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XREQUIEM brings the deceased home from Lithuania to Ukraine from €1,300, with documents, the coffin and transport to your town. We deal with the hospital, the NVSC and the consular section in Vilnius, then drive through Poland. The road home takes from 24 hours after collection.
Oleg Zdendiak, ownerpersonally responsible for every case 
“You were always available, whatever the time…” — Віта Х. “Everything was organised with great dignity, professionally and with attention to every detail.” — Тамара Ю. “Every question was resolved promptly, with respect and attention to detail.” — Olha B. “…your support, compassion, sense of responsibility and professionalism meant a great deal to us.” — Ірина Б. “It all went quickly and professionally…” — Оля К. from €1,300 including documents, the coffin and transport to your town. We will give you the exact price within 5 minutes.
The price includes:
What changes the total: the city and distance, the route (road or air), the country’s documents, preparation of the body. More about prices →
Summary. In Lithuania two papers come first: the hospital issues the medical certificate of death, and the local municipality registers the death. Instead of a body passport, we send a notification to the Lithuanian health authority (NVSC). The Ukrainian border documents are a separate set, and we prepare them in parallel.
If it has just happened
One call to us is enough. After it, we speak to the hospital or morgue, the municipality, the NVSC and the consular section in Vilnius, and keep you posted on each step. We speak Ukrainian, English, Polish and German, so a Lithuanian hospital can reach us in English too.
Where is the deceased now: a hospital in Vilnius, a morgue in Kaunas, a smaller town? Are the police involved? From your answers we work out the price.
Without the Lithuanian medical certificate of death (medicininis mirties liudijimas), the body cannot be accepted for processing. We check that it has already been issued.
Before departure we prepare a hermetically sealed coffin with a zinc liner and put it under official seal, as the Ukrainian side requires.
We notify the National Public Health Centre (NVSC) that the body is leaving for Ukraine.
In Vilnius the consul registers the death from the translated Lithuanian papers, and the embassy certifies the certificate for the border.
Out of Lithuania, across Poland, and into Ukraine at the crossing nearest your town.
Handover to the family in your town. If you wish, we organise the funeral as well, in any part of Ukraine.
We work out your price
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You can send scans on Viber or Telegram. We deal with the local offices, so you do not need to speak the language. The full list is on the “Documents” page.
Lithuania is a party to the Strasbourg Agreement, and Ukraine is not. So for transport to Ukraine a separate notification is sent to the Lithuanian sanitary service (NVSC). We do this.
Lithuanian papers alone are not enough for Ukraine. At the border they check the death certificate, a hermetic metal coffin and the certificate of no prohibited items in the body and the coffin, certified by the Embassy of Ukraine. We prepare the Lithuanian and the Ukrainian sets at the same time.
Ukraine has only one mission in Lithuania: the Embassy in Vilnius. Its consular section is at a separate address. The section has a hotline, which takes calls only when a Ukrainian citizen's life is at risk or a Ukrainian citizen has died.
If you have already called the consular section's hotline, that was the right step. Now call us and we will take it from there. All the first steps are on the page “What to do if a loved one dies abroad”.
Lithuania and Ukraine do not share a border, so the route always crosses Poland. Our specialist vehicle enters Ukraine at the Polish-Ukrainian crossing point nearest your town. The body reaches home from 24 hours after we collect it. More about road transport.
Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys or a village: we collect from wherever the deceased is. Morgues in Lithuania are usually attached to hospitals, and the hospital charges for keeping the body, so we try to collect without delay. The drive from Klaipėda on the coast is longer than from Kaunas or Vilnius; the route and the price are worked out for your town.
A plane is also possible. We explain how it works on the page “Air transport”. From Lithuania the road is often simpler: the deceased is not reloaded, and you know where they are at every stage of the journey.
Ukrainian customs accept the body only in a hermetically sealed coffin with a zinc liner, under official seal, together with the embassy-certified certificate of no prohibited items. We pick a coffin that passes the border the first time. The options are on the page “Coffins and sealed zinc liners”.
After a sudden or unexpected death in Lithuania, the police draw up a report, and an autopsy is normally carried out. Whether embalming is needed after that depends on the condition of the body, the road ahead and the carrier's rules. We tell you before we start.
Body from Lithuania from €1,300This covers the whole road from the Lithuanian morgue to your town, Polish transit included. A funeral in Ukraine is charged on its own.
The price includes:
Coffin of your choice and urn: free of charge.
It depends on the city in Lithuania (from Klaipėda the road is longer than from Kaunas or Vilnius), on the town in Ukraine, on the coffin and the preparation of the body, and on the number of translations. Tell us both cities and we will work out the price straight away. Other countries are on the Prices page.
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Languages: Ukrainian, English, Polish, German. The same number in messengers.
If your relative is already buried in Lithuania, we arrange the exhumation and bring the remains home to Ukraine for reburial. Our exhumation costs from €500 plus the cost of transport, with no prepayment.
From €1,300, and that covers the Lithuanian and consular documents, the coffin and the road to your town; a funeral in Ukraine is extra. The breakdown is in the article “How much it costs to bring a body home to Ukraine from abroad”.
The way home to Ukraine takes from 24 hours after the body is collected. How long the paperwork takes depends on the day of the week, public holidays and the translations for the embassy in Vilnius. We prepare the NVSC notification and the documents for the consul in parallel, not one after the other.
No. Lithuania is a party to the Strasbourg Agreement and Ukraine is not, so instead of the body passport a separate notification is sent to the Lithuanian sanitary service. We do this. The Ukrainian documents for the border are still needed.
From you: the deceased's passport (a scan will do), your passport and proof that you are a relative. The rest comes from Lithuania: the hospital certificate and the municipality's death certificate. We translate them into Ukrainian and have them certified for the consul.
In most cases, no. We submit the notification to the NVSC. We also take the documents to the consular section in Vilnius. If the embassy asks for a relative's signature, we will explain the simplest way to give it. What you can do from home is described in the article “If the family cannot travel abroad”.
It can be done by plane, but from Lithuania a road journey through Poland is often simpler: there is less reloading and fewer approvals. We will compare both options for you. About the plane, see the page “Air transport”.
Yes, that is the right step. After that, call us: we will take over the transport and the documents.
From any: Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Alytus, Marijampolė and smaller towns and villages.
Call us and find the insurance policy, if there is one: an insurer may want to appoint the funeral director itself. The first steps are at the top of this page and on “What to do if a loved one dies abroad”. Do not pay anyone until you know the full price to bring the deceased home.
Yes, from €800. Cremation is common in Lithuania, and at the Ukrainian border an urn needs the same documents as a coffin. Details are on the page “Transport of an urn with ashes to Ukraine”.
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Nearby destinations: Latvia, Poland, Estonia. All countries are on the countries page.