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This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Cuba, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
How to report a person who's gone missing or a child who's run away - including if you lose contact while they're abroad
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Get a declaration of presumed death if a person has been missing for at least 7 years or you think they've died - form N208, certificate of presumed death, appeal, complain
What to do if a British national goes missing abroad, reporting it to the police and how the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and others can help.
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 Spain, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.
What to do, including registering the death, post mortems, bringing the body to the UK and getting help from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Cameroon, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
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