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Use this form if you need to cremate body parts from a deceased person or a stillborn baby.
Forms for applying for a cremation, including certificates and authorisation forms for doctors, funeral directors and crematorium managers.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
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.
Information on how to organise a cremation, including how to apply for a cremation, declare your wishes regarding ashes, request medical certificates and declare fitted implants.
Information and advice if a family member or friend has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or died in suspicious circumstances in Greece.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Ghana, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
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 Cuba, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Information and advice if a family member or friend has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or died in suspicious circumstances in Egypt.
Form for registered medical practitioners to certify that a dead person's body parts can be released for cremation.
Information and advice if a friend or family member has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or has died in suspicious circumstances in Jamaica.
Information to help funeral directors arrange a cremation, including details of which forms to use.
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
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