Repatriation of Body from
South Africa

Homeland International provides repatriation services all over the world, every day of the year, 24 hours a day. Our expert team of repatriation professionals have extensive experience in repatriation from South Africa. Our resident South African, Malcolm Van Den Berg moved to work with us here in the UK after spending a decade supporting families with repatriation services in and out of South Africa. We are able to help with repatriations all over the African continent, contact us for a no obligation quotation.

How Body Repatriation from South Africa works:

Homeland International manages repatriation from South Africa with the assistance of its local providers in the country. Homeland International controls the repatriation from start to finish, orchestrating everything local providers will complete on the ground. This ensures the local paperwork protocols, embassy procedures and international requirements are all met thanks to Homeland International’s extensive experience in global repatriation services. 

Once the paperwork process is complete and the consular requirements are met, Homeland International will work with international airlines to source suitable flights and routings to the final country.

Documentation Required for Repatriation of Remains from South Africa

Documents for you to provide to Homeland International
  • Passport of the deceased person
  • Death Certificate
  • Homeland International Authorisation Form (this will be sent to you for completion)
  • There may be a requirement for additional paperwork from you, we will advise you if anything else is required when starting repatriation arrangements

Documents which Homeland International will obtain

  • Export Certificate
  • Freedom from Infection Certificate
  • Embalming Certificate
  • Funeral Directors Declaration Certificate
  • Air Waybill document from airline
  • Other local paperwork

Locations in South Africa we can repatriate from

We are usually able to arrange flights back to most international destinations from either Cape Town, Durban or Johannesburg. On arrival back to the destination country, Homeland International can support with the customs clearance at the airport and the transport back to the home town/city. We can arrange repatriation of remains from anywhere in South Africa including:

    •  Cape Town
    • Johannesburg
    • Port Elizabeth
    • Nelspruit
    • Gqeberha
    • Soshanguve
    • Kruger National Park
  •  Durban
  •  Bloemfontein
  • Pretoria
  • East London
  • Vereeniging
  • Pietermaritzburg

Request Quotation

Please provide us with some information such as where the repatriation is to and from so we can provide a quotation to you. You can contact us using one of the methods below:

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