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XREQUIEM brings the deceased home from Luxembourg to Ukraine, from €3,300. We declare the death at the commune, obtain the laissez-passer mortuaire, file the papers with the Embassy of Ukraine in Brussels and drive the coffin through Germany and Poland to your town. 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 €3,300 including documents, the coffin and transport to your town. We will give you the exact price within 5 minutes.
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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. Three Luxembourg papers carry the case: the doctor's attestation médicale, the death record and transport permit from the commune where the person died, and the laissez-passer mortuaire for burial outside Benelux. The death is declared within 24 hours. Ukraine has no embassy in Luxembourg, so the Ukrainian documents go to Brussels. The price from €3,300 covers the whole journey; the funeral in Ukraine is extra.
If it has just happened
In Luxembourg a death is reported within a day, and how the body will be transported is decided at that point. So it is best to call us as early as possible: we will tell you straight away what to say at the hospital or the commune. We work ourselves, and XREQUIEM manages the whole process for you.
We ask which commune the death happened in, because its état civil office will handle the case. We also ask where the body is now and whether the passport is at hand. You hear the price in the same call.
Everything starts with the doctor's medical certificate of death. The other documents are drawn up on the basis of it.
The death is registered by the commune's civil status office (état civil). The transport of the body is agreed there as well.
For burial outside the Benelux countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) a “body passport” is needed: the laissez-passer mortuaire. It is drawn up by a medical inspector of the sanitary service.
The commune's papers are in French. We have them translated into Ukrainian and certified, obtain the certificate of no prohibited items and put together the file for the embassy in Brussels.
A sealed metal coffin, the only kind the Ukrainian border lets through.
A specialist vehicle drives from Luxembourg through Germany and Poland, or a flight covers part of the way. The family receives the deceased in your town.
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The documents here have French names, but there are only three of them, and they follow one another: the doctor's certificate, the registration at the commune and the “body passport”.
Luxembourg signed the 1973 Strasbourg Agreement on the transfer of corpses. The laissez-passer mortuaire it requires is drawn up by the Inspection sanitaire, while the commune issues its own transport permit. Ukraine has not joined the agreement, so its border needs separate papers, which we prepare in parallel. The general list of papers for Ukraine is in the “Documents” section.
Ukraine has no embassy in Luxembourg. The Embassy of Ukraine in Belgium, in Brussels, covers Luxembourg too, and an honorary consulate of Ukraine works in Luxembourg City, on Place d'Armes.
You will not have to travel to Brussels: we submit the documents. More about the consul's role is on the page “What to do if a loved one dies abroad”.
From Luxembourg the drive to Ukraine crosses the whole of Germany and Poland. We choose the route by your town in Ukraine, how urgent things are and what the family wants.
We collect the deceased from Luxembourg City, Esch-sur-Alzette, Dudelange, Differdange and from any other commune in Luxembourg: from a hospital, a morgue or another place where the deceased is. Name the commune where the death occurred, because that is where the death is declared and the transport is agreed.
We usually go by road: through Germany and Poland to a crossing point on the Ukrainian border. A specialist vehicle drives straight through, so the coffin is never moved from one vehicle to another.
When speed matters most, part of the journey can be by plane to an airport near Ukraine, followed by a road leg. The air leg takes from 2.5 hours. We do not promise direct flights to Ukraine.
The road to Ukraine takes from 24 hours, counted from collection. The wait before departure depends on how fast the commune, the Inspection sanitaire and the embassy issue their papers.
Ukraine accepts only a sealed hermetic metal coffin, and customs clear it on a free-form written declaration with the documents. Both are on us. More on the pages “Road transport” and “Air transport”.
Body from Luxembourg from €3,300For Luxembourg the “from” price runs from collection in the commune to handover in your town. A funeral in Ukraine is priced separately.
The price includes:
Coffin of your choice and urn: free of charge.
It depends on where exactly in Ukraine we are going, whether we go by road or partly by plane, which coffin you choose, and which documents already exist and which have to be made from scratch. Tell us these details and we will give you the exact amount. Prices for 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 Luxembourg, 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 €3,300. That covers the commune registration, the laissez-passer mortuaire, the Ukrainian papers, preparation of the body, a hermetic coffin and the drive through Germany and Poland to your town. A funeral in Ukraine is priced separately. The exact amount comes once we know the town and the type of transport.
From 24 hours after collection. With a flight for part of the way, the air leg takes from 2.5 hours. Paperwork is usually the slow part, so the Luxembourg and Ukrainian documents run in parallel.
Please do not worry, and do not try to sort it out on your own. Call us. We will find out what has already been done at the commune and carry on from there.
It is a “body passport”: the document a body crosses borders with. For burial outside the Benelux it is drawn up by a medical inspector of the sanitary service. We arrange it ourselves.
In Brussels: the Embassy of Ukraine in Belgium also covers Luxembourg. An honorary consulate of Ukraine works in Luxembourg City, on Place d'Armes. We file the papers in Brussels, so you do not need to go.
The commune and the Inspection sanitaire are our side of the work, so you need no Luxembourg papers. From you: the deceased's passport or a photo of it, your passport, proof that you are a relative, and a power of attorney. If you are in Luxembourg, send the passport photo right away and the commune registration will move faster.
Ukraine admits the body only in a sealed hermetic metal coffin. Whether embalming is needed depends on the route, since some airlines take only embalmed bodies. Body preparation is in the price, and we tell you in advance if embalming is required. More in the article “Coffin and embalming for bringing a body to Ukraine”.
Check whether the policy was issued in Ukraine or in Luxembourg, then send us a photo before you accept any funeral home's services: insurers usually approve costs in advance. Anything the policy leaves out we calculate separately and tell you at once.
From any of the country's communes, Luxembourg City and Esch-sur-Alzette included: a hospital, a morgue or wherever the deceased is. Give us the commune and the address, and we agree a collection time.
Yes. The urn travels with the death certificate and a certificate of no prohibited items legalised by the embassy. If the cremation is done in Luxembourg, the registrar of the commune authorises it on medical certificates, one of them confirming there was no pacemaker. Urn transport is priced from €800. More on the page “Urn transport”.
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