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Information and advice if a friend or family member has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or has died in suspicious circumstances in the Philippines
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
The process when a British national dies in the UAE, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Advice on actions you may need to take and the support available from the FCDO and others when a British person dies abroad.
Information and advice if a family member or friend has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or died in suspicious circumstances in Thailand.
Information and advice if a friend or family member has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or has died in suspicious circumstances in India.
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