Useful Information for Funeral Agencies

The body of the deceased should be embalmed and placed within a wooden casket, which in turn is to be put in a hermetically sealed outer shipping box. The shipment must be accompanied by:

 

  • a death certificate / legalized with Apostille from the Department of state of the state of issuing/,
  • certificate of embalming and
  • a document certifying that the deceased had not had contagious diseases.

 

If the body has already been cremated the urn with the cremated remains must be accompanied by:

 

  • a death certificate /legalized with Apostille from the Department of state of the state of issuing/, and
  •  a certificate of cremation.

 

All documents must be legalized with Apostille.