Service Description:

I. Service:

Application for administrative license for transporting remains out of   Shanghai  .

II. Service Basis:

“Regulations of   Shanghai    Municipality   on Funeral and Interment” (promulgated on  January 1, 1998 )

III. Qualifications

Relatives of the deceased or units and individuals under the entrustment of the relatives of the deceased shall apply for handling the procedures for transporting remains out of Shanghai with the certificate of agreeing to accept the remains upon examination issued by the civil affairs department above the county level with jurisdiction over the place where the remains are intended to arrive, if any of the following conditions is met:

(1) Non-Shanghai residents die in   Shanghai  ; or

(2) The remains need to be transported out of   Shanghai   due to other special reasons.

IV. Application Materials

(1) applicant’s ID certificate;

(2) “Applicant Form for Transporting Remains out of   Shanghai  ” (the original edition)

(3) “Certificate of Death and Interment” issued by the public station of   Shanghai  ; for those dying of traffic accidents, the “Notice of Handling Remains” issued by the public security department is required;

(4) the “Remains Acceptance Certificate” issued by the civil affairs bureau above the county level or the civil affairs funeral and interment management authority with jurisdiction over the place where the deceased is domiciled. The Certificate shall indicate the identity of the deceased and the reason for transporting the remains to the place where the permanent household of the deceased is registered. If the funeral parlor outside   Shanghai   intends to receive the remains in   Shanghai  , the letter of introduction for receiving the remains issued by the funeral parlor shall also be produced; and

(5) other proving materials.

V. Application Acceptance Department

Service Department of the   Shanghai   Funeral and Interment Administration

VI. Process

The applicant entrusts the funeral parlor with remains transportation. → The applicant submits the application materials. → The Service Department of the Shanghai Funeral and Interment Administration accepts the application. → The Service Department of the Shanghai Funeral and Interment Administration decides on examination and approval. The “Permit for Cross-province Remains Transportation” is issued for those approved to transport the remains out of   Shanghai  .

VII. Time Limit for Service

The Service Department of the Shanghai Funeral and Interment Administration shall decide on examination and approval within 20 working days.

VIII. Charge Standard

Free of charge

IX. Service Hours

Monday: from  13:30 to  16:00

From Tuesday to Thursday: from  9:00 to  11:00 and from  13:30 to  16:00

Friday: from  9:00 to  11:00

X. Application Acceptor

Sun Shunyi and Zhang Songjie from the Service Department of the   Shanghai   Funeral and Interment Administration

XI. Telephone for Consultation

Shanghai   Funeral and Interment Administration: 62526420

XII. Telephone for Complaint

63210448; 63212226

XIII. Address

28 Wuyi Road