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SHIPPING REGULATIONS
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BELGIUM CONT’D
• Medical Certificate established by attending
physician certifying cause of death is not
any of the following contagious diseases,
plague, cholera, smallpox or typhoid.
Medical Certificate should also state
there are no hygienic or medico-legal
objections to transport of body
• Certificate established by funeral director
stating that body is embalmed according
to international shipping rules, coffin is
hermetically closed & meets all
requirements for international shipping of
human remains
• Upon presentation of above documents
Consulate General or Embassy will issue
“Laissez-passer” which should
accompany human remains, together
with Apostilled Death Certificate
• Ashes resulting from cremation of human
remains have to be shipped to Belgium
enclosed in hermetically sealed urn,
accompanied by Consular letter &
Apostilled Death Certificate
• Official Certificate of Cremation issued by
funeral home
• Statement drawn up by funeral director
certifying urn contains ashes of
deceased, that it is hermetically sealed &
ready for international transport
• Statement issued by Belgian city hall where
ashes will be transported, stating
Belgian commune has given
authorization for burial of urn or to strew
cremation ashes
• Upon presentation of these documents
Consulate General or Embassy will issue
Consular letter that should be kept with
urn to prevent Belgian customs from
opening it. You should also keep
Apostilled Death Certificate with urn
• Please note Belgian funeral home may
request additional documents, such as
certified translation of Death Certificate
BELIZE
(202)332-9636
• Death Certificate
• Date of arrival of body
• Airline name, flight #, & arrival time
• Name of person (or funeral parlor) receiving
body at airport
• Certificate of Embalmment
• Police clearance (to confirm that body is not
under investigation)
• All information should be sent to: Director of
Health Services: Ministry of Health
Belmopan, Belize Fax: 011-501-822-
2942 Ph: 011-501-822-0809
E-mail:
dhs@health.gov.bz• Upon receiving information, office of Director
of Health Services will send confirmation
letter to person or funeral parlor sending
corpse
BENIN
(202)232-6656
• 2 Death Certificates
• Non-communicable disease letter
• Burial permit
• Embalmer’s letter & notary
• Information sheet
• Sealed casket & wooden box with liner
BERMUDA
• Death Certificate
• Embalmer’s letter
• Burial permit
• Non-communicable disease letter
BOLIVIA
(212)687-0530
• 2 Death Certificates must be legalized by
consul
• 2 embalmer’s affidavits
• Burial/Transit permit
• 2 letters with Health Department seal, no
contagious disease
• Sealer casket
• Air tray
• Consul fee $87.00 – 3 separate checks,
$43.00, $17.00, $17.00
• Passport of deceased
• Birth Certificate
• Apostilles & translations on all documents
BOSNIA
(202)337-1500
• Formal request for shipment by funeral
home director
• Application for certificate for transfer of
human remains to Bosnia & Herzegovina
filed by next of kin
• Form required by Ministry of Health –
provide 1 out of 3 forms depending on
location of burial: Federacija Bih,
Republika Srpska or Brcko distrikt Bih
• 2 certified copies of Death Certificate
• Notarized letter of no contagious disease
from Health Department
• 2 notarized embalmer’s affidavits or 2
notarized Cremation Certificates
• Burial permit i.e. notarized letter of
acceptance from funeral home in Bosnia
&Herzegovina (obtained by family)
• Valid Bosnia & Herzegovinian passport of
deceased (if no valid passport exists,
please send copy of Birth Certificate &
Citizenship Certificate)
• Letter from funeral home stating flight
itinerary
• Notarized letter from funeral home director
certifying that remains have been
prepared according to international rules
& regulations concerning transport of
human/exhumed remains, that casket/
urn contains exclusively remains of
deceased. Remains must be place in
hermetically sealed & metal-lined casket.
Casket must be placed in air tray.
Cremated remains must be transported
in funeral urns which are sealed &
securely protected from damage by
cushioned packaging
BOSNIA CONT’D
• Consular fee for issuance of Laissex-Passer
in the amount of $36.00, plus additional
$20.00 postage fee (or a prepaid return
envelope)
• Uncremated remains: must be placed in
hermetically sealed & metal-lined casket.
Casket must be placed in air tray
• Cremated remains: must be transported in
funeral urns which are sealed & securely
protected from damage by cushioned
packaging
BOTSWANA
(202)244-4990
• Death Certificate
• Burial permit
• Non-communicable disease letter
• Embalmer’s letter
• Passport
BRAZIL
(202)461-3000
• Original Death Certificate accompanied by
Consular Certificate of Registration of
Decease
• Notarized Certificate of Embalmment or of
Cremation
• Notarized Health Department Certificate
• Exhumation Certificate, when relevant
• Wooden coffin, sealed with metal, when
death was caused by contagious disease
• Burial/Transit permit issued by funeral
agency
• All documents listed above must be
legalized by Consular authority
• Bill of landing & request to customs authority
of destination airport for coffin’s release
• Fee for legalization of documents, $20.00
per document
• Consulate-General of Brazil in Chicago
ONLY accepts payments in form of
money order issued by USPS, payable to
“Consulate-General of Brazil in Chicago”
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM (202)237-1838
• Death Certificate
• Notarized embalmer’s letter
• Burial permit
• Zinc liner & wooden box
• No consul fee
800-321-0185
IF YOU WANT IT THERE
BERGEN FUNERAL SERVICE
1-800-262-7901
WILL GET IT THERE