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I americium posting this successful bid to springiness an thought of the processes progressive and however and wherever to instrumentality help.
Early December, connected a Tuesday astatine 03:00 AM (Chennai), we were woken to the devastating quality that our girl has met with a fatal mishap successful Alaska, USA. The quality itself reached america astir 24 hours aft the accident. The mishap happened successful a metropolis successful the interior of Alaska and the injured were evacuated to antithetic hospitals resulting successful delayed communication.
Our contiguous precedence was to scope USA and to bring her mortal remains backmost home. In the moments mixed with shock, affectional chaos and disbelief, we were clueless connected what should beryllium done next. On 1 manus we were trying to corroborate with the hospitals and State Troopers that the quality was true, connected the different manus we had to woody with the grief and gloom that had acceptable successful astatine home. We got tons of suggestions from well- meaning friends and household members from crossed continents. Our archetypal thought was to question the assistance of Ministry of External Affairs.
Day -1: Tuesday - Chennai
We contacted the constabulary section successful Alaska, USA and got authoritative confirmation from them. We took down details of the authorities trooper handling the case.
From India:
We reached retired to the bureau of Mr Dayanidhi Maran, MP to scope the MEA. Mr Dayanidhi Maran instantly sent a idiosyncratic missive to Dr Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, Government of India, seeking his intervention.
Parallelly, we sent a elaborate email to the Indian Consulate successful Seattle (Email Id details disposable successful the respective consular web-pages). We provided details of the accident, my daughter?s enactment information, our interaction information, interaction accusation of a idiosyncratic who could beryllium reached astatine the hospital, interaction accusation of constabulary handling the accident, our question details and what assistance we required. We marked a transcript to Secretary, MEA.
In USA:
We were advised to and we contacted www.TeamAid.Org (+1 (844) 611-8326 oregon +1 (844)611-TEAM), an Indian tally NGO that provides exigency guidance and enactment covering a scope of situations including dealing with the deceased oregon injured.
We contacted Mr Mohan Nannapaneni, their laminitis astatine 03:00 AM his time. He patiently listened to america and asked america to nonstop him a elaborate email. By aboriginal morning, Mr Mohan was connecting with each the agencies to measure the situation. One of our adjacent comparative successful Washington, DC volunteered to beryllium the liaison idiosyncratic moving with Mr. Mohan and near for Anchorage, Alaska immediately.
By evening India time, the Indian Consulate successful Seattle reached retired to america successful India implicit telephone and assured america of each assistance. They deputed Mr Srinivasa Sadana, an Officer, to liaise with america connected a continuous basis.
Day-2: Wednesday ? Chennai (before boarding our flight)
Our daughter?s mortal remains were moved from interior Alaska to Anchorage for Medical introspection by the State authorities.
Mr Mohan from TeamAid started the process of identifying a reputed Funeral House to embalm successful Anchorage, Alaska, transport the mortal remains to different ceremonial location successful Seattle, grip Indian consular documentation successful Seattle and transport to Chennai, India. He recovered a ceremonial location that was good versed with planetary shipment and was besides acquainted with Indian Consular documentation requirements.
Mr Mohan gave america elaborate directions connected which Govt agencies successful Alaska authorities we had to interaction for assorted certificates since definite processes could beryllium initiated lone by america arsenic parents. His inputs and guidance were invaluable.
Death certificate being the astir important document, I contacted the Medical Examiner?s bureau and explained to them that we intent to instrumentality her remains to India. I requested them to expedite the Death Certificate, Non-communicable diseases and different certificates. I besides mentioned that elaborate origin of decease is not required (Requiring elaborate origin delays the contented of certificate arsenic they volition person to analyse successful detail). We besides gave authorization to merchandise her assemblage to the Funeral Home for embalming and different processes.
By the clip we landed successful Alaska connected Wednesday nighttime section time, Mr Srinivasa from Indian Consulate contacted the section constabulary to instrumentality custody of my daughter?s passport and authorities trooper agreed to courier the passport to Mr Srinvasa Sadana. Mr Mohan and my comparative worked done each the remaining processes.
Medical Examiner?s bureau had completed each their processes and released the archetypal of the 3 certificates mentioned below. No autopsy was done and her assemblage was released to the designated ceremonial home. Funeral location completed the embalming and released the 4th and 5th certificates.
The pursuing documents were required to repatriate quality remains from USA to India.
1. Death Certificate - issued by the authorities
2. Non communicable illness certificate - issued by the state
3. Burial Transit Permit - issued by the state
4. Embalming certificate - issued by the Funeral House
5. Casket Sealing Certificate - issued by the Funeral House
6. Death certificate - issued by the Indian Embassy
7. No Objection Certificate - issued by the Indian Embassy
8. Cancelled Passport oregon successful the lawsuit passport is lost, duplicate passport issued by the Indian Embassy
The Indian Embassy issues their documents (6 to 8) lone aft documents 1 to 5 are submitted to them. The process of submitting the documents to and collecting backmost from the Indian Embassy was handled by the Funeral House successful Seattle. The Indian Embassy besides authenticates the Death Certificate issued by the authorities isolated from issuing their own. This Embassy authenticated Death Certificate is cardinal for cremation and applying for Legal Heir certificate successful India. If for immoderate crushed passport is lost, Indian Embassy issues a duplicate passport for this purpose.
Day-3: Thursday - USA
We were allowed to spot the mortal remains of our daughter. We were allowed immoderate clip with her truthful we could accidental goodbye and judge the finality of her passing. We were thankful that she came into our lives adjacent though it was for a abbreviated period.
She was placed successful a casket and was taken to Seattle. We had each the approvals from the authorities of Alaska and the Funeral Home for her journey. The Funeral House successful Alaska and Mr Mohan tied up the airlines for transport to different approved ceremonial location successful Seattle. The ceremonial location successful Seattle coordinated with the Indian Embassy to get NoC, Death Certificate and Cancelled Passport. They besides coordinated with the airlines for submission of documents and for transport to India.
The ceremonial houses successful Alaska invoiced america for embalming, casket and transport to Seattle. The ceremonial location successful Seattle invoiced america for papers handling, logistics successful Seattle and planetary cargo charges. The casket indispensable conscionable planetary cargo / UN requirements including airtight sealing.
Mr Mohan and the Indian Embassy were perpetually successful interaction with america to supply updates.
Day-4: Friday - USA
We rescheduled our flights and near from Anchorage for India. From the ceremonial location successful Seattle, the casket was moved to aerial cargo. It was a seamless process and TeamAid worked with the ceremonial location and the Indian Embassy successful Seattle. Indian Embassy provided each the required help. Due to a flimsy hold successful delivering the documents to aerial cargo, hose chopped disconnected clip was missed, and consignment could not beryllium loaded connected Friday flight. Understanding the situation, Emirates offered to determination the casket connected Saturday with further help.
Day-5: Saturday - USA
My daughter?s mortal remains were onboard a formation to Chennai. There was immoderate interest arsenic the hose typical successful Chennai wanted elaborate Police Investigation Report. This was sorted retired by TeamAid rapidly arsenic elaborate constabulary probe study takes weeks / months and is not a mandatory document.
Day-7: Chennai
We appointed J Fenn and Co to grip the aerial clearance process. Authorization has to beryllium fixed with the sanction and code of the idiosyncratic who volition beryllium clearing positive their aadhar Id. We besides took assistance from Mr Maran?s bureau to expedite clearance. Entire process was completed successful 2 hours clip from the clip formation landed.
We were blessed to implicit each the support processes successful 4 days. All this would not person been imaginable without the assistance of Mr Mohan of TeamAid, Mr Srinivasa Sadana of Indian Consulate successful Seattle and assistance from a household subordinate who travelled instantly to Alaska. The communal constituent successful each our interactions with radical during the harrowing days was compassion. This allowed america to softly grieve portion they worked tirelessly to get our girl backmost successful specified a abbreviated time.
The full outgo of transport to India came to apprx $14,500. This does not see our question to USA and backmost (last infinitesimal aerial summons pricing was thing abbreviated of daylight robbery).
I americium posting this successful bid to springiness an thought of the processes progressive and however and wherever to instrumentality help. The 8 documents I person listed supra are communal irrespective of the state of root and they are listed successful our embassy websites also. What mightiness alteration is who issues them. This station is nary means an exhaustive listing and immoderate idiosyncratic successful this concern is advised to cheque the processes mandated astatine that time.
Few learning:
1. Organization similar TeamAid supply immense assistance and it is champion to instrumentality their help. No, they bash not complaint anything.
2. Do not hesitate to attack your section MP. They are determination to assistance and ever help.
3. Indian Embassy provided each the assistance and were successful changeless touch.
4. Officials successful USA recognize the concern and supply arsenic overmuch assistance arsenic possible.
5. Documentation is highly important and without which thing moves. It is champion to attack with assistance of idiosyncratic who knows the process. In our case, we were assisted immensely by TeamAid who knew the processes precise well.
6. Airlines person choky deadline and they bash not hold / judge delays.
7. Call, speak, travel up and way each the time
8. Check each the documents wholly and inquire for further archetypal copies if required.
I americium close present trying to adjacent the ineligible processes relating to probate, closure of slope accounts, security etc and volition station update connected the aforesaid sometime later.
