Ashes transfer certificate from abroad to Greece
Application for ashes transfer certificate
In any case, the interested party should contact the competent Consular Authority or check its website in order to be informed of any additional supporting documents.
Submitted by the applicant (exclusively in person)
The ashes must be placed by the Cremation Centres and the cremation plants in a special container (urn), tightly closed.
For the transfer of the ashes by transfer service providers, the ashes must be in a sealed urn and accompanied by a cremation certificate.
The procedure is aimed at the relatives of deceased Greeks or citizens of other countries who wish to transfer the ashes of their deceased abroad to Greece.
Death certificate issued by the authorities of the country in which the event occurred.
Cremation certificate from the crematorium.
An exit permit document from the country.
A document with the flight details to Greece (where required), translated into Greek and with a certified signature of the translator.
Death certificate from the Civil Registry.
The death certificate must be endorsed with an apostille stamp where required, translated into Greek and with the signature of the translator certified by the Consular Authority.
The certificate must be endorsed with an apostille stamp, where required.
It is issued by the registry office and is certified with an apostille stamp, where required, translated into Greek and with the translators signature certified.
The death certificate is printed by the competent official of the Consulate, after having entered the required data in the Civil Registry.
Usually, the process is handled by funeral homes.
Duties of Paid Consular Authorities, Consular Offices of Embassies and Unpaid Consular Authorities.
On embalming, transfer and burial of the dead and of the bones of human beings.
The competent official receives the application from the citizen.
The competent official of the Consulate receives the documents required for the issuance of the certificate.
The Consulate official examines the documents submitted.
An official of the Consulate ascertains either through the documents submitted by the person concerned or through the Civil Registry, that the declaration of death has been previously made in the Civil Registry.
The competent official of the Consulate ascertains, either through the documents submitted by the person concerned or through the Civil Registry, that the declaration of death has not been previously entered in the Civil Registry.
The official shall enter the required data in the Civil Registry.
Printing of the death certificate from the Civil Registry.
Verification of the correctness of the data recorded in the civil status certificate.
After checking the correctness of the data, the official issues the death certificate.
The official shall print out as many copies of the registration certificate as requested.
The applicant shall deposit at the Consulate the amount of ten (10) euros per copy for the payment of the fee.
The staff member shall draw up and issue the ashes transfer certificate.
The official collects 10 euros and stamps the consular stamp on the certificate.
The Consular Authority shall deliver the certificate to the applicant on the same day.
Receipt by the Consulate of the required documents
Verification of the completeness of supporting documents
Acknowledgement that the death has been declared in the Civil Registry
Acknowledgement that the death has not been declared in the Civil Registry
Registration of data in the Civil Registry
Checking the correctness of the civil status certificate
Payment by the applicant of a fee of EUR 10 for the death certificate
Payment of the ashes transfer certificate
Delivery of the certificate to the applicant
Rules in case of death - repatriation of a corpse