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XREQUIEM brings the deceased home from Slovenia to Ukraine: we collect from a hospital or morgue anywhere in Slovenia and drive to your town. The price starts at €3,200, and the road takes from 24 hours after collection. We handle the posmrtni potni list, the translations, the embassy in Ljubljana, the coffin and the border.
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 €3,200 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. Two things set Slovenia apart. A death must be declared within two days. The body leaves the country only with a body passport (posmrtni potni list) from the Health Inspectorate, and the funeral service applies for it, so we do. We drive through Hungary to Transcarpathia, or through Austria and Slovakia. The funeral in Ukraine is extra.
If it has just happened
Deadlines in Slovenia are short: a death must be reported within two days. So we start work as soon as you call. Under Slovenian rules the documents for taking a body out of the country are submitted by the funeral service, and we organise and run the whole journey. XREQUIEM handles your case from start to finish.
We ask which Slovenian town the death happened in and whether it has already been reported to the upravna enota. You hear the price in the same call.
The doctor who pronounced the death issues a confirmation. With it, the death is reported to the administrative unit (upravna enota) at the place of death within two days.
It is issued on a multilingual international form, so the document is understood abroad as well.
In Slovenian it is called posmrtni potni list. The Health Inspectorate issues it to the funeral service, and the body cannot leave Slovenia without it.
We translate the Slovenian extract into Ukrainian and put together the file for the Embassy in Ljubljana, including the certificate of no prohibited items.
Slovenia accepts two coffin types for transport abroad, and Ukraine wants a sealed metal one. We choose a coffin that satisfies both.
We drive via Transcarpathia or Slovakia to your town and hand the deceased over at home, at a church or at the cemetery.
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The Slovenian names of the documents are long, but in essence there are four, from the doctor's confirmation to the body passport. Below is who issues what, and which parts we take on.
If the cause of death is left out of the body passport for reasons of medical confidentiality, a certificate stating this travels in a sealed envelope, attached to the passport, and only the authority of the destination country opens it. The general list of papers is in the Documents section. For what to do in the first hours, see What to do if a loved one dies abroad.
There is only one Ukrainian mission in Slovenia: the Embassy in Ljubljana. It has a consular section, and all consular matters go there.
Slovenia and Ukraine are both parties to the Hague Convention, so a Slovenian death certificate needs only an apostille. A district court (okrožno sodišče) apostilles state documents, and the Slovenian Ministry of Justice apostilles court interpreters' translations. You can read more about the consul's role in the article The Ukrainian consulate when someone dies abroad.
Slovenia has no border with Ukraine, so the coffin crosses Hungary, or Austria and Slovakia. We pick the route around your town, your timing and the family's wishes.
We collect from Ljubljana, Maribor, Celje, Koper, Kranj and any other Slovenian town or village, whether from a hospital, a morgue or elsewhere. Each death is reported to the upravna enota where it occurred, so tell us the town first.
Usually the body travels by road in a specialist vehicle: through Hungary to the Ukrainian border in Zakarpattia, or through Austria and Slovakia.
When every hour counts, part of the journey goes by air to an airport near Ukraine, then by road. We do not promise direct flights to Ukraine. The air leg takes from 2.5 hours, and for it, Slovenian rules require a pressure-equalising device or a certified coffin.
From a Slovenian morgue to your town the road takes at least 24 hours. The rest depends on when the Health Inspectorate issues the posmrtni potni list.
Slovenian rules for transport abroad require one of two options: a wooden coffin with walls at least 20 mm thick and a hermetically soldered zinc coffin inside it, or a single wooden coffin at least 30 mm thick, lined with zinc. A moisture-absorbing substance is placed inside. If part of the journey is by air, the coffin needs a device that equalises the pressure, or a certificate that it can withstand the flight.
The Ukrainian border also requires a hermetic metal coffin, which is sealed. Slovenia, for its part, wants a written statement from the funeral service that the coffin meets its rules and holds only the deceased and personal belongings. We sign that statement, and we prepare the written customs declaration with its documents. More on the pages Road transport and Coffins.
Body from Slovenia from €3,200That figure covers the whole way from the Slovenian morgue to your town. A funeral in Ukraine is priced separately.
The price includes:
Coffin of your choice and urn: free of charge.
Collecting from Ljubljana is not the same job as collecting from Koper on the coast or from Maribor. The town in Ukraine counts too, as do road or air and the coffin model. If the upravna enota already has the death on record, part of the work is done. To compare with other countries, see the Prices page.
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If your relative is already buried in Slovenia, 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 €3,200 for the whole way from the Slovenian morgue to your town: registering the death, the extract on the international form, the body passport, the Ukrainian papers and a coffin that meets Slovenian rules. A funeral in Ukraine is separate. Name both towns and we will give you the exact amount.
At least 24 hours on the road after collection; a flight leg is from 2.5 hours. The wait is mostly for the body passport, so we prepare the Slovenian and Ukrainian papers side by side.
It is the Slovenian body passport. The body is taken out of the country with it. It is issued by the Health Inspectorate of Slovenia, in Slovenian and one other EU language. We submit the application.
Good, that is the first step. Next come the death extract on the international form, the body passport, the translations and the documents for the Embassy. Tell us what you already have, and we will pick up from there.
Under Slovenian rules the funeral service applies for the body passport, so the Slovenian papers are our job. From you we need the deceased's passport (a photo will do if the original stayed with the hospital or the police), your passport, proof that you are a relative, and a power of attorney. If the death is already registered with the upravna enota, send us that paper as well.
In most cases, no. Slovenian rules have the funeral service apply to the Health Inspectorate, and we go to the Embassy in Ljubljana ourselves. If a signature in person is ever required, we will tell you early. What can be done from home is described in the article If the family cannot travel abroad.
Slovenia's rules on transporting the dead do not require embalming as such. Some airlines do, though, so the preparation depends on the route. Preparation of the body is already in the price; if embalming turns out to be needed, we will tell you in advance whether the amount changes. More in the section Preparing the body.
Deadlines in Slovenia are short, so tell us about the policy in the very first conversation and send us a photo of it. Until the insurer has approved the costs, do not hire anyone yourself: you may lose the compensation. If the policy covers the journey only as far as the Ukrainian border, we will calculate the rest separately and tell you straight away.
Anywhere in Slovenia, from Ljubljana and Maribor to Koper on the coast. We collect from a hospital, a morgue or wherever the deceased is, at a time agreed with you.
Yes. Cremation is done in Ljubljana (Žale) or Maribor (Dobrava), and the crematorium hands an urn for burial abroad only to a funeral service with proof of the order. No body passport is needed for an urn, unless the destination country asks for one; then it is issued on the crematorium's certificate. It enters Ukraine with the death certificate and the certificate of no prohibited items, which the Embassy of Ukraine legalises. Transport of an urn costs from €800. More on the page Transport of an urn with ashes to Ukraine.
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