REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DECEASED TO BE REPATRIATED TO ZIMBABWE
i) Post-mortem Report
ii) Death Certificate
iii) Embalming and Cremation Certificate
iv) Export Permit (Australian authorities) to repatriate the body
v) Infectious/non-infectious disease certificate (issued by a Doctor)
vi) Zimbabwean Passport or ID.
vii) Certificate of Contents (declaration of coffin contents done by the funeral director)
Where all the required documents are available, the undertaker should approach funeral directors in Zimbabwe directly to avoid unnecessary delays in processing repatriation of human remains to Zimbabwe. The Embassy should be approached only in those cases where the deceased’s passport cannot be found.
N.B. The above stated documents should reflect the name on Zimbabwean identity documents of the deceased. If the human remains are transported to Zimbabwe by air, all documents mentioned above should be faxed directly to the undertakers in Zimbabwe together with contact details (telephone numbers and names) of the undertakers in Australia and New Zealand, next of kin in Zimbabwe, Australia and New Zealand. Undertakers in Zimbabwe require at least one (1) full day to obtain import permit (clearance) provided that all required documents are availed to them. Sending to Zimbabwe inadequate documents will automatically delay the process.
Deceased without a passport
Please note that in cases whereby the deceased does not have a passport, the undertakers should approach the Embassy with the following additional documents:
i) Zimbabwean national identity card and/or Zimbabwean birth certificate;
ii) Affidavit written by the next of kin stating whether the deceased had a passport or whether it was lost and whether he/she never had a passport. If the relatives do not know anything pertaining to the deceased ever having a passport, they should state so in the affidavit.
