Identifying the heirs is usually completed within weeks; the estate inventory varies according to the diversity of the assets and institutions’ response times. In cross-border files, the apostille and translation chain adds extra time. We set out a realistic timeline at the start, flag the steps that can stretch, and report as we go. One thing is worth knowing in advance: in practice the pace is set by how quickly the land registry, the banks and the consulates answer, and not by how complicated the file is.
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