When someone dies abroad: advice by country
Local rules and procedures, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body or ashes to the UK.
If the country you’re looking for isisn’t not on the list:
- contact the British embassy or consulate for that country
- read the general information about when someone dies abroad and the help you can get
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Updates to this page
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19 June 2026 Link for Armenia has been updated.
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4 April 2025 Updated guidance for Indonesia added.
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4 October 2022 Bereavement guidance added for Dominican Republic
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3 October 2022 Guidance for Japan added.
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23 October 2018 We have added the bereavement pack for Poland
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13 August 2018 Added Lithuania bereavement pack
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1 August 2018 Updated collection with Slovakia bereavement pack
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25 July 2018 Added Cuba Bereavement Pack
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2 May 2018 Bahamas was added
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1 March 2018 Updated March 2018
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2 February 2018 Added Georgia bereavement pack to collection
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9 January 2018 Updated January 2018
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2 October 2017 Amended October 2017
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18 April 2017 Belarus added
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6 April 2017 Added St. Lucia
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9 January 2017 Bereavement guida for Macedonia added
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23 December 2016 Added information for Malta
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20 December 2016 Added Jamaica to list
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25 August 2016 Bereavement information added for Iceland, Malawi, Madagascar and Greece
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22 August 2016 Bolivia - bereavement pack/information added
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16 August 2016 Belize - bereavement pack/information added
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29 July 2016 Added information for Finland.
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18 May 2016 First published.
Update history
2026-06-19 08:11
Link for Armenia has been updated.
2025-04-04 08:45
Updated guidance for Indonesia added.
2022-10-04 10:27
Bereavement guidance added for Dominican Republic
2022-10-03 16:39
Guidance for Japan added.