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Death and bereavement

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  • Where to get official UK documents when you’re abroad. Sometimes called notarial and document services.

  • Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.

  • What to do, including registering the death, post mortems, bringing the body to the UK and getting help from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

  • Guidance for medical practitioners completing a medical certificate of cause of death in England and Wales.

  • Tell Us Once helps you let most government departments and local councils know when someone dies. This guide tells you how to use it.

  • A guide for people who want to store their will or codicil (an update to the will) with HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

  • Use the online service to register a deceased person's estate if you’re an executor, administrator or personal representative.

  • This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Spain, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.

  • This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Thailand, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.

  • How the death certification process in England and Wales will change from 9 September 2024, including the introduction of medical examiners.

  • Guidance for GP practices, hospitals, hospices and medical examiner offices about when to order more MCCDs and what to do with completed MCCDs.

  • This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in France, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.

  • Use the online service to update details of an estate, authorise an agent, or close an estate.

  • Statutory and operational guidance for clinical commissioning groups and local authorities as child death review partners.

  • Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.

  • The Government is introducing legislation to allow people to use video-conferencing technology for the witnessing of wills being made.

  • Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK

  • Many UK-based organisations can offer assistance, support and information to those affected by a death abroad.

  • The process when a British national dies in Switzerland, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.

  • The process when a British national dies in Portugal, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.