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
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