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Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
This page provides information on what to do if OPG can't investigate your concern.
How to manage a bank or building society account for someone else.
List of UK-based funeral directors for British nationals if a family member or friend has died abroad.
Find out about the help you can get in the UK and abroad, including from victim support and the local British embassy or consulate.
A letter for British nationals getting married in the Netherlands who are asked by Dutch authorities for a declaration of single status.
What to do first if you're acting for someone under a lasting power of attorney for financial decisions.
Information for UK nationals on how to order copies of Portuguese birth, death or marriage online certificates.
The process when a British national dies in Cape Verde, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Switzerland, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The UK government's offices in India no longer issue ‘No Objection Certificate’ for marriage registrations to British nationals.
This guidance sets out the Public Guardian’s position on a number of issues related to fixed costs charged by professional and public authority deputies
What to do when a British national dies in Tunisia, including registering the death, funerals, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Use this guidance to apply to be a panel deputy.
Many UK-based organisations can offer assistance, support and information to those affected by a death abroad.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Japan, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Nigeria, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Organisations and professionals can use an online service provided by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) to view a summary of a lasting power of attorney (LPA).
Information for British nationals who are victims of rape and sexual assault in Thailand.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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