Death registration and repatriation of remains or ashes – Argentina in Australia

Check with the office. The official pages for this service leave out some details, or are older than a year. Use this page as a starting point and confirm fees and documents before you apply.

The consulate records deaths of Argentines in its civil register and publishes the document requirements for taking a body or ashes to Argentina. It does not pay for transport or issue repatriation permits; the documents go to the airline.

Where to apply in Australia

Consulate-General of Argentina, Level 20, 44 Market St, Sydney NSW. It is the only Argentine consulate in Australia and covers all of Australia plus Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu; the Embassy in Canberra has no consular section.

Contact details for every office are on the page of the embassy and consulates of Argentina.

How to apply

Report the death to the consulate for registration | arrange funeral home and airline | obtain apostilled death certificates and health/embalming or cremation certificates

Documents you need

Registration: original Australian death certificate with DFAT apostille
Deceased's DNI, enlistment booklet or passport
Body: two apostilled death certificates, health-authority no-contagion certificate, funeral-home certificate of sealed waterproof coffin
Ashes: two apostilled death certificates and cremation certificate naming the deceased

Fees and processing time

The official pages do not publish a fee for this service. Ask the office before you apply.

Processing time: Not stated.

Good to know

No fees or times are published.

Official sources

Check before you apply

This page summarises information published by Argentina's official channels, last checked on 24 octubre 2026. Fees and requirements can change at short notice, so confirm with the office that will handle your case.

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Argentina: Death registration and repatriation of remains or ashes in Australia