Bahamas

Body

Paperwork (English)

  • Burial Permit – Yes
  • Consulate Contact – No
  • Consulate documents required – No
  • Provincial Death Certificate (3 copies) – Yes
  • Certificate for Shipment of Body Out of Province (form 4) – Yes
  • Letter from Alberta Health (individual does not have communicable disease & no epidemic existed )  – Yes
  • Medical Certificate of Death – Yes
  • Letter of embalming (notarized)  – Yes
  • Identification – Yes
  • Name and address of the Funeral Home in charge of receiving the deceased – Yes
  • Flight Itinerary – Yes

Outer Container

  • Hermetically Sealed Metal Liner Required – Yes
  • Overseas shipping container – Yes
  • Casket allowed – Yes

Deceased

  • Embalming Required – Yes

Urn – ship by Air

Paperwork (English)

  • Burial Permit – Yes
  • Certificate of cremation – Yes
  • Letter of non-Contraband – Yes
  • Provincial Death Certificate – Yes
  • Write a letter of request for such import to the Chief Medical Officer, which should include the name of the carrier on which the remains would be transported, the date and time of arrival in The Bahamas. Letter to be sent to Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health, Nassau, Bahamas Fax: (242) 325-5421

Outer Container

  • Metal – no
  • Wood – shipping container
  • Marble – no
Name*:
Message*:
Please enter the numbers and letters you see in the image. Note that the case of the letters entered matters.*: