What if I lose my passport when I travel to Europe?

1. If you lose your passport while traveling in Europe, you should rummage in the garbage at the scene and inform the police and staff at the scene in time. Foreign people are very enthusiastic, and they will try their best to help you find it. 2. If you can't find it, report the loss to the local police station as soon as possible. When reporting a case, be sure to bring a copy of your passport and visa. Police in some countries rarely speak English. With the copy, they will understand what happened and help you fill in the report of loss accurately. 3. Go to the embassy or consulate of China in the current country to apply for a passport or travel permit as soon as possible with the certificate of loss reporting and a copy of the passport. It takes a long time to apply for a passport. If you want to return to China in a short time, it is recommended to apply for a travel permit. A travel permit is a document that replaces a passport and has the same effect as a passport. Under normal circumstances, it takes four working days for an ordinary embassy to apply for a travel permit, and only two working days for expedited travel, that is, the next day after submitting the information. A travel permit is a blueprint the same size as a passport, except for personal information, which is a blank visa page. Therefore, after applying for a visa with a travel card, the travel card is equivalent to a passport, and you can freely complete the travel specified in the visa. Generally speaking, a travel permit is valid for two years unless otherwise specified. 4. In principle, if you hold a blank travel permit, you can only use it for returning to China. For example, we have a blank travel permit at the Chinese Embassy in Italy and are only allowed to return home from Italy. If time permits, you can apply for a visa again at the Italian city hall. If you only hold a visa-free travel permit, you are not allowed to go to other countries outside Italy without special reasons. Cross-border travel is not allowed with a blank travel permit, but domestic travel is completely allowed. There is no reason for airlines to stop you from taking domestic flights. For example, we can fly from Milan to Naples with a blank travel permit. 6. A blank travel permit must be used together with a copy of the passport and a certificate of loss of the passport. Only show a blank travel permit, which has no special instructions. The inspectors will still think that you have a blank passport, and if there is no police certificate, they will still think that you have entered the country illegally with a blank passport. Therefore, the lost passport certificate issued by the police is very important. Don't lose it. 7. It is ok to go to other countries with a blank passport, but you must have a good reason. The so-called sufficient reason is that the only reason for you to go to this country is to return to China. If you return to China, the customs officers will not stop you from going to this country, but you must show your travel permit, passport copy, visa copy and police lost certificate, as well as your return ticket from the destination country. In addition to this reason, in principle, it should be forbidden to go to other countries. Although the EU does not check passports across borders now, it is inevitable to do so. So I suggest you don't run around with blank passports. The safest way is to return directly from the country that issued the travel permit.