Documents & legal

Shipping human remains

Get a permit to send a loved one’s remains to Ethiopia.

Steps

Gather the documents
Use the checklist on this page.
Get entry permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The FDRE Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues a letter granting permission to enter Ethiopia.
Send the documents to the embassy
Email them to the embassy, or mail them with a self-addressed return envelope that has enough prepaid postage.
Receive the shipping permit
If everything is in order and sent by email, the embassy issues the permit within 30 minutes.

Ethiopian Airlines sets these requirements. Provide the original and a copy of each document, except the deceased’s passport, where a copy is enough.

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Death certificate
Funeral home letter Confirming embalming by standard Canadian methods and a hermetically sealed casket
Health authority letter Confirming no contagious disease
Burial permit
Copy of the deceased’s passport
Entry permission letter From the FDRE Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Self-addressed return envelope with prepaid postage If sending by mail

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