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SHIPPING REGULATIONS
2016 Funeral Home & Cemetery Directory
COLOMBIA
(212)798-9000
• Burial/Transit permit
• Death Certificate with Apostille
• Non-communicable disease letter
• Embalmer’s affidavit
• Passport or alien card of deceased
• Sealer casket
• Air tray
• Apostilles on all documents
COMOROS
(212)750-1637
• Ours is an Islamic Nation for all intents &
purposes we do not except shipment of
human remains
CONGO (PEOPLES REP) (202)726-5500
• 3 Death Certificates
• Burial permit
• Embalmer’s letter
• Non-communicable disease letter
• Funeral home statement of receiving party
• Sealer casket
• Wooden box & liner
• Consul fee $60.00
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC) (202)234-7690
• Proof that deceased person was Congolese
e.g. original passport, Birth Certificate
• US locally issued burial and /or transit permit
• Certified copy of Death Certificate
• Letter from local health authority certifying
that deceased did not die of contagious
disease
• Metal hermetically sealable casket is
recommended
• Letter from director of funeral home stating
how body was embalmed
• On receipt of above documents, Consulate
will issue letter of no objection for
remains to be transported to DRC
• Consul fee $125.00
COSTA RICA
(212)509-3066
• Original Death Certificate
• Letter of no contagious disease from Health
Department
• Embalmer’s report
• If deceased was Costa Rican citizen there is
no cost. If deceased was foreign person,
cost is $40.00 per document. Every
document has to be authenticated by
Secretary of State where document was
issued
COTE D’IVOIRE
(202)797-0300
• Death Certificate
• Burial permit
• Embalmer’s letter
• Non-communicable disease letter
• Sealer casket
• Wooden box & liner
CROATIA
(212)599-3066
• Completed & signed application form for
Laissez-Passer for deceased
• Photo ID of deceased
• Proof of Croatian citizenship (passport, ID
card, domovnica)
• Statement of death or Death Certificate. We
recommend affix it with Apostille seal.
Without Apostille, death cannot be
registered in Croatia & heirs cannot
share deceased real estate in Croatia
• Medical Death Certificate (coroner’s report)
• Declaration of funeral home that casket only
contains human remains of deceased &
body was deposited in appropriate casket
for transport to Croatia. Embalming
required by international airline shipment
• Certificate of shipment of body for outside
US
• Certificate of health-control office that
person has not died of infectious
diseases
CROATIA CONT’D
• Name of person accompanying shipment of
body & name of funeral home in Croatia
awaiting shipment
• Full flight details (airport of departure, transit
airport & airport destination)
• Place of burial in Croatia
• Consular fee $35.00, check payable to
Croatian Embassy/Consulate General
• Add $20.00 or prepaid envelope for purpose
of sending documents to your address
• Transporting urn with ashes, no need for
laises passer. Only declaration of funeral
home that urn only contains human
remains of deceased & body was
deposited in appropriate urn for transport
to Croatia
CUBA
(212)689-7215
• Death Certificate
• Embalmer’s affidavit
• Burial/Transit permit
• All documents must be translated into
Spanish
• No requirement on type of casket
• Zinc-lined shipping box
• Consul fee $2,000.00
• There must be funeral home in Cuba to
receive remains
• Funeral home needs special license from
US Department Treasury-BFS has this
license
CYPRUS
(202)462-5772
• Certified Death Certificate from Department
of Health/Hospital
• Transportation permit from Department of
Health
• Certificate from Department of Health
stating there was no epidemic or
communicable disease in area where
deceased died
• Certificate from proper authority stating body
was placed in carefully soldered lead or
zinc coffin with outer coffin of wood at
least 20 mm thick
• Notarized affidavit from funeral home stating
embalming process
• Statement from funeral home stating flight
itinerary
• Photocopy of first page of passport of
deceased
• Money order made payable to: Accountant
General of Republic of Cyprus(contact
embassy for fee)
• Self addressed prepaid certified envelope so
that original documents can be mailed
back to sender along with consular
permit
CZECH REPUBLIC
(202)274-9100
• Burial/Transit permit
• Non-contagious letter from county Health
Department
• Copy of Death Certificate
• Embalmer’s affidavit
• Copy of passport of deceased
• Remains of (first name/last name of
deceased)
• Occupation of deceased (if child, occupation
of father & mother)
• Date, place, State of deceased
• In consequence of (preliminary cause of
death)
• At the age of (precise date of birth, if
possible)
• Are to be transported (indication of means of
transport & flight #)
• Flight itinerary
DENMARK
(212)223-4545
• Copy of Death Certificate
• Burial/Transit permit
• Affidavit & embalmer’s affidavit
• Flight itinerary
• Original Laissez-passer with consulate seal
DJIBOUTI
(202)331-0270
• Death Certificate
• Burial permit
• Embalmer’s letter
• Non-communicable disease letter
• Sealer casket
• Wooden box (1 1/2” thick) & liner
DOMINICA
(212)599-8478
• Embalming to US standard methods
• Embalmed body to be placed within casket
capable of being hermetically sealed
(a)or ordinary casket, body having been
within plastic bag which has been sealed
by heat or adhesive so as to achieve
hermetical sealing
• Casket to be placed within an outer
container, whose construction is not
specified
• Certified copy of Death Certificate with seal
of issuing agency applied there to
• Notarized embalming report from funeral
home. Report should include details of
embalming procedure & other relevant
information
• US locally issued Burial/Transit permit with
seal of issuing agency attached there to
• Receiving party in Dominica is responsible
for making appropriate arrangements
with receiving funeral home. Documents
listed above should be sent to relevant
funeral home in Dominica. Funeral home
is responsible for notifying customs
authorities of flight details for arrival of
remains and must be present at customs
to facilitate clearance of remains
• Travel valid passport/s and copy of Death
Certificate of deceased must thereafter
be presented to Immigration Department
in Dominica. All travel documents will be
cancelled at that point
• Cremated remains: must be cremated in
keeping with US approved method,
shipped in hermetically sealed container
• Certified copy of Death Certificate with seal
of issuing agency & notarized cremation
statement should be included in shipment
• Copy of all documents issued by funeral
home in US should be forwarded to
Consulate General of New York
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (212)768-2480
• Death Certificate
• Embalming letter
• Letter of non contagious disease
• All documents must be translated into
Spanish and both original & translation
notarized & Apostilled
ECUADOR
(212)808-0170
• Birth Certificate, Ecuadorian ID card called
“Cedula” or passport of deceased
• Certificate of Death given by Department of
Vital Statistics for the place where
incident occurred. Legalization of this
document is $10.00
• Certificate of Death translated into Spanish
& notarized. Legalization of this
document is $10.00
• Embalmer’s Certificate given by funeral
home is to be translated into Spanish &
notarized
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