hearsepapers
/ˈhɜːsˌpeɪpəz/nounVerified NewThe bundle of documents that allows a body to cross a border, and the ordeal of assembling it from abroad.
Death adds a second consular bureaucracy to a diaspora family's week: certificates, embalmings, transit permissions, all with expiry dates. The dead travel on stricter visas than the living ever did.
Etym. — hearse + papers: the final visa run, conducted on someone else's behalf.
Rel. — timezonetithe
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