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2016 Funeral Home & Cemetery Directory

SHIPPING REGULATIONS

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AFGHANISTAN

(212)972-2276

• Death Certificate

• Clearance from Public Health

• Permits for Disposition of Human Remains

• Request letter from funeral home

• Copy of passport & identification of human

remains

ALBANIA

(202)223-4942

• Death Certificate

• Burial/Transit permit

• Non-contagious disease letter by health

authority

• Embalming by US standard method

• Embalmer’s (non-contraband) affidavit

• Consul fee $45.00 money order

• Hermetically sealed casket

• Affidavit with full flight itinerary & name of

consignee

• Photocopy Albanian ID preferable copy of

Albanian passport

ALGERIA

(202)265-2800

• Copy of Death Certificate

• Burial Permit

• Minutes placed in coffin

• Certificate of non epidemiology

• Leave passer or authorization to transport

• In case deceased is not registered, attach

birth certificate & identity to allow

transcription of death of Algerian civil

registration, copy of act must be attached

to file to accompany body

ANGOLA

(202)785-1156

• 2 Death Certificates

• Passport of deceased

• Embalmer’s Certificate

• Non-communicable disease letter

• Wooden box & zinc liner

ANTIGUA-BARBUDA (202)362-5122

• All arrangements for reception of dead body

must be made through mortician

(undertaker) in Antigua. Mortician must

apply to Chief Medical Officer for

importation permit. It is mandatory for

Chief Medical Officer’s permission to be

given before dead body or human

remains are imported into Antigua &

Barbuda

ANTIGUA-BARBUDA CONT’D

• Death Certificate

• Documentation from health authorities in

which person died giving permission to

export body

• Body must be embalmed & placed in

hermitically sealed casket

ARGENTINA

(202)238-6460

• Death Certificate

• Medical Certificate of Death

• Coroner Report Certificate stating

deceased had no communicable/

contagious diseases

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The phone number appearing may not be the only Consulate to contact for that country. Be sure to refer to the complete list of numbers for Foreign Consulates following this section. This section is intended to be a guide for the International shipment of human remains/ cremains. Please contact the appropriate Consulate for complete regulations. Failure to comply with any country’s regulations may result in considerable delay and/or refusal of entry.

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• Consulate Approvals & Inspections

• Flight Arrangements

• Complete Document Service

• Specialized Shipping Containers

www.internationalmortuaryshipping.com

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1-800-604-9576

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www.bergenfuneral.com

800-262-7901

• Consulate Approvals & Inspections

• Flight & Document Arrangements

• Specialized Shipping Containers