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.
Families sending the body of a Sri Lankan citizen home apply through the Foreign Ministry's Consular Affairs Division, with a consent affidavit from next of kin in Sri Lanka. Ashes need prior permission from the mission.
Where to apply in Australia
Sri Lanka High Commission, Yarralumla (Canberra, ACT) for ACT, NSW, QLD, WA and NT (and NZ and Pacific states); Sri Lanka Consulate-General, Melbourne for VIC, SA and TAS. Honorary consulates (Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth) are used to certify documents for postal applications.
Contact details for every office are on the page of the embassy and consulates of Sri Lanka.
How to apply
Remains: written request with affidavit through the Consular Affairs Division; next of kin in Sri Lanka lodge a witnessed consent affidavit in Colombo before dispatch | Ashes: obtain the mission's prior permission with the listed documents
Documents you need
- Remains: passport, registration certificate, health authority certificate, travel itinerary, embalming and packing certificate, coroner and police reports if death was not natural; embalmed body in a hardwood coffin lined with lead or zinc
- Ashes: original death certificate, quarantine certificate, cremation or burial certificate, passport or ID copy, flight details, written request, airtight metal container
Fees and processing time
The official pages do not publish a fee for this service. Ask the office before you apply.
Good to know
Contact for clarification: the consular email on the page. No fees or times stated. Page shows no publication date (footer only '2026').
Official sources
Check before you apply
This page summarises information published by Sri Lanka'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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More services of Sri Lanka in Australia
- Certification and attestation of documents, powers of attorney and translations
- Driving licence services for Sri Lankans abroad
- Dual citizenship (resumption or retention)
- Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) and visas for Sri Lanka
- Emergency passport (NMRP) - one-way return to Sri Lanka
- Marriage notice and registration
- Passport - new or renewal (adult)
- Passport amendment - change of name
- Passport amendment - change of profession
- Passport for a minor (under 16)
- Passport replacement - lost or stolen
- Pensioners' life certificate
- Police clearance certificate
- Registration of a birth abroad (with citizenship registration)
- Registration of a death abroad