The Requirements to Ship a

Human Remains to Egypt

The Consulate General of the Arab Republic of Egypt in San Francisco, extends its compliments and presents the following instructions to the requirements to ship a human remains of Egyptian Citizens to Egypt: -

1. Proof of the deceased Egyptian nationality (i.e. Egyptian passport, identification card etc....)

2. The cause of death is not a contagious disease.

3. The consulate legalizes all the required papers for free.

4. To obtain a permit to ship the human remains to Egypt the following documents must be submitted to the consulate:

q The Egyptian passport of the deceased person.

q American certificate of death.

q Certificate indicating the body does not have a contagious disease.

q Burial and transit permit from the American authorities.

q Certificate of embalming and sealed metal casket.

q Burial and transit permit from the American authorities.

5. Upon receiving the above document, the consulate translates the death certificate into Arabic, legalizes the past mentioned documents and issues a permit to ship the human remains to Egypt.