The documents required by Ukrainian Legislation for a casket containing the deceased, or urn with ashes, to cross the Ukrainian State Border include:

1. Death Certificate.
2. Certificate or Affidavit from the local health authorities stating that the cause of death of the individual to be shipped to Ukraine was not a communicable disease or infections.
3. A Document about the absence of any excessive objects inside the casket or urn with the ashes.  
4. The Certificate of Cremation issued be the Funeral home or Cremation office.

All the mentioned documents should be authenticated, legilized ( https://edmonton.mfa.gov.ua/en/consular-services/consular-legalization-official-documents  ) and translated into Ukrainian by the certified translator.

The originals of abovementioned documents and notarized translations from English to Ukrainian, must accompany the casket containing the deceased, or urn with ashes, to Ukraine.

The passport of the deceased person should be sent to the Consulate General of Ukraine in Edmonton along with a notarized and authenticated copy of the Certificate of Death, and a translation from English to Ukrainian. The Consulate is to make correspondent procedures with the passport, and can forward it back if it is required to accompany the casket containing the deceased, or urn with ashes, to Ukraine.

The Consulate is to be informed of the date, time and the place of delivery of the casket containing the deceased, or urn with ashes, to Ukraine. Only the next of kin relatives of the deceased, or persons correspondingly authorized by them, can receive the casket or urn.

The casket containing the body, or urn with ashes, must be sealed by the Funeral Home.

There are no strict requirements with respect to the urn with ashes; however, the body should be transported in a metal casket, made of zinc-plated steel or tinplate not more than 0,4 thick.

For the air cargo transportation it is necessary to specify a cemetery in Ukraine as well as Ukrainian Funeral Home which will take care of the casket, or the urn with ashes, in Ukraine. Both are a subject of private choice by the relatives or friends of the deceased person.