How to register a death
The death of a family member, friend or colleague overseas is a traumatic time.
You can register the death at the British Embassy in Qatar. Consular death registration is not a legal requirement but there are some benefits:
- An entry will be made in the death registry at the British Embassy in Qatar
- You will be provided with a British style death certificate
- A record of the death will be held by the General Register Office in the UK.
You will need to register the death with the foreign civil authorities and obtain a full foreign death certificate before you can apply for consular death registration. The consular death certificate will not include a cause of death as many foreign death certificates do not include this detail. You can apply for a consular death certificate from the British Embassy in Qatar.
The notes in this downloadable Word document have been compiled to try to help you in the arrangements that will have to be made following a death.
