Sterbefall im Ausland Beurkundung bei Sterbefällen auf Seeschiffen

In addition to the information to be included in the death record, you must provide the necessary deeds or other documents that you have.

In particular, the following documents are required:

• Your identity card/passport as the applicant.
• foreign death certificate of the deceased person (if necessary, with translation and certification by the competent foreign authority (apostille) or legalisation by the German mission abroad; it may be sufficient to submit a multilingual form)
• the marriage or civil partnership certificate of the last marriage or civil partnership of the deceased person and, if applicable, proof of its dissolution,
• the birth certificate of the deceased person
• proof of the last place of residence of the deceased person
• in the case of naturalised persons, persons entitled to asylum, stateless persons, homeless foreigners and recognised foreign refugees: Naturalisation certificate/proof of special status.

You can apply for the subsequent certification of a death on a foreign seagoing vessel in a German death register at the competent German registry office.

A death that has occurred abroad can also be certified, i.e. entered, in a German death register at your request. The so-called subsequent certification also applies to deaths for deaths on foreign seagoing vessels.

Deaths on foreign seagoing vessels are deaths abroad with the special feature that the place of death is a foreign seagoing vessel.

With the subsequent certification, an entry is made in a German death register in addition to the certification abroad, i.e. in addition to the entry in the death register of the country in which the death occurs.

You can apply for the subsequent certification at the competent German registry office.

• Dhe death occurred on a foreign seagoing vessel
• DeThe death occurred during a sea voyage outside the sea-going vessel - but not on land or in a port in Germany - and the deceased was taken on board a foreign sea-going vessel.
• the deceased person had German nationality at the time of death
• Dthe deceased person had the status of a stateless person, a homeless alien or a foreign refugee within the meaning of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and habitually resident in Germany.
• The following are entitled to file an application
  • the parents of a child who has died abroad, the child of the deceased person, as well as spouses or life partners
  • PPersons who can assert a legal interest in the certification vis-à-vis the registry office.

The application for subsequent certification of a death on a foreign seagoing vessel must be submitted to the competent German registry office.

• Contact the competent German registry office in writing, by telephone or in person, describe your request and ask for the documents you need to submit.
• Submit the application for subsequent certification and enclose the necessary documents.
• The registry office will check your details and the documents you have submitted and, if necessary, carry out the subsequent certification of the death.
• You have the option of applying for the issue of a German death certificate at the same registry office for a fee.

• Subsequent certification of a death on a foreign seagoing vessel in a German death register.
• The application for subsequent certification can be made under certain conditions at the competent German registry office.
• Fees are charged by the registry office.
• The subsequent certification is a prerequisite for the issuance of a German death certificate.

• The registry office in whose area the deceased person had his or her (last) domicile or habitual residence in Germany is responsible for the application.
• If the deceased person did not have a domicile or habitual residence in Germany, the registry office in whose area you as the applicant have your domicile or last habitual residence is responsible.
• If none of the aforementioned alternatives apply, you can submit the application at Standesamt I in Berlin.

Registry Office I in Berlin
Schönstedtstr. 5
13357 Berlin (Mitte)
Phone: + 49 30 90 269-5000
Fax: + 49 30 90 269-5245

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