What to do if you are lost. Renat Garifzyanov - what to do if you have lost your closest person
A passport is the main document identifying a citizen. If it falls into the hands of fraudsters in the event of loss or theft, this will threaten its owner with serious troubles, so it is necessary to report the loss of the passport and begin the process of restoring it as soon as possible.
Legal instructions on the site will tell you what to do if you lose your passport.
What are the consequences of losing your passport?
In addition to the red tape associated with document restoration, which can take up to two months, there are other problems that can result from the loss of a passport. If an outstanding document falls into the hands of fraudsters on time, then trouble will inevitably follow. There are a lot of ways for criminals to use a lost passport. They can apply for a large loan on your passport and in more than one bank. You will find out about this when, after some time, collectors contact you and demand that you repay the debt. The website contains more than a hundred questions from citizens who have suffered from fraudulent activities using a stolen passport. It can be used to purchase a SIM card with the “debt conversation” option, and then this debt will be presented to the owner of the document with which the SIM card was purchased. Your passport could also be planted at a crime scene, or even sold to a criminal with a similar appearance, who will use it while living under your name. Such cases also happen.
Losing your passport: first steps
To avoid the troubles described above, you need to report the loss of your passport as soon as possible. If the passport was stolen, then this must be done at the nearest police department, where you will write a statement, according to which a case will be initiated, and the passport will be put on the wanted list. However, you should not wait until your passport is found and transferred to the lost property office or the FMS department. The police will give you a notification coupon, with which you need to go to the FMS office at the place of registration, where they will cancel the lost document and issue you a temporary identity card, starting the process of passport restoration.
If your passport was lost due to carelessness, you must immediately go to the FMS. If the migration service department does not work during right time, then you can also contact the police to record the fact of loss. To do this, you will have to give an explanation, in return for which you will be given the same notification coupon. It must be stored for as long as possible. In case of trouble, this will be additional evidence that the passport was really lost and you did not use it.
What documents are needed to renew a passport?
To restore a lost passport, you must provide to the FMS department a receipt paid at Sberbank for payment of the state duty for the loss of the passport (500 rubles), four photographs measuring 35 x 45 mm on a white background, where the person will occupy at least 80% of the space, as well as an explanation of the circumstances of the loss . At the passport office you also need to take an extract of registration at your place of residence. In addition, it is necessary to provide copies and originals of all documents confirming additional marks in the passport: marriage or divorce certificate, child’s birth certificate, military ID, international passport. And finally, if the passport was lost due to carelessness, pay a fine of 300 rubles.
After submitting these documents to the FMS, you will be issued a temporary identity card, which can be used during the renewal of your passport. For example, you can use it to buy plane and train tickets. The production of a passport will take from 10 days to several months, depending on who and when the lost passport was issued. If the document was issued by the same department of the Federal Migration Service that is responsible for the restoration, then the process will be quick; if you have to send requests to other regions, then the new passport will not be ready earlier than a month or two.
Nowadays, people most often write about a lost or found document on the Internet: on various websites and on social networks. Some people are lucky and get their lost items returned to them. However, scammers may respond to messages, promising to return what they lost, and after receiving a reward, they will disappear.
That’s why many people go to the police: each department has a kind of lost and found office, where everything that people found and brought is stored. But you will definitely have to contact law enforcement if your documents are stolen.
Passport
If your passport was stolen, then you need to go to the police, write a statement about the theft, receive a notification coupon that your application was accepted, and go with it to the migration service. If the thief is found, then in the framework of a criminal case he can be brought a civil claim for compensation for damages associated with the replacement of documents.
If your passport was burned in a fire, you need to get a certificate about this from the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Belgorod Region and go with it to the migration service.
If you have lost your passport, you must write an application for its restoration to the migration service. In this case, you will also need to pay a fine for loss - from 100 to 300 rubles.
To restore your passport, you need to provide any available documents: marriage certificate, birth certificate, or photocopies of a lost (stolen) passport. Even if there are no documents left, it’s okay. If you already had a passport, as part of the lost case, migration service employees will establish the person’s identity and issue a new document.
You also need to bring two 3 x 4 photographs to the migration service and pay the state fee 1.5 thousand rubles. A duplicate passport (i.e., the restored document will have the same validity period as the lost one) will be issued at the place of residence within ten days, at the place of stay (in another region) - within a month.
While the passport is being restored, migrant workers can issue a temporary identity card. To do this, you need to submit another 3 x 4 photo. A temporary ID has the same powers as a passport, so if you have lost other documents, it will help you recover them.
But if you lose your foreign passport, a duplicate is not provided; you will have to get it again.
Military ID
To restore your military ID, you need to contact the military registration and enlistment office. Provide a passport or other identification document and four 3 x 4 photos. If you are under 27 years old and have not completed military service, then you also need a medical certificate.
If your military ID was stolen or burned in a fire, you will not pay a fine, but if you lost it, you will pay from 100 to 500 rubles.
The military ID will be restored in about a month (if you applied at a location other than your place of registration, it may take longer). The military registration and enlistment office will have to check the documents provided and make written requests to the military unit where the person served. There is no state duty when restoring a military ID.
Driver's license
To restore your driver's license, you need to contact the interdistrict registration and examination department of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate with a passport or other identification document. The MREO has an all-Russian database, so the place of registration does not matter.
The state duty for replacing a license is 2,000 rubles, if you contact through the State Services website, then 1 400 . After paying the fee and submitting the application, the certificate will be issued in an hour and a half - for the same period as the lost one.
If the validity period of the missing license has come to an end, then you can undergo a medical examination, present a medical certificate to the MREO and receive a new license, as if replaced upon expiration, for ten years.
There is no penalty for losing your driver's license.
TIN
The taxpayer identification number is restored at any inspection of the Federal Tax Service, regardless of the place of registration. You need to come there with a passport and pay a 300 ruble state fee. A new taxpayer registration certificate will be issued in five working days, but the TIN itself will not change: it is assigned once and for all.
Medical policy
To restore a medical policy, you need to bring your passport and SNILS (individual personal account insurance number) to any policy issuing point, regardless of the place of registration. Based on these documents, you will be issued a temporary certificate, which will be the basis for the provision of free medical care.
The policy will be ready within a month. And completely free.
SNILS
To obtain a duplicate of SNILS, you must contact any branch of the pension fund, regardless of the place of registration. All you need is a passport and an application for a duplicate.
SNILS is restored on the day of application. The procedure is free.
Bank card
The main thing you need to know if you lose your bank card is that it needs to be blocked immediately. This can be done through your personal account, by calling the hotline or at the nearest branch of the relevant bank. In this case, the online bank is not blocked. In addition, you can withdraw cash from your account at a bank branch.
It takes an average of two to four weeks to restore a plastic card. Each bank costs this service differently. Sometimes when a card is restored, its conditions change.
Store cards
Store discount and bonus cards are restored by first name, last name, phone number and date of birth. And completely free. In this case, all bonuses that were on the lost card will remain.
Alexey Stopichev
While you are in a foreign country, main problem What remains for you is the loss of your passport. Without an identity document abroad, you will not be able to return back. In order not to remain an illegal immigrant in a foreign land, you need to contact several services.
1. Lost and Found
If the backpack with the documents was not snatched from your hands, you simply left it somewhere and were not found there, there is a chance that the bag was given to the Lost and Found department of the airport, or to the bus driver, or to the cafe waiter. Accordingly, you should contact the same place to find out if the loss has been found.
If bank cards have also disappeared, it is better to block them at this stage, because depriving you of all your money is a matter of a few minutes for attackers.
2. Police
If the bag is not found, it is obvious that it fell into the wrong hands. In this case, go to the nearest police station and explain the problem. If you do not know the local language, and the law enforcement officers do not speak English, show acting skills, show pantomime, draw what happened on paper, put on a puppet show - anything to make you understood.
Your goal is to file a theft report and receive a document that confirms this.
According to recommendations General recommendations Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a document from the police is not mandatory for issuing a certificate of return to the Russian Federation. But its presence will make it easier to understand at the consulate.
If your application confirmation is in your pocket, there is one more thing to consider. Thieves can steal everything valuable and throw away documents. In this case, respectable citizens often bring the papers they find to the police. So ask what number and how often you should call to find out if something is missing.
3. Diplomatic representation
Go to the consulate with a police certificate Russian Federation. Bring with you two photographs measuring 35 × 45 mm or 30 × 40 mm.
The main task is to confirm your identity.
If you still have the internal one with you, there will be no problems. If he also disappeared, you will have to find two Russian citizens over 18 years of age and with passports in their hands, which will confirm in writing that you are who you say you are. If you are traveling alone, try looking for compatriots in groups on social networks and forums. In extreme cases, consular employees who are also citizens of the Russian Federation can come to the rescue.
Any documents with photographs and stamps will be useful. However, consulate staff will need additional time to check them. Copies of your internal and foreign passports will also not be superfluous.
As a result, the diplomatic mission will issue you with a certificate for entry into the Russian Federation, with which you can return to your homeland.
With the certificate, you must enter the Russian Federation within 15 days. Then you will have three days to submit it to the Migration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
4. Airline
At the reception you will be waiting with your passport. Therefore, contact the airline in advance and explain that circumstances have changed.
It is better to arrive at the airport early, as airline employees may have additional questions for you.
Where to go in Russia
After returning to the country, you will have to complete a quest to obtain all the lost documents. There are several ways to do this.
1. Portal "Government services"
Select the “Life Situations” section, then “Are your documents lost or stolen?”, and get access to the relevant services. Next, proceed in accordance with the instructions on the site.
2. Multifunctional centers
Here you can get duplicates of SNILS, compulsory medical insurance policies, marriage and divorce certificates, internal and foreign passports. You can register at the MFC via the Internet.
3. Relevant departments
For passports you will have to go to the migration department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of your region, for SNILS - to the pension fund, for a driver's license - to the traffic police, for a compulsory medical insurance policy - to an insurance company.
Renew documents of non-state importance, such as a student ID or work pass, through the services that issued them.
How to prepare in case of loss of documents
Main advice: keep an eye on things, this will help avoid all problems. But there is something else you can do.
- Write down the embassy phone number on several pieces of paper and put them in your pockets so that the number is at hand. If a backpack and jacket are stolen, contacts of the diplomatic mission will be found, for example, in jeans.
- Make electronic copies of your domestic and foreign passports, give them to a responsible person for safekeeping, who, in the event of an emergency, can send them to you via the Internet.
- Agree with your friends in case the money goes missing along with the documents. With these funds you will be able to take photos and get to the consulate.
What to do if you have lost your passport abroad: where to go, who to contact, necessary documents.
Losing your passport abroad is unpleasant, but not fatal. You are not the first and not the last to whom such a story happened, so the scheme for sending foreign citizens home in all tourist cities has already been worked out. So what to do? First of all, stop panicking.
Go to the police
If you are abroad and your documents, including your passport, have been stolen, you should contact the local police as soon as possible. It is unlikely that they will find a passport, but they will provide a temporary identity card. The police will tell you how to write statement, will make a copy of it and have it certified. Ask for two copies: present one at the embassy, and the second will be useful to the Federal Migration Service upon returning to your homeland when you renew your passport. Moreover, if we're talking about about theft, not loss, you will draw up list of stolen items and you will be introduced to your rights, also in writing.
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Collect evidence
Before going to the embassy, find out exactly what documents will be required to restore your identity card.
Options are possible, but usually the set is standard:
- two photos;
- a Russian passport, its certified copy, a driver’s license, a hunting license or a library card - any document that contains your name, photograph and some kind of stamp;
- electronic copies of the international passport and Russian passport (in case you are great and made them on the eve of the trip);
You can notarize a Russian passport directly at the embassy, for a fee (in Barcelona it costs about 41 EUR per page), or from a Russian notary.
If you have nothing to show the embassy other than photographs, a statement to the police and your word of honor, then there is an option as a last resort. Two witnesses must come with you - two compatriots with Russian passports, who will confirm that you are you. Ideally, these should be your relatives, friends or acquaintances, but you can persuade any compatriots if they do not say that you met half an hour ago.
If there are no volunteers, you will have to call your friends in Russia and ask them to send you by fax or e-mail a copy of your passport and go get it certified.
Go to the embassy
There is the following difficulty here. Embassies are usually located in capitals and large cities. If you happen to be left without a passport in some remote village, get out of there in Big city you will have to do it yourself. You won't be allowed on planes or trains without a passport, only buses and cars remain. If your driver’s license was also stolen, then only as a passenger, alas.
Keep in mind that embassies are usually open from morning to afternoon and may not be open every day. For example, in Spain, in Barcelona, the Embassy's opening hours are from 10:00 to 13:30, and at Bonn from 10:00 to 12:00. There is no need to make an appointment at the embassy, since the loss of documents is quite an emergency situation, and they will receive you without a queue.
If everything is in order with the documents, certificate of right to return home It will be issued to you on the same day within a few hours, and you will present it at the airport at passport control on your way home. Keep in mind that this certificate is valid for 14 days, so if you came for a long vacation and lost your passport on the first day, you should start restoring it no earlier than 2 weeks before departure.
Go to the Federal Migration Service
Upon returning to Russia, you will need to go to the Federal Migration Service, which issued you a foreign passport. Even if your passport was stolen abroad, it is recommended to say that you lost it or drowned it at sea. By law, the police have three months to find the thief and return the original to you, so you'll have to wait. A lost passport is restored within 10-14 days.
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