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Repatriation of deceased citizens
09 November 2020 07:23

The documents required by Ukrainian Legislation for a casket containing the deceased, or urn with ashes, to cross the Ukrainian State Border include:

  1. Legalized (Authenticated) Certificate of Death with and a notarized translation from English to Ukrainian.
  2. Legalized (Authenticated) Certificate or Affidavit from local health authorities stating that the cause of death of the individual to be shipped to Ukraine was not a communicable disease, and a notarized translation from English to Ukrainian.
  3. A Document about the absence of any foreign objects inside the casket or urn with ashes. This legalized (authenticated) document can be arranged in English with and a notarized translation from English to Ukrainian. 

The originals of the abovementioned documents and notarized translations from English to Ukrainian must accompany the casket containing the deceased, or urn with ashes, to Ukraine.

The passport of the deceased person should be sent to the Consulate General of Ukraine in Toronto along with a notarized and authenticated copy of the Certificate of Death, and a translation from English to Ukrainian. The Consulate is to make correspondent procedures with the passport and can forward it back if it is required to accompany the casket containing the deceased, or urn with ashes, to Ukraine.

The Consulate is to be informed of the date, time, and place of delivery of the casket containing the deceased, or urn with ashes, to Ukraine. Only the next of kin relatives of the deceased, or persons correspondingly authorized by them, can receive the casket or urn.

The casket containing the body, or urn with ashes, must be sealed by the Funeral Home.

For air cargo transportation it is necessary to specify a cemetery in Ukraine as well as a Ukrainian Funeral Home which will take care of the casket, or the urn with ashes, in Ukraine. Both are a subject of private choice by the relatives or friends of the deceased person. 


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