Body Repatriation Service From French Guiana to India

The pain of losing a close family member and the responsibility of bringing the body back home is unbearable. To dial down this distressing feeling to some extent, the widely known Last Journey funeral direction organization lends a professional helping hand to needy families during repatriation.

The services of the Last Journey funeral direction team include a wide range of facilities. Dead body Repatriation is one of them. We serve them on a domestic as well as an international basis. If you're looking for a safe and lawful repatriation from French Guiana to India, consider us just a call away.

• Sending information to the local and higher authorities of French Guiana regarding death and dead body airlifting of an Indian person.
• Collecting valid documents and certificates from the departments of French Guiana.
• Arranging basic to advanced facilities for the safety and dignity of the deceased person.
• Explaining the legal terms, protocols and guidelines to the client who is participating in the paperwork.
• Shifting the dead body to the mortuary to keep it safe and undecomposed.
• Finding a certified center for embalming of the dead body with the help of local funeral homes available in French Guiana.
• Booking air cargo and flight tickets for the remains and accompanying family and friends.
• Doorstep delivery of the cargo carrying the dead body.
• Resolving language issues for the family members who are unable to understand the local dialect.
• Creating an online communication portal for informing the family about the ongoing process if they are not available in person during the dead body's repatriation.

All of these services cover the entire requirements of the legal departments and family of the deceased. However, we leave some room for acknowledging the additional requirements of the client.

How does Last Journey perform a safe, lawful and respected air transportation of the deceased person from French Guiana to India?

Last Journey divides the whole procedure into small subtasks. This helps them eliminate the chances of misunderstanding, delays and other legal obstacles.

1. Receiving permission -

The team members of Last Journey inform the liable departments of French Guiana administration about the death. They also seek legal permission from them to airlift the dead body from the death location to India.

No objection certificate (NOC) and local area police clearance are the two most required documents as clearance for the further steps included in the airlifting.

Before submitting these two important documents, the authorities verify the provided information. Therefore, the family should give detailed and clear information about the deceased person.

2. Ensuring the dead body's safety -

Right after being hired by the deceased's family, the team of Last Journey pre-books the place in a hospital-linked mortuary. Here, we take help from the local funeral-centric service providers. They collect the dead body and shift it to the mortuary to prevent it from decomposition and damage.

Along with it, the team arranges the following services.

• A spacious cooling cabinet or freezer box offers a favorable low-temperature atmosphere to the dead body. The local funeral service provider will deliver this box to the location and pick it up after the completion of the services.
• The coffin box is necessary to keep the embalmed remains safe during air transportation. It must meet the legal requirements determined by the higher authorities.
• For safe international dead-body repatriation, the team arranges a well-equipped ambulance van facility. It will be spacious enough to place the dead body and comfortable sitting for at least two family members.

Is embalming necessary for repatriating of the deceased person?

One may skip it if the dead body air transportation includes a short distance between both locations. But for long hour's airlifting, embalming becomes mandatory as the vulnerable remains can not survive in ordinary circumstances.

Embalming is a medical facility that ensures the safety of dead bodies. In this process, the team of professional embalming doctors replaces the dead body fluid with a disinfecting material. They also cover the entire body with this specific chemical substance. It keeps the skin and organs of the body fresh and undamaged for long hours.

In some communities, the medical procedure of embalming is prohibited. Therefore, Last Journey team members first get permission from the family members before shifting the body to a certified center of embalming.

After embalming, the team places the body inside a coffin box and seals it properly. Now the body is ready to be shifted to the international airport of French Guiana. Here scanning of the cargo takes place and then the team shifts it to the air cargo area of an air ambulance.

3. List of documents needed for the paperwork -

The team provides a list of important documents to the family for obstacle-free paperwork.

• The death certificate of the deceased person. It must be signed and approved by the higher medical authority of the hospital.
• Form 4 for the death at residence.
• Form 4A for the death at the hospital.
• Postmortem reports if the death happened due to any unnatural reason.
• The signed consent letter given by the family of the deceased.
• Original Indian passport of the deceased person.
• Adhar card or Voter ID card of the deceased person.
• Clearance from the airport authority of French Guiana.
• Clearance from air traffic control system.
• Local area police permission and No Objection Certificate (NOC).
• Certificate of the embalming process.
• Certificate of the coffin box.
• Original IDs of the family members who are participating in the dead body repatriation.

4. Ticket booking and delivery of the cargo at the doorstep -

The team discusses about the convenient timings for airlifting the body with the family and books air cargo and flight tickets accordingly. If the transportation is executed in the absence of the family, the team members will accompany the cargo during the air journey.

For the doorstep delivery of the cargo, we need -

• Name of the receiver
• Contact details
• Address where the dead body cargo is expected to be delivered.