Shipping Human Remains Home From Abroad

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By Iva Cannon


It is good to have family members look for better opportunities away from home. These opportunities may be employment opportunities, business prospects on pursuing further studies. Others may be looking for opportunities to have some fun. Death may claim any of them before they are back home. This would mean that you as a family would take responsibility to bring their remains home for burial. This process takes a few days with right documents and licenses. For dignified transport, shipping human remains are transported in special means.

There are several human remain shipping companies that you can choose from to accomplish the task. However, you should be sure that they have offices in your country. You may have local mortuary companies with links to international mortuary shipping firms. You can use such firms, as they are aware of the local regulations and other important factors.

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.

Rather than transporting the remains as they are, you may consider having the body cremated in a country where your loved one died in and only have cremated remains back home. This makes transportation easier and cheaper. It is also a way around stiff human remains transport rules that may be in place at your home country.

Some cultures around the globe share out the cremated remains among close members to the deceased. Those that live far away from home need to arrange for transportation of the cremated remains. You may also transport the remains to a designer to incorporate them in a jewelry or vase for preservation. These scenarios as still held as transporting the dead.

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.

You have a choice of transporting the package in any type of package. Funeral urns, wooden boxes, and glass are the most used packages. For packages going for long distances, there is need for padding to avoid damage by mishandling. In addition, have an inner and outer box for added safety and better handling. Ensure that the inner container can take a substantial amount of pressure before damage.

The cremated remains are only transported internationally if they are not prohibited in individual country. The package is sent as priority or express mail to the destination. In addition, the packaging should be done according to regulations that may be in place in the destination country and sent in a funeral urn.




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