Resources
What has to be done, and in what order
Every guide here started as a question a family asked us on the phone. What happens first, which documents, what it costs, how long it takes. They are written out so the answer is there when you need it, without having to explain everything to a stranger first.
If it has just happened
What to do when someone dies in the UK: a guide for Romanian families
The first calls to make, who registers the death and when, and what you do not have to decide yet.Registering a death in England and Wales
Why the five days start from the medical examiner and not from the death, who can register, and what a coroner referral changes.Costs and paperwork
How much does repatriation from the UK to Romania cost?
Where the money actually goes, what a quote should already include, and figures you can plan against.Every document needed to bring someone home, explained
Death certificate, out of England notice, apostille, embalming certificate, consular mortuary pass, and who obtains each one.Route by route
Documents needed to repatriate a body from Spain to Romania
Every document the two countries want, and who arranges each one, for families in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and beyond.How long does repatriation from Italy to Romania take?
A stage-by-stage timeline with honest durations, and what actually causes the delays, from Rome, Milan, Turin or elsewhere.Repatriating ashes: permits, urns and what airlines allow
Why there is no permit to wait for, the papers that travel with an urn, and the scanner rule that decides what you can carry.If your question is not written down here, ask us
A funeral director answers, day or night. You do not have to arrange anything with us afterwards.