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This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Mexico, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Thailand, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...
As a personal representative (an executor or administrator) you’re legally…
You must pay any debts and settle the taxes for the person who died. This…
You may have to pay taxes for the estate if there is any new income while…
You may need to send information to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about…
Once you have paid any debts and taxes, or you are sure the estate has…
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in South Korea, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Find out who is entitled to a share of someone’s property, possessions and money if they die without making a will
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
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.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Spain, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
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