Long case processing at the Norwegian Embassy, a lot of bureaucratic work and, among other things, little publicly available information, result in Norwegian-Pakistanis who die in Pakistan being buried in Pakistan against their will. The Norwegian Embassy has stated that they will prioritize these cases in the future. "Unfortunately, what we often find is that many people do not have insurance when they are in Pakistan. If you don't have insurance, repatriation becomes very expensive and difficult.
In this article, we describe the procedure and the Norwegian Embassy's procedures for repatriation of bodies from Pakistan. Please note that it may take a few days before repatriation can take place.
Contact your insurance company. Insurance companies usually have agreements with hospitals in the major cities, which will be able to assist in the repatriation of bodies to Norway.
Contact a Pakistani hospital that can arrange for the body to be transported to a hospital that can store the body and arrange the necessary documentation for shipment. Get approval from the insurance company before the body is transferred to the hospital. Also check if the hospital has experience in repatriating bodies. Aadil Hospital in DHA Lahore Cantt has extensive experience in storing and sending bodies abroad. Aadil Hospital has also assisted a Norwegian-Pakistani family with repatriation of bodies to Norway.
Establish contact with a Norwegian funeral home and put them in touch with the Pakistani hospital that will hold the body.
Please contact the Norwegian Embassy. If you call outside the embassy's opening hours, you will be transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' operational center through the embassy's answering machine. The center is open 24 hours a day. Put the embassy in touch with the contact person at the hospital and the funeral home in Norway.
When all necessary documents have been submitted, the Embassy will issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC). In the NOC, the Norwegian citizen is referred to as "deceased" and the information in the death certificate must therefore be verified before the NOC is issued. Once the NOC is issued, the document will be sent to the airline that will transport the body. The hospital will help with this.
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Inheritance settlementafter death in Norway, where the deceased has assets in Pakistan: This article explains the process of transferring assets to you as an heir after the death of a person who has assets in Pakistan but is resident in Norway.
The first thing you need to do is to write a power of attorney; you need to write a "Special Power of Attorney" to the person who will follow up the case in Pakistan. Our lawyers in Pakistan act as proxies if we get the assignment. In particularly challenging cases, our lawyers in Norway are engaged as proxies who then travel to Pakistan in connection with the settlement of the inheritance. If there are several heirs, they should agree on one representative.
The next thing to do is to obtain all documentation showing all assets and debts the deceased had in Pakistan. In addition, you will need to obtain documentation confirming that the deceased was the full or partial owner of the assets included in the inheritance settlement. The most common assets are real estate and/or money in a bank account.
If the deceased was resident in Norway, you must obtain a death certificate and a list of heirs. This is issued by the Norwegian courts in the municipality where the deceased was resident.
Once the power of attorney is in place, a legal process must be initiated before the appropriate court to obtain a "Certificate of Succession". This judicial process takes place over a period of 4-6 months and a corresponding number of court hearings. Before issuing the said certificate, the court will decide who the heirs are and how much each heir is entitled to in the inheritance settlement.
Following the court's assessment of the evidence, a "Secession Certificate" is issued which the heirs can use to have property/money transferred to them. Before the court allows the actual transfer, it is always conditional on the provision of a security. The amount of the security depends on the size of the estate. The security should cover any claims in the event that an inheritance settlement is incorrect.
The actual transfer of the properties is not carried out by the court, but by the public property authorities. As for money, this is released by the bank.
If you have any questions about the content of this article or would like assistance in connection with an inheritance settlement where the deceased has assets in Pakistan, you can contact us without obligation here.
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