CBR 011 Registration of Death

Respective area

Office & Contact Details

Western Australia (WA), Northern Territory (NT),Australian Capital Territory (ACT),

New South Wales, Queensland

Sri Lanka High Commission,

61, Hampton Circuit, Yarralumla 2600, ACT, Australia

Tele: 02-6198-3756

Fax : 02-6198-3760

E-mail : slhc.canberra@mfa.gov.lk

http://www.slhcaust.org

Sri Lanka Consulate General in Melbourne

Suite 536, No 1 Queens Road,
Melbourne, VIC,3004
Australia

Telephone: +61 3 9290 4200
Fax: +61 3 9867 4873

Email:mail@slcgmel.org
Web: http://www.slcgmel.org

(Specimen)

(Specimen)

• Declaration of Death has to be made by a close relative or friend or any other person who was with the deceased at the time of death as indicated above.

• Original Death Certificate issued by the relevant Authorities.

• Coroner’s Report

• Passport [passport of the deceased valid at the time of death] and other available identification documents of the deceased, to prove his/her Sri Lankan Citizenship

• A letter of request by the applicant stating the relationship to the deceased and informing that there was no previous registration of the death.

• Reasons for delaying registration

• Declaration of Death has to be made by a close relative or friend or any other person who was with the deceased at the time of death as indicated above.

• Original Death Certificate issued by the relevant Authorities.

• Coroner’s Report

• Passport [passport of the deceased valid at the time of death] and other available identification documents of the deceased, to prove his/her Sri Lankan Citizenship

• A letter of request by the applicant stating the relationship to the deceased and informing that there was no previous registration of the death.

• Registration & issuance of Death Certificate AUD 33.00
• Issuance of certified copy of death certificate AUD 33.00
• Postage Charge (Within Australia) AUD 10.00
• Postage Charge (Outside Australia) AUD 40.00

• If the applicant physically visits the High Commission or Consulate offices, he/she can pay by Cash.

Note: Credit/ATM/Debit cards AND personal or Company cheques will not be accepted.

• If the applicant desires to pay by a Money order,  direct bank transfer, please contact the High Commission or consulate for prior instructions.

Note: If the applicant sends Money orders or directly credit money into the High Commission or consulate bank accounts, without prior instructions, the responsibility lies with the applicant for any loss/shortage or delay.

• Fees will not be refunded under any circumstance, after issuance of an official receipt;
• Translations will not be accepted as originals;
• All photocopies must be on A4 size paper
• High Commission will attest the documents and return the originals to the applicant
• If the applicant needs to send/receive documents (by express courier service or speed post etc) on an urgent basis, he/she must organise them independently.
• The High Commission is unable to take any responsibility for documents lost or delayed in the post/courier.

• NOK of the deceased in Sri Lanka should give consent to receive the human remains and undertake burial arrangements.
• An Affidavit should be signed in this regard [affidavit has to be filled by the NOK and has to be attested by a J P expressing his /her wish i.e whether he /she willing to get the human remains repatriated to Sri Lanka or not] and submit to;

– The Consular Affairs Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2nd Floor, Ceylinco Building, Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo. 01, Sri Lanka. Tel: 011-9411-2446302 / 5743362/ Fax: 011-9411-2473899, e-mail: http://www.mfa.gov.lk, prior to the dispatch of human remains.

-Regional Consular Office

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

District Secretariat

Kandy Road Jaffna

Tele: 0094 21 2215972

Fax : 0094 21 2215970

http://www.mfa.gov.lk

• Passport of the deceased
• Affidavit signed by the closest relative

• Coroner’s certificate (if death was not due to natural causes)

• Police Report (if death was not due to natural causes)

• Certificate of registration of death issued by the registering authority of the area where the death occurred

• Certificate from the health authority where the death occurred

• A certificate from the local health authority stating that the deceased did not die due to a disease, related to quarantine procedure

• A copy of Travel itinerary (for the human remains)

• Certificate from the health authority/Funeral Parlour [Directors] stating that the body has been embalmed and packed as required to repatriate human remains and stating that the coffin in which such human remains are encased contains only the body of the deceased.

Note (Important)

• No Human remains can be landed in Sri Lanka unless such corpse has been;

a) embalmed and enclosed in a coffin of hard wood with lead or zinc lining;

OR

b) packed in a coffin of hard wood with hermetically sealed lead or zinc lining with suitable disinfectants (such as chloride or lime or zinc sulphate mixed with sawdust, filling the empty spaces within the coffin.

• Original Death Certificate

• Original quarantine Certificate

• Cremation/buried certificate

• Copy of Passport/ID of the deceased

• Flight details

• Written request with all contact details stating the relationship.

Note (Important)

• Such permission shall be granted only if the ashes are sealed in a metal container which is air-tight and water-tight.
• Human ashes must be brought to the country along with

a] Copy of Death Certificate

b] quarantine Certificate issued by the local Authority

c] a certificate from the authority who cremated/buried the body.

d] Letter of permission issued by the Mission/CG.

Applicable fees

• Documents relating to burial or cremation of human remains of a Sri Lankan – Free
• Documents relating to dispatch of human remains of a Sri Lankan – Free
• Issuance of a letter to repatriate of human remains or ashes of an Ex – Sri Lankan – AUD 45.00

Payment method

If the applicant physically visits the High Commission or Consulate offices, he/she can pay by Cash.

Note: Credit/ATM/Debit cards AND personal or Company cheques will not be accepted.

• If the applicant desires to pay by a Money order,  direct bank transfer, please contact the High Commission or consulate for prior instructions.

Note: If the applicant sends Money orders or directly credit money into the High Commission or consulate bank accounts, without prior instructions, the responsibility lies with the applicant for any loss/shortage or delay.