2016 Funeral Home and Cemetery Directory

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SHIPPING REGULATIONS

2016 Funeral Home & Cemetery Directory

FRANCE

(212)606-3600

• Certified Death Certificate

• Burial/Transit permit

• Certified non-contagious disease letter from

Department of Health

• Notarized embalmer’s affidavit

• Consul fee aprrox. $30.00-$60.00

• Letter of request for shipment

• Consulate seals box

• Casket must be sealer casket placed in

wooden box, closed with flat head screws

• Fax from City Hall in France authorizing

burial

GABON

(202)797-1000

• Death Certificate

• Burial/Transit permit

• Non-communicable disease letter

• No requirement on type of casket

• Zinc-lined shipping box that is 11/4” thick;

has at least 3 metal bands; secured by

screws not more than 8” apart

• Notarized statement from funeral home that

remains have been placed in zinc-lined

shipping box, on top of at least 3” of

sawdust, well moistened with antiseptic

solution

GAMBIA

(202)785-1399

• Original passport

• Death Certificate indicating cause of death

• Certificate of Embalmment

• Certificate from Health Department

indicating non-communicable disease

• Casket must be hermetically sealed (airtight)

& have air tray (wooden caskets are not

acceptable)

GEORGIA

(202)387-2390

• 2 Death Certificates with Apostille

• Embalmer’s letter

• Funeral letter with receiving party

• Non-communicable disease letter

• Passport of deceased

• Consul fee $20.00

• Wooden box & liner

• Inspection required

• Sealer casket

• Consulate seals box

GERMANY

(212)610-9700

• Death Certificate

• Medical Certificate of cause of death

• Embalming Certificate

• Letter from medical examiner/funeral home

confirming deceased person did not

suffer from contagious or infectious

disease

• No Objection Certificate / permit to transport

human remains from Department of

Health of city where death occurred

• Certified true copy of passport of deceased

• Information on airline, flight #, & itinerary are

entered into corpse transport permit,

therefore have to be given in detail

GERMANY CONT’D

• Consul fee $25.00, cash or money order

only

• Self addressed prepaid USPS certified mail

envelope or shipping fee $19.00 (can be

included in money order mentioned

above) for sending permit & original

documents back

GHANA

(212)832-1300

• Embalming by US standard method

• Hermetically sealed casket

• Use of all wood outer shipping container

• Documents to be submitted for

authentication – fee $30.00

• All documents submitted should be in

triplicate (original & 2 photocopies)

• Certified copy of Death Certificate

• Locally issued Burial and/or Transit permit

• Embalmers’ (non-contagious) affidavit

• 2 non-contagious disease letter from local

health authority

• Cremated remains (a)certified copy of

Death Certificate (b)Cremation Certificate

(c)hermetically sealed container

GREAT BRITAIN

(212)745-0200

• Death Certificate

• Non-communicable disease letter

• Embalmer’s letter

• Air tray

• Sealer casket

GREECE

(212)988-5500

• 2 copies of Death Certificates , both with

Apostille

• 2 copies of out of state Transit permit, both

with Apostille

• 2 copies of Embalming Certificate, both with

Apostille

• 2 copies of certificate from county stating

there were no communicable diseases in

past 6 months & at time of death, both

with Apostille

• Above documents need to be translated &

authenticity of signature of translator

need to be certified by consular office

• Once documents have been submitted, we

will issue certificate for transport of

human remains to Greece , consular

officer will come to funeral home in order

to seal remains

• Remains need to be place inside

hermetically sealed casket, then in air

tray or wooden box. Casket remains

open until consular officer examines

contents then it is sealed before him/her

• Transport of ashes to Greece, same

documentation is required except for #3,

& #4, ashes are placed in container, then

inside wooden box. In place of #3 we will

need certificate from funeral home that

cremation was performed

GRENADA

(212)599-0301

• (a)official certificate of cause of death issued

by local registrar of death or similar

authority (1)statement by person

authorized to prepare remains, certified

by appropriate authority, indicating

manner in which body was prepared, that

coffin contains only body in question &

necessary clothing (2)transit permit

specifying name, age & sex of deceased,

issued by competent authority for place

of death, or place of burial in case of

exhumed human remains or (3)transit

permit, issued by appropriate authority

specifying name, sex, age & cause of

death of deceased & name of embalmer,

name of coroner & name of appropriate

public health officer

• (b)through washing & disinfecting of body &

all orifices followed by packing of orifices

with cotton soaked in disinfectant &

wrapping of body in sheet saturated in

disinfectant & placement in impervious

coffin or (1)proper embalming &

placement in impervious coffin or

(2)proper embalming & encasement in

plastic container sealed by heat or

adhesive materials or (3)proper

embalming & encasement in air disaster

bag

• (c)container or box of whatever material,

hermetically sealed & so maintained by

plastic or rubber gasket or by metal or

similar material which has been soldered

or welded (1)plastic container sealed by

heat or adhesive materials

GUAM

(202)434-4855

• Burial/Transit permit

• Certified Death Certificate

• Embalmer’s affidavit

• Non-communicable disease letter

• Combo air tray – no casket requirement

• Guam is US territorial possession

• No consul inspection or fee

GUATEMALA

(212)686-3837

• 2 certified copies of Death Certificate

• Burial/Transit permit issued by health

authorities

• Letter of no contagious diseases issued by

health authorities

• Embalmer’s affidavit

• Certificate issued by those who closed &

sealed casket, stating casket is

hermetically sealed

• Original & 2 photocopies of any form of ID

of deceased (Birth Certificate, passport,

“Cedula de Vecindad” etc)

• Documents listed under #3, 4 & 5 must be

notarized & authenticated by county clerk

GUYANA

(212)947-5110

• 4 copies of Death Certificate

• Copy of public Health Certificate

• Copy of Embalming Certificate

• Remains enclosed in hermetic sealer

• Hermetic sealer must be enclosed in metal

casket

• Wooden casket is to be enclosed in air-

packed shipping shell

• Cremated Remains: (a)urn must be sealed

(b)Copy of Death Certificate

(c)Cremation Certificate (d)public Health

Certificate

HAITI

(212)697-9767

• Burial permit

• Certified copy of Death Certificate

• Photocopy of registration of funeral parlor

with Department of Health

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