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A Lost Pass Port Isn’t The Easiest Thing To Deal With
By CruiseDirector | February 6, 2010
If you are one of the unfortunate people who lose their passports every year, you shouldn’t worry. The US Department of State offers you various means of replacing it. By reading the following paragraphs below, you’ll learn how to replace a lost or stolen pasport.
But before you even go to have your lost or stolen passport replaced, you need to report its loss immediately. You can do this by filling up a Form DS-64, which is a statement on the loss or theft of your US passport. This is an important step that you need to go through before having your passport replaced. Another option would be to call the Department of State in their toll-free numbers. Or if you lose your passport in another country, contact the US Embassy or Consulate nearest you as soon as possible.
When filling up your copy of Form DS-64, you need to provide as much information as you can regarding the lost or stolen passport. Also, you would need to provide detailed answers to the questions in the said form. Finally, once you have filled in all the necessary information required, you can now send it to the US Department of States’ Passport Services office.
How about in cases when the passport that you lost was still valid by the time it disappeared? You would be required to have your passport replaced. To do this, you would have to submit your Form DS-64, along with the DS-11 in person. The DS-11 is the form you fill up to apply for a replacement us passport. You would then send these forms to your nearest passport agency or acceptance facility.
Your passport is invalidated once it’s been reported stolen. Because of this, you will no longer be able to use that passport in case you are able to recover it. Another thing you should keep in mind is that you may no longer request an already invalidated passport to be revalidated. It will therefore be necessary for you to apply for a new passport.
In cases where you are able to recover your passport, you need to submit it to the US Department of State’s Passport Services office. You can have your recovered passport canceled and returned to you, upon request. Should you not request its return, the office will then destroy your recovered passport.
When applying for a replacement passport, the acceptance facility will require you to submit your application in person. And since you have to travel to the agency’s office, it is highly advised that you check your documents before you even go there. This would save you the hassle of going back and forth until you are finally complete all the requirements.
Now that you know how to replace a lost american passport, let’s sum things up a bit to wrap everything up. First, you need to report the loss of your passport immediately. You can either fill in the DS-64 form, call a toll-free number, or the nearest Consulate or Embassy, depending on your case. Once you’ve reported your loss, that’s only the time you can request for a replacement passport.
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