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  • 02:24 23 Nov 2009

How to register a death

Death Registration

You can register the death at British High Commission, Islamabad. Consular death registration is not a legal requirement but there are some benefits:
 An entry will be made in the death registry at British High Commission, Islamabad.
 You will be provided with a British style death certificate
 The General Register Office in the UK will hold a record of the death.
You will need to register the death with the foreign civil authorities and obtain a full foreign death certificate before you can apply for consular death registration. The consular death certificate will not include a cause of death as many foreign death certificates do not include this detail. You can apply for a consular death certificate from British High Commission, Islamabad.

Documentation required:

  • Complete Death Registration Form
  • Application to Register a Death Overseas
  • municipal death certificate of the deceased (with a notarised English translation where applicable);
  • cremation or burial certificate;
  • doctor's/hospital report detailing cause of death;
  • passport or nationality certificate of the deceased.

 
Disclaimer.

"The Foreign and Commonwealth Office holds and uses data for purposes notified to the Information Commissioner under the Data Protection Act 1998 (which may be consulted at The Information Commissioner's Office ) Such personal data may be disclosed to other UK Government Departments and public authorities."




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