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Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Liechtenstein, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Papua New Guinea, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Senegal, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Sierra Leone, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
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.
Information to help the friends and family of British nationals who have died in Lithuania.
List of English-speaking funeral directors for UK nationals in Chile.
The process when a British national dies in Burkina Faso, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Information to assist those bereaved following the death of a British national in Paraguay.
Information to help you deal with practical arrangements following the death of a British national in Kosovo.
Guidance for crematorium managers. 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 Wales.
List of English-speaking funeral directors for British nationals abroad in Lebanon.
This document is an explanatory copy of the Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008 as they have effect in relation to Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
A draft remedial order to amend section 1A of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 to allow an award of bereavement damages to a new category of claimant.
The process when a British national dies in New Zealand, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Information to assist those bereaved following the death of a British national in Peru.
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