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INFORMATION
FOR BEREAVED FAMILIES WISHING REPATRIATION ARRANGEMENTS TO OCCUR
Inform your selected funeral director as soon as possible after
the death has occurred to enable provisional arrangements to be
put in hand. The funeral director will arrange the following documents
to be collated where required by the destination country, and to
comply with UK and airline regulations.
a) Out
of England Order from Coroner's Office.
b) Chief Medical Officer
Certificate confirming non-infectious disease in area. c) Consular/Ernbassy
authorisation for repatriation to destination country.
d) Embalming Certificate
(Full embalming of the deceased is necessary on all occasions).
e) Customs declaration.
f) Airline Regulation
Compliance.
YOU MUST
1. Give the funeral director
a certified registrar's Death Certificate as soon as possible.
2. Contact and arrange in advance
for responsible person or funeral company to collect your relative
from the destination airport on arrival.
3. Inform us who is to be the
person collecting at the destination airport as the airline requires
this information prior to repatriation occurring.
Estimates
of charges to arrange the repatriation by air (excluding Airline
Charges) to a country outside of the UK, Northern Ireland or Southern
Ireland, arranged in respect of a death occurring within the Cardiff
Area.
Professional
fees £920
Plain coffin (from) £490 - however Solid Coffin often required at £1390
Zinc coffin liner £470
Collection of the deceased from
an
address within the Glamorgan
area £120
Embalming of deceased £140
Hessian wrapping of coffin £70
Use of vehicle to convey coffin £210
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Total
of our charges for our services: |
| Plus mileage charge to: |
Plain Coffin |
Solid Wood Coffin |
| Birmingham |
£312 |
£2732 |
£3632 |
| Heathrow |
£450 |
£2870 |
£3770 |
| Manchester |
£680 |
£3100 |
£4000 |
A) Repatriation
to Pakistan using P.I.A. via Heathrow will be charged at £2400
plus Airline Costs. No reduction
will be made.
B) Repatriation to Southern Ireland by road to Fishguard including
the cost of ferry crossing (unaccompanied)
to Rosslare would be charged at £2400 (elm veneer coffin). The coffin would travel
in a secure unit on the ferry to be collected
by the family representative in Ireland. Swansea
to Cork will be
charged at £3600, including ferry charge.
PLUS:
Any costs incurred for Consular/Ernbassy services translation of
certificates and/or Airline Security, AND the actual charge made
by the airline concerned for the repatriation flight (these charges
may vary according to destination and are levied at a per Kilo rate).
N.B.
None of the above prices include any element of payment for or provision
of the funeral arrangements in the destination country. Such costs
and arrangements are the sole responsibility of the person applying
for repatriation to be conducted. None of the above costs include
the provision of any funeral being conducted in Cardiff (or elsewhere)
prior to repatriation. On average local charges in Cardiff add £550
to the above costs, an exact estimate will be provided at the-time
of arrangements.
Please ensure that you bring us a Certified Extract of Registration
of Death from the registrar as soon as possible. Repatriation takes
on average five days to arrange but can occur within 36 hours under
certain circumstances or well over five days on other occasions.
Prices
valid until End 2011
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