Shipping Human Remains Home From Abroad

By Iva Cannon


Many families have loved ones living abroad or in other states. Most of them are there for study, business, or employment. A good number of other could be there for vacation. If unfortunately any of your loved ones pass on abroad, you would have to bring their body back home so that they can be accorded a burial. This requires fulfillment of laid down procedures and acquiring the right documentation for the shipping to be affected. Shipping Human Remains is done by special means for utmost dignity and respect.

You will get a company that transport human remains to your home. Before going international to outsource the service, look for a local mortuary services provider that may have representatives in the country that your loved one were at their time of death. Local firms know what rules are in place in your home country and what needs to be done to comply with them.

Your country embassy in the country has to be involved in the transportation of the remains. Many countries require you to first acquire a death certificate and have it signed before the shipping can take place. The death certificate with other documents of the deceased such as work or study permit together with their passport is checked by the embassy before you are allowed to take the remains. Furthermore, the country where the body is may require more time to complete investigations if the cause of death is suspect.

Many family faced with death abroad are considering cremation as opposed to bringing the body home. Cremated remains are cheaper and easier to transport. In addition, they do not require as many procedures as transporting the body requires. Thus, it may be a way to work around rigid rules and punitive regulations. Cremated remains require less space and reduce the urgency as may be required of the body that deteriorates each passing day.

In some cultures, the cremated remains are distributed to close family members that may be living in faraway locations. You may also need to send the cremated remains to a craftsperson to have these remains in a blown glass or other forms of art for preservation. All this is still regarded to as transporting the dead and treated as such.

Transporting cremated remains should be done within the set regulations. Most countries are very specific ion this. Cargo of this nature is not transported like normal cargo. Special packaging and priority express mails are used to send these remains. This may be more expensive that normal mail charges but ensures that the remains are transport with the dignity that they deserve.

The cremated remains can be packaged in simple wooden boxes, glass to decorative urns. If these remains are to be shipped for long distances padding is important. This means that you will need to have two containers, an inner counter, and an outer container. The inner container should be hardy enough to absorb any shock that may come from handling.

You can only bring the remains home if it is not illegal to do so in your country. The package is sent as priority package to the recipient. Packaging of the remains should be done as specified by law. The post may send remains in a funeral urn.




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