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Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
A guide to applying for compensation under the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme.
Change or cancel a presumption of death certificate where there's clear evidence the missing person is still alive or that they died on a different date to what's on the certificate.
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
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.
A guide to applying for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
Advice on actions you may need to take and the support available from the FCDO and others when a British person dies abroad.
Find out how to register a death in the UK or abroad
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
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Nigeria, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...
Challenge a claim for a presumption of death declaration if you think the missing person is not dead or died on a different date or in a different place to what the claim says
Information and advice if a family member or friend has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or died in suspicious circumstances in Greece.
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