Repatriation of Body from South Africa to Zimbabwe
Homeland International is a global company who can support with the repatriation of remains to and from any country worldwide. We can support with repatriation from South Africa back to Zimbabwe and understand the requirements and processes to follow in order to do so.
We have coordinated repatriations by both air and road to Zimbabwe in the past as well as the transportation of ashes between the two countries.
How body repatriation from South Africa to Zimbabwe works:
Repatriation from South Africa usually takes about 7 days to complete back to Zimbabwe.
The process time takes into consideration the lead times of all the different government departments we have to obtain paperwork from. Once we have the paperwork, we can arrange an embalming and a repatriation coffin suitable for the repatriation of remains. We obtain health papers from South Africa and Zimbabwe then once these are obtained we look at confirming transport arrangements back to Zimbabwe.
Documents Required for Repatriation of Remains from South Africa to Zimbabwe
Documents for you to provide to Homeland International
- Passport of the deceased person
- Death Certificate (if registered already)
- 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
- Health Permits
Locations in South Africa we can repatriate from
We are usually able to arrange flights back to most international destinations from most international airports in South Africa. We regularly support with repatriation of remains from Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria.
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:
- Johannesburg
- Cape Town
- Durban
- Pretoria
- Port Elizabeth
- Vereeniging
- Soshanguve
- East London
- Bloemfontein
- 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:
Online
Fill in the form below and we'll get back to you usually within 1 business day.
