Repatriation from Liberia to Poland

Liberia: the embassy in Abuja

Liberia comes under the Polish Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria. Its district also includes Benin, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Togo. Visits are arranged by email at the Consular Section, and documents are accepted in person or by post. If the consul refuses, he issues a decision, against which a complaint can be lodged with the Minister of Foreign Affairs within 7 days, through the consul. The certificate is collected in person or sent by post.

The embassy requires a funeral home certificate that the body has been secured in a soldered metal coffin with an absorbent layer, placed in a wooden crate. For ashes, a sealed, damage-resistant container is certified. In our work we begin with the local documents confirming the death, then file the application for the starosta's permit, and finally obtain the consul's certificate and organise the transport. We confirm the detailed requirements of this country's authorities on enquiry in your case.

Diplomatic relations with Liberia were established on 30 May 1973. Poland then had a delegate in Monrovia, later upgraded to an embassy. In 1990, during the civil war, the embassy's activity was suspended and it has not been restored, so there is no Polish office in Liberia and consular matters are handled by the Polish Embassy in Abuja. Liberia uses the apostille, so a death certificate is given an apostille, without full legalisation. We collect documents in Liberia, prepare the application for Abuja and organise the flight to Poland. We confirm the Liberian authorities' requirements for the permit to take a body out of the country in your case, and the family does not need to travel to Nigeria to get things moving.