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Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Form for medical referees to authorise the cremation of a deceased person's body.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Cuba, 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.
Form for medical referees to authorise the cremation of a dead person's body parts.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Mexico, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Form for registered medical practitioners to complete to release a body for cremation.
Form for registered medical practitioners to certify that a dead person's body parts can be released for cremation.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in the Dominican Republic, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
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