Guidance

Italy bereavement: death abroad

Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Italy.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
22 September 2015
Last updated
19 February 2024 — See all updates

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Italy bereavement: death abroad

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Includes information on:

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

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

Updates to this page

Published 22 September 2015
Last updated 19 February 2024 + show all updates

  1. The following sections have been updated: Insurance, Registering the death and obtaining a death certificate and Repatriation. A new section on Support organisations in Italy has been added.

  2. Website links corrected in child bereavement section - 24 November 2023

  3. Guidance reviewed and updated, November 2023.

  4. broken link edited

  5. New HTML version attachment; 20/02/2020

  6. Updated 3rd January 2018

  7. Updated guidance

  8. Updated bereavement guidance.

  9. The document was updated in September 2016

  10. First published.

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