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Guidance for couples and venues on outdoor civil marriage and civil partnership ceremonies.
List of funeral directors for British nationals in Ireland.
List of English-speaking funeral directors for British nationals abroad in Iraq.
Information to help the friends and family members if a British national has died in Latvia.
Get posters to support the Office of the Public Guardian's Your Voice, Your Decision campaign.
Information about the roles and responsibilities of authorised persons, the clergy and secretaries of synagogues for marriage ceremonies.
Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Mali.
Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Malta.
The process when a British national dies in Togo, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
The process when a British national dies in Namibia, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Ecuador, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Burkina Faso, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Serbia, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Trinidad and Tobago, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and repatriation of body to the UK.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Malawi, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
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