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Help for medical practitioners on how to complete cremation form Cremation 4.
How to apply to the Children’s Funeral Fund for help paying for a funeral for a child under 18
The Children’s Funeral Fund for England can help to pay for some of the…
Find out about the VAT liability of funeral services and other activities relating to the disposal of the remains of the dead.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Eswatini, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Funeral Expenses Payment (also called Funeral Payment) to help pay funeral costs if you get certain benefits - eligibility, how to claim, form SF200
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Spain, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in France, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Botswana, 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.
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 about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in the UAE, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Thailand, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Malawi, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Ghana, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Japan, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
The process when a British national dies in Turkey, including registering the death, funerals and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
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