While waiting for my boarding pass in the airport on my return trip from South Africa, I felt extremely happy to be returning home to India. When my turn arrived, I was asked to hand in my passport I put my hand in my handbag confidently knowing that it had to be there. But it was only minutes before I realized that the precious blue book was missing.

Passport Processors Hard At Work!

Losing a passport is a more common phenomenon than losing one’s wallet. Thankfully there are better measures that are taken to revive a lost passport than get back a lost wallet. So the next time your passport gets lost, follow the steps given below:

(1)               Contact the police immediately

Once you realize that you have lost your passport, be it in the airport or railway station, contact the police immediately. They will register your information and refer you to your respective embassy. They may also take your statement in the form of a legal document, which will enable you to extend your stay in a foreign land without a passport when you are waiting for a new one.

(2)               Consult the Embassy

Once you have reached your country’s embassy make sure that you speak to the correct department, one that can help you get you a new passport. They will give you a list of documents that will be required to get a new passport. The most common things required are two recent passport size photographs which can be got locally from anywhere. The embassy will require you to fill in documents with information that was available in your previous passport. Once you pay for this new passport, you get this temporary passport, you have to swear an oath saying that the information provided is truly yours and then sign on some papers. You are allowed to use this temporary passport only for a period of 90 days within which you can issue a more permanent one, for which you will not have to pay anything more.

(3)               Contact the Airlines Authority

Since you could not have booked your flight without the passport, you will have to hop on to a new one. To get away with paying less, contact the airlines authorities and tell them about your situation. They will replace your ticket for which you will not have to pay the price of a new ticket but much less.

(4)               Do not misplace your second passport

A new and temporary passport can only be issued once, so hold on to it because if you lose this one, the application process for another passport becomes more difficult than what it was the first time. Besides losing passports frequently often leads to suspicion among authorities into thinking that you may be involved in some illegal activities.

Losing a passport and going through the various processes is a dreadful experience, so protect yourself by carrying a copy of the passport and not the original document. Take all the measures so that you do not lose your passport ever again.

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