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Guidance for applicants for cremation. This guidance should be used for deaths that occurred in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man, and where the cremation is to take place in England or Wale…
Find out about the Office of the Public Guardian’s guardianship supervision privacy policy and how we collect and process your data.
Information to help the friends and family of British nationals who have died in Belarus
Information for UK nationals who are victims of domestic abuse in Portugal.
Get posters to support the Office of the Public Guardian's Your Voice, Your Decision campaign.
Information from the Consiglio Nazionale Del Notariato (National Council of Italian Public Notaries) on property rights for UK nationals settled in Italy before 1 January 2021.
Information to help the friends and family of British nationals who have died in Kuwait.
Information on how the Consular team can help in the event of the death of a British national abroad.
Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Luxembourg.
Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Belgium.
Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Mali.
The process when a British national dies in Tajikistan, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Canllawiau, ffurflenni a phapurau polisi Cymraeg gan Swyddfa’r Gwarcheidwad Cyhoeddus.
This guide gives information on the general law that governs family and property relations in Qatar.
Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Hungary.
Information to assist those bereaved following the death of a British national in Eritrea.
Information to assist those bereaved following the death of a British national in Côte d’Ivoire.
The process when a British national dies in Solomon Islands, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Information to assist those bereaved following the death of a British national in Panama.
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