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Death Certification Review Service – deaths abroad: June 2022

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Process guidance

Summary

This leaflet includes information on:

  • how DCRS supports the arrangement of a burial or cremation in Scotland if someone has died abroad
  • the documents required to allow safe burial or cremation in Scotland when someone dies abroad
  • the process involved when someone dies abroad