Please submit the below-listed documentation:
- APPLICATION FORM No. 5 (editable pdf) duly completed with all requested information (name LAST NAME of applicant, place and date of the death) and signed.
Please provide a legible email address where the Consulate will send a copy of the communication transmitted to the Municipality via certified email (PEC). Moreover, please provide a postal address to be used in case incomplete and/or incorrect documentation needs to be returned to the sender;
- ORIGINAL (not photocopy) of the death certificate issued by the competent Authority where the death occurred;
- APOSTILLE for the death certificate issued by the competent Authority in the country where the certificates were issued. To find it, please click here;
- TRANSLATION into Italian ONLY of the death certificate – NOT OF THE APOSTILLE.
It is advisable to use the services of professional translators in the country where the documents were issued;
- APOSTILLE for the translation issued by the Competent Authority in the country where the certificates were issued. To find it, please click here.
Alternatively, a sworn translation (TRADUZIONE ASSEVERATA) issued by an Italian Court may be submitted. For further information, please click here
- PHOTOCOPY ONLY of the page with photo and signature of the deceased.
- PRESTAMPED SPECIAL DELIVERY ENVELOPE which should include the FULL name, postal address in the UK to be used for the return of any incomplete and not-compliant documentation to the sender.
Please visit the Registry Office section of the website of the Italian diplomatic or consular Representation that has jurisdiction over the country where the marriage was celebrated or the certificates were issued, for clarification regarding the documentation to be submitted, the translation requirements, and the necessary legalisations as well as for instructions on how to submit the request to that Consular Office.
To locate the relevant Consulate, please click here;