If I lost my passport, what should I do? Such a question can often be heard or read on the Internet. This is the main document of any citizen, it gives a lot of rights, as well as an identity card. And to do without it is simply impossible. So, if you have lost your passport, a person should be prepared for some difficulties in the process of its restoration. It is advisable to take action as soon as possible. After all, he could fall into the hands of scammers, who certainly would not lose theirs, take, for example, a bank loan in your name. And life in a state of law without this document will become quite complicated.
First of all, if you lost your passport, a person should remember under what circumstances this happened. When he disappeared, where exactly, in a crowded or deserted place, could someone find him and so on. If you are sure - the probability that someone will find and use it is negligible, then you can simply go to the FMS unit, which is closest. You will have to pay a fine for a lost document there, and then you will write a statement asking you to issue you a new one. If you contact the Federal Migration Service at your place of residence, then after ten days you can already get a new passport in your hands. If you write a statement in another department, you have to wait at least two months. All this time, data verification and preparation of documents will take place.
If you lost your passport in a crowded place, what should I do? Good question. Some people prefer to write ads asking responsible and conscious citizens to respond and return the document. This decision may well become fatal. For a number of reasons, the person who found your passport might not even see the advertisement, for example, go past it or live in a completely different area and no longer return to this place. In addition, hardly anyone will answer for the honesty of this subject. And the loan taken by a fraudster is not the worst. You can still commit a criminal offense with your passport or register a one-day company.
The best way out if your passport is lost is to contact the local inspector or the police department closest to your place of registration. There you will tell about the loss, as well as write a statement that the document was lost under unknown circumstances. He is simply obliged to accept. If a policeman refuses this, be more persistent. The application is registered, and you receive a coupon about it. It must be stored in order to protect yourself from the possible actions of scammers who decided to use your passport. As soon as the coupon is in your hands, you will cease to be responsible for the lost document. If you do not have a certificate of loss of a passport, then it is quite possible that you will soon be “happy” with a message from a tax or bank.
After a while, an answer-decision on refusal or consent to institute criminal proceedings will be sent to your address.
If there is a loss of a passport of the Russian Federation, and you receive a refusal, you need to go with him to the same FMS. There you should purchase a set of forms for restoring documents. Filling them is quite simple, although at first it doesn't seem so. It is necessary to pay attention to examples that are hung on the walls. An explanatory note drawn up in any form, as well as an application for the restoration of the document, certified by the head of the passport office, are added to the forms. You will have to pay 150 rubles for renewing your passport at the nearest Sberbank branch.
In anticipation of a new passport, you must contact the address service at your place of residence to get a certificate of yourself there. This is done on the basis of any other documents that confirm your identity.
To become the owner of a new passport, you need to collect a lot of different papers: a certificate of employment, a work book, photocopies of a military ID, birth certificate, photographs of a certain format, and so on. Have to be patient.
Thus, if you lose your passport, a person should not be upset, it is better to take action promptly.