Permission to do ordinances

Khaled12

I would like help about requesting ordinances for a friend. His closest living relative has given me verbal permission but lives in a part of the world where it is hard to print off and send a letter giving permission. She could participate in a phone call, though noting that she speaks Arabic and does not speak English.

Your assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bryan54

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Khaled12

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Bryan54

Thank you for contacting FamilySearch Support and bringing your concern to our attention. Before you can request proxy temple ordinances for a friend to whom you are unrelated, you must submit signed permission from a close living relative of your friend.

A close living relative is an undivorced spouse (the spouse to whom the individual was married at the time of death), an adult child, a parent, or sibling. Please see the Church’s General Handbook, 28.1.1.1.  

Make sure that you have signed, written permission from one of your friend's close living relatives. We cannot accept signed, written permission from yourself or your deceased friend, it must be from the closest living relative. Word the written permission this way:

I, (name of person giving permission), give (your name) permission to do temple work in a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple, for (name of deceased), who is my (relationship to person giving permission). (Signature of person giving permission)

If your deceased friend has no close living relatives that can provide written permission, then a request cannot be granted.

Please reply to this message with the following information. Your request will then be sent to a specialty team for processing. Please note that it can take some time to process requests.

1. The deceased individual’s Name and Family Tree ID number.

2. The person granting permission’s name and his or her relationship to the deceased individual.

3. A scanned copy or photo of the signed permission form.