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We collect the deceased from any town in Slovakia and drive a specialist vehicle through Uzhhorod or Malyi Bereznyi to your town in Ukraine. The price is from €2,000 with the documents, the coffin and the road, and the journey itself takes from 24 hours after collection. The morgue, the matrika, the body passport and the embassy in Bratislava are on us.
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 €2,000 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. Slovakia borders Ukraine, so no flight is needed: we drive a specialist vehicle through Uzhhorod or Malyi Bereznyi. The body passport (pas pre mŕtvolu) is usually issued by the self-governing region, and we handle the Ukrainian side of the paperwork through the embassy in Bratislava.
If it has just happened
When someone close to you dies in another country, the hardest part is not knowing where to start. We take on every step and explain each one.
Tell us the Slovak town where the death occurred and where the body is now. The town decides the road to the border, so we give you the price during that same call.
We agree with the hospital or the morgue when the deceased can be collected. We deal with them ourselves.
We obtain the úmrtný list from the civil registry office (matrika) at the place of death.
Slovak law forbids moving a body without a fully completed record of the death, and leaving the country requires a pas pre mŕtvolu. We apply for it ourselves.
We translate the Slovak documents into Ukrainian, submit them in Bratislava to register the death and collect the certificate for the border.
We cross at Uzhhorod or Malyi Bereznyi and handle customs clearance ourselves.
After Uzhhorod or Malyi Bereznyi we drive on to your town, where the family receives the deceased. We can also take on the funeral in Ukraine.
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We handle the rest of the paperwork, both Slovak and for the Ukrainian border. We talk to the Slovak authorities ourselves, so you will not need the language. The full list is on the Documents page.
Usually the body passport is issued by the self-governing region. There are two exceptions. If the deceased had a dangerous infection, the document is issued by the regional public health authority (RÚVZ). If a post mortem was done, it is issued by a branch of the Health Care Surveillance Authority (ÚDZS). We know where to apply in each case.
All consular matters in Slovakia go through the Embassy of Ukraine in Bratislava. Even when the death occurred in Košice or Prešov, that is where we submit the documents.
The Ukrainian death certificate is given to close relatives or sent through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. For what else is worth knowing in the first days, see “What to do if a loved one dies abroad”.
Families often ask what will happen to the belongings, the phone and the money on the card. That is a separate matter from the transport, but we will tell you where to start.
No flight is needed; we go by road. Slovak law allows a body to travel by road only in a vehicle built or adapted for the purpose: with cooling, fixings for the coffin and a cab separated from the load space. That is how we travel. The road home takes from 24 hours after collection, and the exact time depends on the documents and the queue at the border. How road transport works.
We collect the deceased from Bratislava, Košice, Prešov, Žilina, Nitra, Banská Bystrica and from any other Slovak town or village: from a hospital, a morgue or from another place where the deceased is. Slovakia stretches from west to east: Košice is close to the border, while from Bratislava the road runs across the whole country.
There are two road border crossings between Ukraine and Slovakia:
| Ukraine | Slovakia |
|---|---|
| Malyi Bereznyi | Ubľa |
| Uzhhorod | Vyšné Nemecké |
If it is more convenient for you, the deceased can also enter Ukraine through Poland. We choose the route that reaches your town faster.
Under Slovak law, the deceased travels dressed, in a coffin with a label whose details match the doctor's report, so that no one can be mixed up. International transport also follows a treaty that Slovakia has signed. Our coffin is metal, hermetic and sealed, so there are no questions at either border. The options are on the Coffins page.
Body from Slovakia from €2,000A funeral in Ukraine is charged separately.
The price includes:
Coffin of your choice and urn: free of charge.
Slovakia stretches from west to east. From Košice the border is close; from Bratislava the route runs across the whole country. The coffin, the preparation of the body, the number of translations and your town in Ukraine also play a part. Tell us your town and we will work out the price straight away. 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 Slovakia, 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 €2,000, and distance matters most: Košice is close to the border, while from Bratislava the road crosses the whole country. The general breakdown of costs 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. The documents take extra time. The Slovak death certificate is issued on the spot when you apply in person at the matrika. The permit to take the body out, the translations and the embassy in Bratislava take longer. We run these in parallel.
Usually Uzhhorod (Vyšné Nemecké) or Malyi Bereznyi (Ubľa). If your town is far from Zakarpattia, we can go through Poland. We choose the faster route.
The deceased's passport or a copy, your passport and a document showing you are a relative. We collect the report of the examination of the deceased from the doctor and the death certificate from the matrika. If you do not have the passport to hand, we will tell you what to do.
Usually not. We deal with the morgue and the matrika, and we submit the documents to the embassy in Bratislava ourselves. If a step needs you personally, we will tell you what and when. What can be done from home is covered in the article “If the family cannot travel abroad”.
It depends on the condition of the body and the length of the journey; we will tell you in advance and explain why. There is also a ban: if the person had a dangerous infectious disease at the time of death, Slovak law does not allow embalming. What body preparation involves is described on a separate page.
After a post mortem, the body passport is issued by a branch of the Health Care Surveillance Authority (ÚDZS), not by the self-governing region. We apply there ourselves.
The journey itself, yes: from Košice or Michalovce it is not far to the Ubľa and Vyšné Nemecké crossings. But we still submit the documents to the embassy in Bratislava, so the paperwork takes just as long.
From any town or village, including Bratislava, Košice, Prešov, Žilina, Nitra, Banská Bystrica, Trnava and Michalovce.
Then we bring the urn with the ashes home, from €800. A Slovak crematorium releases the urn to the funeral service, to the person arranging the funeral or to someone holding a power of attorney with an officially certified signature. At the Ukrainian border an urn needs the same documents as a coffin. How we transport an urn is on the page “Transport of an urn with ashes to Ukraine”.
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Nearby destinations: Poland, Czechia, Austria and Hungary. All countries are on the countries page.