Apply for an International Mortuary Passport
You want to transport a deceased person to a place outside Lower Saxony. In order to be able to carry out the transport, an international mortuary passport may be required. You can also have it applied for by the funeral home in charge of the transport.
Who should I contact?
The responsibility lies with the health authorities of the district or the district-free city.
Responsible authorities
Standesamt
Timetable
Contact
- Haren (Ems):
- Application for the issuance of a certificate of no impediment to marriage for German nationals, stateless persons, homeless foreigners or foreign refugees within the meaning of the Convention on the Status of Refugees with Habitual Residence in Germany
- Apply for a death certificate
- Apply for a marriage certificate
- Apply for an International Mortuary Passport
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate for a civil partnership entered into abroad
- Birth Indication
- Birth certificate issuance
- Declaration of resignation from the church
- Declaration of the right to a name
- Establishment of a civil partnership Notarisation
- Marriage consummation with same-sex partner
- Notification of a death
- Recognition of paternity
- Register marriage
Requirements
- The certificate of release from the public prosecutor's office required for the issuance of an international mortuary passport in the event of an unexplained cause of death or an uncertainly identified deceased person is available.
- The transport regulations in accordance with the International Convention on the Transport of Corpses are complied with.
Applications / forms
Informal application
Which documents are required?
- written, informal application
- in case of application by a funeral home: written power of attorney
- Certificate of proper coffin and compliance with the transport regulations in accordance with the International Convention for the Carriage of Corpses (IALB) by the funeral home
- Death certificate with confidential section
- Death certificate or death notice from the registry office
- Certificate of release from the public prosecutor's office in case it is not a natural death or the deceased person cannot be identified with certainty.
What are the fees?
Fee: 40,00 EURPayment in advance: no
Process flow
The application can be submitted either by you as a private individual or by the commissioned funeral home to the health department of the place of death.
Only when all the necessary documents have been obtained and all requirements have been met can the health department process the application for the issuance of an international mortuary passport.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
There are no deadlines to be observed.
What else should I know?
When transporting a corpse abroad, the legal regulations of the destination country and the countries of transit must be observed. Information can be obtained from the relevant consulates and embassies of these countries.
Appeal
- Complaint
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.