{"id":476,"date":"2025-08-07T10:48:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/?post_type=service&p=476"},"modified":"2025-09-10T07:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:35:14","slug":"repatriation-of-the-body-of-the-deceased-to-greece","status":"publish","type":"service","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/services\/citizen-services\/registration-birth-marriage-divorce-death\/repatriation-of-the-body-of-the-deceased-to-greece\/","title":{"rendered":"Repatriation of the body of the deceased to Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Repatriation of the body<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022Original Death Certificate<\/strong> issued by the British Authorities duly legalized with an Apostille stamp by the competent British Authorities <\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span>). \u00a0

\u2022Coroner\u2019s Certificate <\/strong>duly legalized with an Apostille stamp by the competent British Authorities <\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span> . The Funeral office makes arrangements.

\u2022Certificate of Embalming<\/strong> (duly legalized with an Apostille stamp by the competent\u00a0British Authorities <\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span>. The Funeral office makes arrangements.

\u2022Attestation by the Funeral Directors <\/strong>for repatriation of the body.

\u2022Document <\/strong>with the flight details.

The above documents, other than flight data, must be translated in Greek, by a recognized translator<\/a> whose signature will be certified at the Consular Office.

Following the submission of documents, the death Certificate and a Certificate of Repatriation of the body to Greece are issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attention<\/strong>: The coffin should come on the day of the appointment to the Consular Office, open, so that it can be checked and sealed, by the presence of an employee of the Consular Ofiice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transportation of ashes to Greece<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Original Death Certificate <\/strong>issued by the British Authorities duly legalized with an Apostille stamp by the competent\u00a0British Authorities <\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span>

\u2022 Certificate of Cremation<\/strong> duly legalized with an Apostille stamp by the competent British Authorities <\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span>

\u2022 Flight\u2019s Tickets to Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The above documents, other than flight data, must be translated in Greek, by a\u00a0recognized translator <\/a>whose signature must be certified at the Consular Office.

Following the submission of documents, the death registration if the deceased is Greek citizen and a certificate of transportation of the ashes to Greece are issued.

Attention: The day of the appointment, you must bring the sealed urn with you (if the urn is not sealed we don\u2019t issue the certificate) which must also be sealed by an employee of the Consular Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fees:<\/strong><\/td>The declaration itself 10\u20ac sterling equivalent.
Copies 10\u20ac sterling equivalent.
Payment in cash or by UK issued debit or credit card.
See section Consular Fees<\/a> for itemised fees.
For documents that authentication of the original signature is required, it is priced at 10 Euros for Greek\/EU citizens and 30 Euros for third country nationals equivalent in Sterling.<\/td><\/tr>
Appointments:<\/strong><\/td>Make an appointment by contacting grcon.lon@mfa.gr<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Applications:<\/strong><\/td>-<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Repatriation of the body \u2022Original Death Certificate issued by the British Authorities duly legalized with an Apostille stamp by the competent British Authorities ). \u00a0 \u2022Coroner\u2019s Certificate duly legalized with an Apostille stamp by the competent British Authorities . The Funeral office makes arrangements. \u2022Certificate of Embalming (duly legalized with an Apostille stamp by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":429,"menu_order":80,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"service_icon":""},"service-category":[39,38],"class_list":["post-476","service","type-service","status-publish","hentry","service-category-manchester-services","service-category-london-services"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service\/476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/service"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-category?post=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}