Repatriation from Guyana to Poland
We organise bringing the deceased from Guyana to Poland: documents from the country of death, Polish permits and transport of the body or urn.
- Issuing authority and document
- Certificate: the Polish Embassy in Caracas. The export permit comes from the authorities of the country of death.
- Transport
- The body is carried by air as air cargo. We agree the arrival airport and the handover point in Poland with the family.
- Timing
- The starosta and the consul have up to 3 days for their documents (Article 14(5) of the Act on Cemeteries). We give the full timing once the documents from Guyana are collected.
- Price
- We will quote the price once we know the details.
Procedure: Guyana
Poland is not a party to the 1973 Strasbourg Agreement on the Conveyance of Corpses, so bringing a body from Guyana always requires the Polish consul's certificate.
Documents from Guyana are authenticated with an apostille if a Polish office asks for it (the country is a party to the Hague Convention, HCCH, as of 13 October 2026).
Guyana: looked after by the embassy in Caracas
The competent Polish post for Guyana is the Embassy of Poland in Caracas. Its district covers ten states: Venezuela, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. The visit is arranged by email, and documents are submitted in person or by post.
The embassy's procedure lists a copy of the death certificate bearing the apostille stamp. For ashes, a cremation certificate and a funeral home statement that the ashes lie in a sealed, damage-resistant container are also needed. The description comes from the embassy's page in Caracas and is not a separate page for Guyana, so we confirm the scope of documents in your case. We organise the local formalities, contact with the consulate, the preparation of documents and the transport to Poland. We clarify the detailed requirements of this country's authorities on request in your case.
The Polish consul's certificate
The certificate is issued by the consul of the mission named on gov.pl: the Polish Embassy in Caracas.
How to get them: the starosta's permit and the consul's certificate.
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Polish consul's certificate when a body is brought from Guyana?
The consul of the mission named by gov.pl: the Polish Embassy in Caracas. It is based on the starosta's permit and the death certificate.
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