By Lelia Hall


With the world becoming a global village, your family and some of friends may move abroad for better job opportunities, to further their education or to have a good time with their families. If unfortunately the die where still abroad, you may find it hard to plan the shipping of their remains back home for burial. It may take a while to obtain necessary documents and plan for a sendoff at home. Luckily, there are international mortuary shipping companies who might be of help during these hard times.

These companies have a wide network of offices and have appointed representatives in other regions to work with them. This enables give their services to as many areas of the world as possible. When you hire an international shipping company, it checks the home regulations on transportation of human remains and complies with them before transporting the body.

Several authorities around the world require a signed and filed death certificate before they give the nod. The family should keep information requested as accurate as possible to make the service smoother. Once this is done, the consulate at the home country embassy certifies that whatever has been filled is accurate. The embassy then allows the body to be taken back to the deceased home country.

There are countries that have specific requirements for shipping and the hearse. The shipping firm liaises with the contacts on the ground for these requirements to be fulfilled before the arrival of particular body. In case the input of family is required, they are notified in due course. The US air authorities placed specific limitations on air travel to certain cities after September 9/11 bombings. This was extended to cargo that was transported to those cities. You may expect some delay if you live in one of these places.

Most mortuary shipping companies cater for all the services including removal of a body, its embalming, filling of the necessary documents, obtaining of the required licenses and delivery to the airport. Others provide delivery to the resident town, delivery to a local mortuary and further preparation of a body at an extra fee.

You can consider cremation of a body as a family. Most people are opting for cremation to interring the remains. The service is cheaper and less of a hustle than bringing the remains home. Cremation also follows lad down rules and regulations. This may make you wait a little longer for the cremated remains.

It is okay to have a local graveside service provider. However, the service may be cheaper if you procured it from the company that did the shipping of the body as part of the whole service. Interment is charged as a separate service. Ask for the pricing from the mortuary service provider.

When looking for the shipping company, it sis good to approach a few mortuary shipping firms and look at their offers. Ask for a quote and evaluate what other added services that they offer. It is also important to ask if they have office in your country or state.




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