Of course, a person who has lost a passport can only sympathize. Which of us has not been in a similar situation? Surely, many. And not everyone knows the answer to the question: “Passport is lost. What to do"? Meanwhile, the fact of the loss of an identity card itself can be transformed into a serious problem. What happens if the document falls into the hands of scammers?
They can get a loan or register a “one-day company” - all this is fraught with troubles with the “law”.
What needs to be done first
If you have lost your passport, what to do at the same time - you absolutely do not know, you should immediately contact the law enforcement authorities. Moreover, the sooner you do this, the easier it will be to restore the identity document. Come to the police and report: “I have lost my passport. What to do"? The police will definitely deal with this issue. Employees of the "power" bodies will issue you a coupon notice, which will be a confirmation that you have addressed in a timely manner where you should.
However, the solution to the problem is not limited to when a passport is lost. What else to do in this case?
Be sure to check out the migration service
You must also contact the structural unit of the migration service if the loss of the document occurred due to careless handling.
By informing the migration service about the loss of an identity document, you thereby “turn” your passport into an invalid document.
After completing the application for the loss of a passport, you just have to wait. The competent authorities within the next 24 hours will address the data of an identity document to the federal database, which is regularly “reviewed” by organizations to verify the validity of the passport.
After contacting the migration service, a person who has lost an identity document may not be afraid that someone will use it for unseemly purposes.
If your passport is lost, you will have to pay a fine for this administrative offense, and its size will be from one hundred to three hundred rubles. If you contacted the competent authorities with a "huge" delay in order to restore the document, the amount of the fine will increase to 1,500–2,500 rubles.
Documents required for passport restoration
We figured out the question of where to go if I lost my passport . Let us now focus on the documents that must be submitted in order to be done anew.
Firstly, you should write a statement about the loss, in which you need to spell out all the circumstances of what happened.
Secondly, you should have a receipt on the payment of the state duty, its size is five hundred rubles.
Thirdly, you must have four full-face photographs measuring 35x45 cm.
Fourth, additional documents may be required of you that confirm that you are you: birth certificate, marriage certificate, birth certificate of children.
In these documents, passport office employees will make notes that you have lost an identity document.
During the period when a new passport will be made, you will be given a temporary document.