Originally Posted By: Bingley
What should you do if you have no emergency contact you can list? Your family is gone. You're alone. Your friends who might be willing live in a different country, and they don't necessarily speak English. You're new to the town that your work has sent you.

Fill out an organ donor card.

Seriously though, you could become active in a church in your new town. That might be a good place to make friends and gain support (while you also help support others). You may develop friendships/relationships there that could act as personal contacts. If you're not religious, joining a volunteer organization that supports the local community is another path you could try.

These kind of contacts would not be able to make medical decisions for you or manage your estate. But they could probably at least intervene to get you buried. Or advocate for you in a court of law.