2016 Funeral Home and Cemetery Directory

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2016 Funeral Home & Cemetery Directory SHIPPING REGULATIONS 1011
ECUADOR CONT’D
• Cremation Certificate is to be translated into
Spanish & notarized
• Non-communicable disease letter issued by
Department of Health of city or by state,
is to be translated into Spanish and
notarized
• Burial/Transit permit issued by respective
city hall or respective authorities
EGYPT (212)759-7120
• Egyptian passport of deceased person
• Death Certificate translated into Arabic
• Certificate indicting body does not have
contagious disease
• Burial/Transit permit
• Certificate of Embalming
• Sealed metal casket
• No consul fee
EL SALVADOR (212)889-3608
• Official certificate of cause of death issued
by local registrar of death or similar
authority
• Statement by person authorized to prepare
remains (certified by an appropriate
authority), indicating manner & method in
which body was prepared, also
indicating that coffin contains only body
in question & necessary clothing &
packing
• Transit permit stating surname, first name,
& age of deceased person, issued by
competent authority for place of death, or
place of burial in case of exhumed
human remains
• Copies of documentation required under
paragraphs 1 & 3 shall accompany
shipment of remains. Outside of coffin
should bear immovable plaque or other
appropriate marking in conspicuous
place, indicating name, age & place of
final destination of body
• Human remains prepared for international
shipment must be placed in impervious
coffin. Where cause of death was
quarantinable disease, as defined in
international sanitary regulations, human
remains must be embalmed (arterial &
cavity) & placed in impervious coffin.
Impervious coffin must there upon be
hermetically sealed, may be shipped
without any other covering, except in
case of shipment by sea. For protective
purposed may be fitted in wooden box, or
one made of other material so as to
prevent movement or may be wrapped in
specially designed fabric
ENGLAND (212)745-0200
• Burial/Transit permit
• Death Certificate
• Non-communicable disease letter
• Embalmer’s affidavit
• Letter from funeral home stating casket
contains only remains
• No consul fee, no inspection
• Book flight as if shipping domestically
ESTONIA (202)588-0101
• Death Certificate with Apostille
• Passport of deceased
• Embalmer’s letter
• Non-communicable disease letter
• Burial permit
• Estonia cemetery authorization
• Consul fee $13.00
• Sealer casket
• Wooden box & liner
ETHIOPIA (212)421-1830
• Original & copy of Death Certificate
ETHIOPIA CONT’D
• Original & copy of letter from funeral home
showing (a)embalming or preserving
dead body by standard US methods
(b)use of hermetically sealed casket
• Original & copy of non-contagious disease
letter issued by local health authority and/
or Department of Health
• Copy of deceased’s passport
• If all of requirements listed above are met,
then Embassy will issue permit for
shipment of body within 30 minutes
• If you are mailing your documents to
Embassy, please include self addresses
envelope with sufficient prepaid return
postage
• There is no fee with this service
FIJI (202)466-8320
• Shipper or funeral director will have to liaise
directly with airline from point of origin &
will request airline for space, further
provide information on cause of death,
age & all necessary certificates regarding
human remains
• Airline will then liaise directly with
international carrier. International carrier
will subsequently liaise with their
counterpart in Fiji or Air Terminal
Services (handling agent) to get an
authority for human remains into Fiji.
Carriers will advise ATS the cause of
death, age & including incoming flight
details of deceased & phone contact of
consignee
• ATS will then advise health authority in Fiji
on all information pertaining to deceased.
Health authority (which is the Doctor on
duty at Nadi International Airport) will in
turn permit or refuse above entering
country. ATS will also contact consignee
for deceased to ensure the above is
collected on day of arrival
• Remains must be accompanied by certified
copy of Death Certificate, statement by
local health authority at place of death
stating decedent did not die of
contagious disease
• Notarized statement by embalmer
stipulating embalming process
• Notarized statement by local health authority
at place of death that embalming was
carried out in accordance with standard
US procedures
• Embalmed remains must be placed within
hermetically sealable container or casket,
which in turn must be placed within outer
box constructed entirely of wood
• If remains arrive in unsatisfactory state, they
will not be cleared through customs,
health inspections & entry into country
will be refused. Casket remains will be
returned to point of origin at sender’s
expense
FINLAND (212)750-4400
• Death Certificate
• Apostille certification issued by medical
doctor
• Post Mortem Certificate
• Embalming Certificate
• Health Certificate
• Transportation Certificate
• Undertaker’s affidavit stating that coffin
contains only body of person in question,
that coffin has been sealed in
accordance with foregoing regulations,
this affidavit must be executed before
notary public & county clerk’s affidavit
certifying the authority of notary public
must be annexed to document
• If death occurred as result of contagious
disease, certificate issued by physician or
other properly qualified official stating
that transportation will not pose any
danger of contagion is also required, this
certificate must e executed before notary
public & county clerk’s certificate must be
attached
• Body must be placed in sufficiently strong
metal coffin, hermetically soldered, which
is then enclosed in wooden box in such
manner that coffin will not shift. Bottom
of coffin should be covered with sawdust
or similar material, which has been
moistened with carbolic acid solution. If
remains are being transported from warm
climate, body must be treated with
formalin or some other substance that
resists composition
• Required for urn of ashes: Medical
Certificate of death together with
Apostille certification, Post Mortem
Certificate, if possible, certificate from
funeral home or undertaker signed by
official before notary public verifying
cremation of body
• When shipping remains or ashes,
regulations in force in country of origin &
countries en route should also be taken
into consideration when preparing
shipping documents
• Cremains need to be brought or sent in
plastic box, funeral home/crematory/
relative/ friend can bring box to airline’s
cargo department for shipment to
Finland, or can be brought by relative/
friend in person by air
• Box must be accompanied with Burial
permit, official Death Certificate together
with Apostille certification & affidavit from
crematory stating that box only contains
cremains of decedent
213-1005
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