Reviewed by Carlos Vargas, Texas Licensed Funeral Director (TFSC #119648) ·
Texas falls under the consulate in Miami
Haiti has no consulate in Texas. The Embassy of Haiti’s list of consular offices and their jurisdictions places Texas under the Consulate General in Miami, together with Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It gives the address as 259 South West 13th Street #3, Miami, FL 33130, the telephones (305) 859-2003 and (305) 859-2004, and the email cg.miami@diplomatie.ht. The embassy’s own consular section in Washington, at 2311 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., serves a different group of states.
Documents the embassy lists for a body
The embassy’s page on body repatriation lists what its consular section needs in order to issue its certificate: the passport of the person who died; the burial permit; a certified copy of the death certificate; a photocopy of the funeral home’s registration with the health department; a photocopy of the funeral invoice; a notarized letter certifying that the body is not contagious; a notarized letter on the funeral home’s letterhead certifying that the body has been duly embalmed and will be transported in a properly sealed coffin; and the itinerary, with the name and address of the funeral home that will handle the funeral in Haiti.
The list is published by the embassy in Washington, in English, French and Haitian Creole. Texas families deal with Miami, so ask the Miami consulate whether it uses the same list before anything is notarized. Notice that the list assumes embalming and a receiving funeral home in Haiti; choose that funeral home early, because its name and address go in the file.
The fee the embassy publishes
The embassy’s schedule of consular fees shows $200.00 for a corpse shipment. A note explains that the amount covers authenticating the documents for the repatriation: the U.S. death certificate, the coroner’s report, the burial permit, the funeral home’s statement, and the preparation of the death certificate. The embassy accepts a certified check or a cashier’s check payable to the Embassy of Haiti, and does not accept cash or personal checks. Ask Miami whether its fee and payment rules are the same.
Haiti is not in the apostille system
Haiti does not appear in the HCCH status table of countries that are party to the Apostille Convention, so a Texas apostille is not the route. The embassy’s page on the authentication of U.S. documents describes a chain instead: the document is signed before a notary; the Secretary of State of the notary’s state authenticates the notary’s signature; the U.S. Department of State in Washington authenticates the state’s seal; and the document then goes to the consular section. The page gives a fee of 50 U.S. dollars for authenticating foreign documents.
That chain takes time that an apostille does not. The Texas step is described in the Texas Secretary of State authentication FAQ. Ask the consulate which documents in a repatriation file must go through the whole chain and which it will accept notarized, because the repatriation fee above is itself described as an authentication fee.
Whether a flight can land is the first question
Access is the hard part of a return to Haiti today. The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince says the State Department renewed its travel advisory for Haiti on July 10, 2026, that the country has been under a national state of emergency since March 2024, and that U.S. commercial flights are not currently operating to or from Port-au-Prince. The Federal Aviation Administration’s notice A0046/26 prohibits U.S. air carriers from operating below 10,000 feet in a defined part of Haiti’s airspace from September 1, 2026 until March 2, 2027, unless specifically authorized.
Sunrise Airways, a Haitian carrier, shows a notice on its website suspending all flights to and from Port-au-Prince for security reasons until further notice, and says its other routes are operating normally. Conditions change quickly. Before any document is ordered, ask the receiving funeral home which airport it can actually collect from, and ask the airline’s cargo desk whether it is accepting human remains to that airport now.
Cargo carriers
Amerijet, a cargo airline based in Miami, publishes a human remains service page saying it transports both cremated and non-cremated remains and that its team works with funeral homes and mortuaries on the arrangements. The page does not name destinations, so it is not confirmation of service to Haiti. We found no airline page that confirms current acceptance of human remains from Dallas to Haiti. A return will almost certainly involve a connection in Florida, and the file should not be built around a route until a carrier has accepted it in writing.
| Step | Who to ask |
|---|---|
| Death certificate, embalming and sealed-coffin letters | The funeral director here |
| Notary, Texas and U.S. State Department authentication | Texas Secretary of State, then Washington |
| The consular certificate and fee | Consulate General of Haiti in Miami |
| Which airport can receive | The receiving funeral home in Haiti |
| Whether the flight is operating and accepts remains | The airline’s cargo desk, in writing |
Ashes
The embassy’s published list is written for a body in a coffin. We found no Haitian government page that sets out a separate procedure for cremated remains. Ask the Miami consulate what it requires for an urn, and ask the airline whether it may travel as carry-on. The guide to shipping cremated remains explains the U.S. side.
Questions families ask about a return to Haiti
- Which Haitian consulate covers Dallas?
- The Consulate General in Miami. The Embassy of Haiti’s list of consular offices places Texas in Miami’s jurisdiction.
- Does a Texas apostille work for Haiti?
- No. Haiti is not listed as a party to the Apostille Convention. The embassy describes a chain of notary, state, U.S. Department of State and consular authentication.
- Are flights to Port-au-Prince operating?
- The U.S. Embassy states that U.S. commercial flights are not currently operating to or from Port-au-Prince. Ask the airline and the receiving funeral home before planning a route.
Sources checked and case confirmation
Sources checked September 21, 2026. We found no page from Haiti’s health ministry or customs service on receiving remains, and flight access changes often. Confirm documents, fees, route and receiving arrangements for the individual case. Contact Vargas–London with the origin and destination to discuss the next step without sending medical or identity documents through the inquiry form.
