BURIAL TRANSIT PERMIT
Requirements:
- Four (4) certified copies of death certificate, showing cause of death (if the certificate does not show cause of death, a Letter of Non-Contagious Disease, stating cause of death, from attending physician is required).
- Burial permit with raised seal.
- Letter of embalming on Funeral Home official letterhead. (Letter must confirm/state that the remains were placed in a metal sealer casket).
- Signed & Notarised Letter of Non-Contagious Disease from Regional or Local or Municipality Health Official (The Letter should confirm/state that the deceased did not die from a communicable disease and that there were no cases of contagious diseases present in the area at the time of death.
- Signed and Notarised letter/statement from the Funeral Home confirming that the casket contains only the remains of the deceased.
- Passport of the deceased.
- Metal sealed casket.
- Outer wood box required.
- Letter from the family verifying that they will pick up the body upon arrival in Nigeria with the name, address and phone number of the consignee.
- Receipt of payment of Thirty Dollars USD ($30) to the Nigeria High Commission, Kigali – Rwanda:
BANK: ACCESS BANK
ACCOUNT NAME: NIGERIA HIGH COMMISSION
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 1002100202045611
PURPOSE: BURIAL PERMIT
Upon meeting above requirements, the High Commission will issue a letter of permission to ship. For further enquiries, kindly contact the High Commission: +250 252 619 282; +250 252 567 002.