Guidance and regulation

Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.

• From: Bona Vacantia
• Updated: 5 February 2020

Advice on actions you may need to take and the support available from the FCDO and others when a British person dies abroad.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 31 August 2022

Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.

• From: Bona Vacantia and 1 others
• Updated: 22 March 2024

Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 25 April 2024

Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 25 April 2024

Information on what to do when someone dies in Ireland.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others
• Updated: 9 July 2019

Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Israel and OPTs.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others
• Updated: 18 July 2018

Information to assist those who are bereaved following the death of British national in Georgia.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 3 December 2021