Mortuary Services Provided By International Mortuary Shipping Companies

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By Lelia Hall


With the world becoming a global village, your family and some of friends may move abroad for better job opportunities, to further their education or to have a good time with their families. If unfortunately the die where still abroad, you may find it hard to plan the shipping of their remains back home for burial. It may take a while to obtain necessary documents and plan for a sendoff at home. Luckily, there are international mortuary shipping companies who might be of help during these hard times.

These companies have a wide network of offices and have appointed representatives in other regions to work with them. This enables give their services to as many areas of the world as possible. When you hire an international shipping company, it checks the home regulations on transportation of human remains and complies with them before transporting the body.

In several countries around the globe, you are required to have the death certificate signed and filed by the relevant activities before the shipping of the body. All the statistical information should be accurate as given by close family members. The documents are then taken to the embassy for the consulate to certify the documents. The arrangement to ship the remains can only take place after the documents have been certified and the shipping company given a go ahead to s the body.

Other countries have strict requirements on the vehicle in which the deceased would be transported. These specifics are communicated by the representatives on the ground for action before the body arrives, the family is notified of any obligations that it is required to perform. After 9/11 terror attack, US air safety authorities have placed limitations on the number of flights that go to certain cities and times between which certain cargo can be transported. If you are living in such areas, you may experience some delays in delivery of this body.

Most mortuary shipping companies cater for all the services including removal of a body, its embalming, filling of the necessary documents, obtaining of the required licenses and delivery to the airport. Others provide delivery to the resident town, delivery to a local mortuary and further preparation of a body at an extra fee.

You can consider cremation of a body as a family. Most people are opting for cremation to interring the remains. The service is cheaper and less of a hustle than bringing the remains home. Cremation also follows lad down rules and regulations. This may make you wait a little longer for the cremated remains.

It is okay to have a local graveside service provider. However, the service may be cheaper if you procured it from the company that did the shipping of the body as part of the whole service. Interment is charged as a separate service. Ask for the pricing from the mortuary service provider.

It is good to compare services offered by several international shipping companies before settling on one of them. Ask for quotes and evaluate services and costs allocated You may also ask for the cost of add on services. Finally pick the service provider with local presentation.




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