Guidance

Switzerland and Liechtenstein bereavement: death abroad

Information to help the friends and family of UK nationals who have died in Switzerland or Liechtenstein.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Published
28 June 2018
Last updated
13 July 2022 — See all updates

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Switzerland and Liechtenstein: bereavement information

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Includes information on:

  • what to do when someone dies in Switzerland or Liechtenstein
  • burial and cremation
  • returning bodies to the UK (repatriation)

See also what to do when someone dies: death abroad.

Updates to this page

Published 28 June 2018
Last updated 13 July 2022 + show all updates

  1. reviewed and updated

  2. updated attachment

  3. Updated document

  4. First published.

  5. Updated as of 24 April 2015.

  6. new document for dealing with bereavement after a British national dies in Switzerland or Liechtenstein

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