Repatriation from Nigeria to Poland

From Nigeria via Abuja

From Nigeria we bring remains and urns home through the Consular Section of the Polish Embassy in Abuja, which also serves Benin, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo. Appointments are booked by email, and documents may be submitted in person or by post. Besides the starosta's permit and the death certificate, the consul requires a funeral company's statement on how the body was prepared: a soldered metal coffin with an absorbent layer of at least 5 cm at the bottom, placed in a wooden crate. For an urn, a statement is needed that the ashes are in a sealed, damage-resistant container.

Nigeria is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, so if a Polish office asks for a document to be authenticated, legalisation will be needed. We arrange the coffin preparation as described, the application at the embassy and carriage by air.

Documents for the consul: body

According to the Polish mission's website, the following are needed:

• Burial permit issued by the starosta or the city mayor (the family or an authorised funeral home can apply).
• Copy of the death certificate or another document confirming the death.
• Certificate from the funeral home handling the transport that the body was placed in a metal coffin with a layer of absorbent material of at least 5 cm at the bottom, soldered shut and placed in a wooden crate.