Dead Body Repatriation Services From Portland to the UK

When a family comes across the news of a death in a foreign country, the intensity of pain and concern amplifies. For the quick and safe transfer of the human remains to its final resting place, the family needs the help of a professional repatriation team.

Last Journey Funeral direction team is a well-known and highly professional team that assists the needy families in bringing their beloved ones back home from another countries. If you are looking an experienced and budget-friendly team for repatriation from Portugal to the UK, consider us just a phone call away.

How to book for moving a dead body from Portland to the UK?

Follow the below listed simple steps to make Last Journey your partner in the pain.

• Call the team and share the important details with the team head. You can get the contact details from the service page of website.
• The team will inform you about the repatriation procedure and the facilities included in the package.
• Discuss the charges for the services and ask for the additional requirements.
• Choose the mode of payment.
• The team will begin executing the tasks without any delay. 

Take a look at the key services of Last Journey team for legal and safe Dead body air transportation from Portugal -

• The team notifies the responsible departments of the Portugal administration regarding the funeral repatriation.
• We take legal permission (No Objection Certificate) from the local and higher authorities.
• The team members contact the local funeral homes and other service providers to arrange the ambulance van, coffin box, freezer box and metal container etc.
• Last Journey team workers help the family of the deceased in obtaining all the valid documents from the responsible departments of the Portugal administration.
• Booking of the air cargo and flight service tickets.
• The team informs the family about each ongoing procedure if the Dead Body Repatriation is unaccompanied.
• We deliver the cargo to the doorstep of the deceased's residence in the UK by road transport.
• If there are any language issues, the team workers will resolve them immediately.
• We shift the body to a certified embalming center if the family allows it.

How does Last Journey team perform a safe, legal and dignified Dead body Repatriation from Portugal to the UK?

Last Journey team members perform documentation and dead body safety tasks simultaneously. The team divides the entire task into small subtasks.

Here are the steps that we follow while corpse repatriation from Portugal to the UK.

1. Obtaining permits from police and other authorities -:

The team members inform the responsible authorities about the demise of a non-native citizen. We seek legal permission from them to airlift the dead body from Portugal. After verifying the provided information, the local area police and other departments grant a No Objection Certificate to the team or family members of the deceased person. NOC acts as a clearance document in the further steps of the law-abiding repatriation.

2. Guiding the family in collecting valid documents -:

The team workers contact or visit the responsible departments of Portugal administration to attain the necessary documents. Before receiving them, the team checks the mentioned details carefully.

Here is the list comprising various documents that are important for a lawful funeral repatriation from Portugal.

• Death certificate of the deceased person is one of the most important documents. Therefore all the essential details about the deceased should be mentioned on it.
• Postmortem reports are also needed when the death is caused by any unnatural reason. The local area police of Portugal send the body for postmortem.
• No objection certificate and local area police clearance to airlift the dead body from Portugal.
• Form 4 is needed when the death happens at the residential property.
• Form 4A is required in the case of hospital demise. The hospital property will issue this document.
• The family of the deceased should submit the signed consent letter to the department.
• The original passport of the deceased person. It will be canceled by the Portugal Airport Authority.
• Any valid identification card for proving the identity of the deceased person.
• Embalming report or certificate granted by the embalming center. It must be signed by the senior embalming official available at the center. We approach a certified embalming center in Portugal.
• A coffin box certificate issued by the local funeral home. This document certifies that the box is fit for carrying the embalmed remains.
• Clearance from the international airport authority of Portugal.
• Clearance from the air traffic control system to airlift the dead body from Portugal to the UK.
• All the family and team members must carry their original IDs during the documentation process. The authorities may ask them for verification.

The required documents should be available in the original as well as in the photocopy formats. Our team workers will arrange copies of each necessary document.

3. Measures to take care of the dead body during the air transportation -:

The highly skilled and professional workers of Last Journey team ensure a safe and dignified repatriation. They take help from the local funeral homes to arrange the below-mentioned facilities.

• A well-equipped ambulance van for safe domestic road relocation in Portugal.
• A spacious freezer box for the cold temperature facility.
• A coffin box, for keeping the embalmed remains safe.
• Metal container for more safe and respectful air shifting of the dead body.

The team workers first get permission from the family of the deceased before sending the remains to a certified embalming center.

In embalming, professional embalming doctors perform a medical task to replace the dead body fluid with a disinfecting material. It prevents the dead body from rapid decomposition and keeps the skin fresh till the final delivery of the remains.

After embalming and completion of the documentation process, the team shifts the body into a certified coffin box and seals it. The sealed coffin box is ready to be shipped.

The cost of dead body repatriation from Portugal to the UK ranges between £2,600 to £4,195.