My husband lost his passport in korea.What shall he do?And what are the requirements?

Question

I am hoping you will help me about this....

Answer 1

From the US Dept of State - First Website listed below.

n order to protect yourself from identity fraud it is important to report a lost or stolen valid passport immediately!

For Lost or stolen passports Overseas, please contact the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate

How to Report and Replace a Lost or Stolen Passport in the U.S.

There are two steps required to get a new passport.

1. First, you must report your valid passport lost or stolen immediately. This is required of anyone who loses or has a passport stolen.

2. The second step is to replace your passport. Both steps and forms required are described below.

To Report a Lost or Stolen Passport:

Complete Statement Regarding Lost or Stolen Passport, Form DS-64

Fill in as much of the passport information as you can.

Answer all the other questions in detail.

Sign and submit above Form DS-64, Statement Regarding a Lost or Stolen Passport, to:

U.S. Department of State

Passport Services

Consular Lost/Stolen Passport Section

1111 19th Street, NW, Suite 500

Washington, DC 20036

Do not mail your new passport application to this address. In order to obtain a new passport you must appear in person at a Passport Agency or Acceptance Facility as outlined below.

Or call us toll free at: 1-877-487-2778 (TTY 1-888-874-7793)

Operators are available 7 a.m. to midnight, ET, Monday-Friday, excluding Federal holidays.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

If your still valid passport was lost or stolen, please submit the DS-64 form with the DS-11 application when you apply for a replacement at a Passport Agency or Acceptance Facility. NOTE: You must appear in person.

The information you provide on the DS-64, Statement Regarding a Lost or Stolen Passport will be entered in our Consular Lost/Stolen Passport System.

Passports reported lost or stolen are invalidated and can no longer be used for travel.

If you recover the passport after you have reported it lost or stolen, please submit it to the address listed above. When you submit it, if requested - we will cancel it and return it to you. If not requested, it will be destroyed.

Once a passport is reported lost or stolen, it cannot be re-validated.

To Replace a Lost or Stolen Valid Passport:

Complete Application for Passport, Form DS-11

You must appear in person at a Passport Agency or Acceptance Facility.

Complete Question #18 as follows:

Write your name as it appeared in your passport.

Write the approximate date of issue.

Include the passport number if known.

Under "DISPOSITION", mark the appropriate box.

If your passport was expired, write "EXPIRED" next to the "OTHER" box.

Submit your form:

To a passport acceptance facility.

You will also need photos, documentation and fees. See How to Apply in Person.

NOTE: If you travel extensively, you may request a larger, 48-page passport at no additional cost. To do so, please attach a signed request for a 48-page passport to your application.

Answer 2

he should contact the American Embassy immediately

and they will issue him another passport

Answer 3

Go to American Embassy, They will walk him through the process...basically harmless and painless

Answer 4

Oh man they are going to cane him bloody, just like that kid, Koreans don't have any sympathy for people that loose things.

Answer 5

The road-walker will find his road out to the top of the mountains he seek...

All the best.

mk

Answer 6

take your original photo same as passport foto to the consulate and they will issue you woth another passport

Answer 7

The best thing to do is for him to call the American Consulate in Seoul.  Their website is http://seoul.usembassy.gov/service.html. Note that you cannot fix this for him from the U.S., he will need to do it himself.

The requirements for a passport are also listed in this website.

Answer 8

Are you in Korea right now?  If you are go to the American Embassy.  If you are in the US here is the link to download the form for a lost/stolen passport  http://travel.state.gov/passport/forms/d...

Scroll down just a bit download the .pdf file.  Hope that helps-Melissa