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XREQUIEM brings the deceased home from any Dutch town to Ukraine, from €3,000 for the whole route. We collect the papers from the gemeente and the Rechtbank, hand the passport in at the embassy in The Hague and drive through Germany and 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 €3,000 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 the Netherlands the gemeente, the town hall of the place of death, holds the keys. It registers the death, issues the overlijdensakte and the lijkenpas. The Rechtbank adds the apostille. Dutch law gives families 36 hours to six working days for a burial or cremation, so the paperwork starts at once. Call us and within 5 minutes you will have the exact price.
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In the Netherlands, almost everything is decided by the municipality (the local city authority). It issues the death certificate and the body passport. We work ourselves, and XREQUIEM manages the whole process for you.
Tell us the Dutch town. Its gemeente will issue the papers, and the price follows from it.
In Dutch this is an overlijdensakte, or an uittreksel uit een overlijdensakte (an extract from it).
The local court, the Rechtbank, puts the “Apostille” stamp on the certificate.
This is the permit to take the body abroad, the body passport. We apply for it at the municipality where the person died.
For Ukraine the lijkenpas alone is not enough. A second paper names the deceased and the town where the body goes.
The passport is submitted to the Embassy of Ukraine so that it can be cancelled.
Via Germany and Poland.
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The municipality issues the death certificate, and we know exactly which one it is in your case.
The first steps after a death are on the page “What to do if a loved one dies abroad”. The full list is in the “Documents” section.
The Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of the Netherlands is in The Hague. Ukraine also has honorary consulates in Amsterdam and 's-Hertogenbosch.
After the apostille and the translation of the certificate, the deceased's passport is handed in at the embassy, where it is marked as cancelled. The embassy accepts passports without an appointment, on working days from 09:00 to 13:00. We confirm the reception hours on the day of the visit.
What else the consul of Ukraine does:
For the consular letter for the coffin, we check the list of documents directly with the embassy in The Hague.
Dutch law sets a window of 36 hours to six working days for a burial or cremation, and the burgemeester can set another term. A body that leaves the country travels on the lijkenpas instead. The Dutch side wants a hermetic coffin with a metal liner, and the Ukrainian border wants it sealed.
We collect the deceased from Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Groningen and from any other Dutch town or village: from a hospital, a morgue or from another place where the deceased is. The municipality where the death occurred issues the documents, so please name the town at once.
Our vehicle picks the coffin up at the Dutch morgue. Germany and Poland take most of the drive. After the border, it goes straight on to your town.
A flight saves time. Dutch airports have plenty of routes, but none land in Ukraine. The plane goes to Warsaw, Rzeszów or Chișinău, from 2.5 hours in the air. A vehicle drives the rest.
From 24 hours after collection. Most of the wait is for the papers from the gemeente and the Rechtbank.
More in “Road transport” and “Air transport”.
We also transport urns with ashes. Dutch rules do not require any documents to take ashes out of the country, but it is advisable to have an English translation of the death certificate and the cremation certificate at hand.
A Dutch crematorium keeps the ashes for a month. Earlier release needs an exemption from the officier van justitie, and taking the urn abroad is a usual reason. At the Ukrainian border an urn needs the death certificate and a certificate that it contains no prohibited items. Urn transport costs from €800. More in “Urn transport”.
Flying with an urn and sending it by post are covered in “Customs clearance of an urn with ashes”.
Body from the Netherlands from €3,000The price includes:
Coffin of your choice and urn: free of charge.
The €3,000 covers the way from the Dutch morgue to your door. The funeral in Ukraine is separate. The total moves with the Dutch town, your town, road or air, and the coffin. We name it during the call. Prices for all countries →
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Languages: Ukrainian, English, Polish, German. The same number in messengers.
If your relative is already buried in the Netherlands, 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 €3,000 for the gemeente papers, the Rechtbank apostille, translations, the coffin, the drive and the border. The funeral at home is separate.
From 24 hours on the road after collection, or from 2.5 hours in the air. The wait is mostly at the gemeente and the Rechtbank. We file with both on the same day where we can.
It is the Dutch name for a laissez-passer, the permit to take a body abroad. You do not have to go to the town hall: we submit the application and collect the document.
Ukraine has not ratified the Strasbourg Agreement. For such countries the Dutch rules require a separate certificate from the competent authorities, with the name of the deceased and the destination. Ukrainian law, for its part, requires a certificate that the coffin contains no prohibited items, legalised by the consulate.
Three things: the deceased's passport for the embassy in The Hague, your passport and proof that you are related. The Dutch papers are our job.
Usually not. We go to the gemeente, the Rechtbank and the embassy in The Hague. If someone wants a relative's signature in person, you will know early. More in “If the family cannot travel abroad”.
Dutch law allows thanatopraxy, a light embalming, also for a body leaving the country. The route and the carrier decide if it is needed. Basic preparation is in the price. If it changes the total, you hear it first. More in “Preparing the body”.
Send us a photo of the policy first. Do not accept a Dutch funeral home's offer before that. We read the terms and talk to the insurer. If it pays only part of the way, we tell you in advance how much is left to pay.
From Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Eindhoven, Groningen and every village: hospital, morgue or hospice. Give us the address.
Yes, from €800. The documents needed are described in the section “Urn transport from the Netherlands” above on this page.
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