The death certificate is sent to the Municipality in Italy where the Italian national is registered in the AIRE of the Consulate General in London.
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 “Certified Copy of an Entry of Death” issued by the competent Registry office;
- APOSTILLE IS NOT REQUIRED for a death certificate of a foreign citizen;
- TRANSLATION into Italian ONLY of the death certificate
Please note that this Consulate DOES NOT provide translation services.
A list of translators known to the Consulate is available here.
The translation may also be carried out independently but it will be accepted only if compliant with the original, complete with all the information and typewritten. A template of the translation is available 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.