*Procedures laid down for repatriating bodies*

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_Source: Gulf Times 16 May 2016_

*Procedures laid down for repatriating bodies*

The repatriation and burial procedures at the new Humanitarian Services 

Office, located near the Hamad 

General Hospital Mortuary, will 

be provided through teamwork 

between several ministries and 

organisations.

These are the Ministry of In-

terior (MoI) - security depart-

ments, police stations and the 

forensic centre, Ministry of 

Public Health (MoPH), Ministry 

of Foreign Aff airs (MoFA) - de-

partment of consular aff airs, 

Hamad Medical Corporation 

 

(HMC), Qatar Airways and Pub-

lic Prosecution, as well as co-or-

dinators from diff erent embas-

sies and consulates, according to 

a statement from the MoI.

The new office was formally 

opened yesterday to provide 

simplifi ed procedures for the 

repatriation of the bodies of 

expatriates who die in Qatar 

and also for their local burial, if 

required.

The procedures to be followed 

are as follows, along with docu-

ments that need to be provided:

*1. HMC (counters 1 and 2 at the 

office)* - produce the passport of 

the deceased and ID of the per-

son who reports the death, fill up 

the death registration form and 

collect the death report issued 

by the doctor concerned.

*2. MoPH (counters 3 and 4)*: 

collect the death report issued 

by the HMC, collect the pass-

port of the deceased, collect the 

ID of the person who reports the 

death, collect the death registra-

tion form, collect the consent 

form of handing over the body - 

issued by the police (if the death 

occurred outside the hospital). 

The MoPH issues the death 

certificate, embalming certifi -

cate and documents for repatri-

ating bodies (letter to Customs, 

letter to a health department 

official in the country of the de-

ceased and letter to mortuary). It 

is also responsible for issuance 

of the death declaration.

*3. MoI (counters 5, 6 and 7)*: 

issuance of the “To whom it may 

concern” certificate, cancella-

tion of the residence permit (RP) 

of the deceased and exit permit 

for the bodies. 

Documents required for can-

cellation of the RP are a copy of 

the death certifi cate, RP cancel-

lation application, copy of the 

ID of the sponsor, original ID or 

original ID missing report and 

passport of the deceased. 

Documents needed to obtain 

“To whom it may concern” cer-

tifi cate are a copy of the death 

certifi cate, copy of the embalm-

ing certifi cate, copy of the death 

report and a letter from the police of the death if it took place 

outside the hospital. 

Documents required to get the 

exit permit for bodies are the exit 

declaration, death certifi cate, 

passport of the deceased and RP 

cancellation.

*4. Qatar Airways (counter 8)*: 

here, the “cargo policy” is to be 

issued along with the ticket for 

the person accompanying the 

body.

*5. Documents required by the embassy of the country of the 

deceased* are a copy of the death certificate, copy of the death re-

port and the “To whom it may 

concern” certificate issued by 

the MoI.

The consular affairs depart-

ment at MoFA will facilitate co-

ordination between the offi ce 

and embassies for the issuance of a no-objection certifi cate (from 

the embassy concerned) in order 

to repatriate the body outside the 

country as soon as possible, the 

MoI statement notes.

Following are the contact de-

tails of different counters at the 

office: MoI - 40253371, 40253372 

 

and 40253369, MoPH- 40253370 

and 40253364, HMC - 40253368 

and 40253365, and Qatar Airways 

- 40253374. The fax number of 

the offi ce is 40380855.