Repatriation from Tanzania to Poland

Tanzania: deaths are registered by RITA

In Tanzania consular matters are handled by the Polish Embassy in Dar es Salaam. A visit is arranged by email with the embassy secretariat, documents can be submitted in person or by post, and the page has English and Swahili versions. In its bilateral relations menu the embassy also lists Burundi, the Comoros and Malawi. Before documents are submitted we check that copies and stamps are complete, and we inform the family of every step.

On the Tanzanian side deaths are registered by the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship Agency (RITA), and registration can be filed online through the eRITA portal. With the Tanzanian death certificate we move on to the Polish part: the starosta's permit, the consul's certificate and air transport. We organise the order of these steps together with the family and make sure the documents from Tanzania are complete before they are submitted at the embassy.