{"id":206,"date":"2025-01-24T14:16:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:11:24","slug":"repatriation-of-mortal-remains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/repatriation-of-mortal-remains\/","title":{"rendered":"Repatriation of Mortal Remains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>REPATRIATION OF MORTAL REMAINS<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please see below the documents required to obtain a certificate of repatriation, which will allow for the deceased to return to Cameroon from the United Kingdom or the Scandinavian region:<\/p>\n<p>1. Written request addressed to the High Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>2. Death certificate.<\/p>\n<p>3. Affidavits of content.<\/p>\n<p>4. Cameroonian ID of the Deceased.<\/p>\n<p>5. Embalming certificate.<\/p>\n<p>6. Authorisation to take the body out of the UK or the Scandinavian region.<\/p>\n<p>7. Free from infection certificate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>NB:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e02b20;\">In addition to the above documents, the family will need to obtain a burial permit, and an authorization from the Service of Social and Cultural Affairs of the Central or Littoral Region signed by a Senior Divisional Officer (Le PREFET).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #e02b20;\">This will allow for the transfer\/entrance of the mortal remains into the region (Douala\/Yaound\u00e9). Be mindful of the fact that, without this authorization,<strong> it may not be possible to issue<\/strong> a Certificate of Repatriation or mortal remains.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cameroonhighcommission.co.uk\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}