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Guidance on repatriation

Twenty-five guides on repatriation, written for families doing this for the first time. What we arrange, and the estimate, is on body repatriation to and from the UK.

Checklist 4 min read

A death in Thailand: the district office, the embassy letter and the route home

What to do when someone dies in Thailand: the police, the district office, the embassy release letter, a cremation there, and the route home.

Checklist 4 min read

A death in Dubai or the UAE: the police, the papers and the route home

What to do when someone dies in Dubai or the UAE: the police, the death certificate, the embassy letter, a burial there, and the route home.

Checklist 4 min read

When someone dies in Spain: the first calls and the paperwork

What to do when someone dies in Spain: who to ring first, how the death is registered, what a judge can add, and how to bring your loved one home.

Checklist 3 min read

A death in Tenerife or the Canary Islands: the consulate, the papers, the route home

When someone dies in Tenerife or the Canaries: which British consulate to call, the Spanish paperwork, and bringing your loved one home.

Explainer 5 min read

A Muslim funeral in the UK, and burial abroad

A Muslim funeral in the UK: ghusl, the shroud, the janazah prayer and burial, how to keep the coroner and registrar quick, and burial abroad.

Explainer 4 min read

What a UK funeral director does in a repatriation, and what we do

What a funeral director does in a repatriation, what a specialist does, and how to tell whether your local firm is doing the work or passing it on.

Explainer 3 min read

Schengen and repatriation to Romania and Bulgaria

What Romania and Bulgaria joining Schengen in 2025 changed for a road repatriation: no land-border checks, and the documents still needed.

Checklist 3 min read

What documents does a repatriation need

The documents a repatriation needs, to the UK and from it: death certificate, apostille, translation, the coroner, embalming and coffin certificates.

Explainer 4 min read

Body repatriation or a funeral abroad: how families decide

After a death abroad: repatriation, cremation there with the ashes brought home, or a funeral there. What each costs and takes, and what settles it.

Case 3 min read

The first call: what we ask you and what happens in the first 24 hours

What happens on the first call to a repatriation firm: five questions we ask, what you need not have ready, and what is done in the first 24 hours.

Explainer 4 min read

The rules for moving a coffin across borders

The rules for moving a coffin across borders: UK law on leaving, the destination's law on arriving, the carrier's rules, and why the sealed coffin exists.

Explainer 4 min read

When a repatriation is delayed: the usual reasons

Why a repatriation is delayed: the five usual reasons, from the coroner and the consulate to a missing document, and what a good firm tells you.

Case 4 min read

Repatriation from the UK to Romania: what families ask us

Repatriation from the UK to Romania, the questions families ask: the road, the consulate's authorisation, the coroner's four days, the funeral date.

Explainer 4 min read

Does travel insurance cover repatriation, and what to do first

Does travel insurance cover repatriation to the UK: what it includes, the three common exclusions, the deadline, and choosing your own firm.

Checklist 4 min read

How to choose a repatriation company: seven questions to ask

How to choose a repatriation company: seven questions to ask, what a good answer sounds like, and the two answers that end the conversation.

Explainer 4 min read

Religious and cultural requirements in a repatriation

Religious and cultural requirements in a repatriation: each faith's needs on time, embalming and who prepares the person, and what rules permit.

Case 4 min read

Repatriation from the UK to Nigeria: what families ask us

Repatriation from the UK to Nigeria, what families ask: the High Commission's permit, the documents, the flight, the sealed casket and the cost.

Explainer 4 min read

Can a family arrange a repatriation themselves?

Can a family repatriate a body themselves: what you can legally do alone, what needs a funeral director, and what doing it yourself would save.

Explainer 3 min read

What is a repatriation flight, and is it what you need

What a repatriation flight is: the three meanings, which applies after a death, how a body travels by air, and why most European cases go by road.

Checklist 4 min read

What happens when a British citizen dies abroad

What happens when a British citizen dies abroad: four calls on day one, what the consulate can and cannot do, and deciding on coming home.

Explainer 4 min read

By road or by air: how the transport is chosen

How transport is chosen for a repatriation: by road for most of Europe, by air where a road cannot go, and what each means for your loved one.

Explainer 4 min read

How long does a repatriation take, and what decides it

How long a repatriation takes, to or from the UK: five things that decide it, which can be hurried, and why nobody honest gives a date on day one.

Explainer 3 min read

Repatriation from the UK to Europe by road

How a road repatriation from the UK to Europe works: the vehicle, the Channel, the Schengen borders, the drive in shifts and the handover.

Cost guide 3 min read

What a repatriation fee covers, and what it doesn't

What a body repatriation fee covers, line by line, what is usually outside it at the destination, and how to tell a complete quote from a partial one.

Explainer 3 min read

Repatriation when the cause of death is infectious

Repatriation when the death was infectious: which cases are possible with a declaration and a precaution, which are not, and what the certificate is.

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