Documents you will need
- A Form 104 (‘Form of Notice to a Coroner of Intention to Remove a Body out of England’) - you can get this from either the Registrar who registered the death or from your funeral director.
- A complete (2 page) ‘application for removal of body out of a country’ questionnaire - you get this from your funeral director.
- A doctor’s identification certificate.
- The deceased’s passport.
- The passport of the person applying to the coroner to ask to move the body out of England.
- The death certificate issued by the registrar (where the death isn’t being investigated by the coroner).
Application timescales
If the death isn’t being investigated by the coroner and your application is approved, the coroner will issue Form 103 to your funeral director. This will usually be within 4 working days.
You should not make travel arrangements until your funeral director has received the Form 103 from the coroner.
If the death is being investigated then it will take longer, especially in cases where a post-mortem is needed.