What if I lose my passport when I travel to Japan to study abroad?

If you still accidentally lose your passport, you can deal with it from the following aspects.

Case 1: Lost before leaving the country

Anyone who loses his passport before leaving the country shall apply to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ at the city level where his current residence is located with his ID card, residence booklet or other household registration certificate. In principle, you will apply for a new passport three months after the date of acceptance.

So when you decide to go abroad, you must look at your passport again to prevent it from being lost after booking.

Case 2: Lost abroad

Step 1: Report the loss to the local police station and make the bill.

You can usually get a police officer's card on the same day.

If you find your passport lost, don't panic. If you are in a hotel, check every corner carefully, especially under the bed and the bed, because sometimes you will fall through the cracks. If you are outside, remember the route you took and look for it later. Sometimes thieves leave useless things on the side of the road at any time to find money, which is why wallets and passports should not be put together. If you really can't find it, make sure it is lost and report it to the local police station or police station as soon as possible.

Tip: It is very important to report the loss to the police station. The lost passport certificate issued by the local police is one of the necessary materials to apply for a travel permit.

Step 2: reissue your passport or travel permit.

It takes 4 working days to apply for a tourist permit in the local area, and 2 working days are expedited.

Travel permits are different from passports. After losing their passports, tourists can go to the embassy or consulate of the host country to reissue their passports or travel permits before returning home. To handle the relevant documents, travelers need to show proof of lost passport, copy of passport and other documents issued by local police.

Method 1: reissue the passport locally (the issuance time is 15 working days from the date of accepting the application, and the waiting time is longer. )

Method 2: It takes 4 working days to apply for a tourist permit locally, and only 2 working days to expedite it, which is faster. )

A travel permit is a blueprint the size of a passport, except for personal information, which is a blank visa page. In principle, blank travel cards can only be used for returning to China, and cross-border travel is not allowed. It must be used together with a copy of your passport and a lost passport certificate issued by the local police. 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 passport loss certificate issued by the police is very important and must not be lost.

It is ok to go to other countries with a blank travel permit, 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 after a stopover. If you return to China, the customs officer will let you go to this country, but you should show your travel certificate, a copy of your passport, a copy of your visa, a police lost certificate, and your return ticket from the destination country.

In addition to this reason, it is forbidden to go to other countries in principle. Although the EU does not check passports across borders, it will inevitably encounter surprise checks. Therefore, it is recommended not to run around when holding a blank travel permit. The safest way is to return directly from the country that issued the travel permit.

Some countries can't go through the customs when they get a travel permit, so they have to go to the immigration bureau to reissue their entry visas. There is also a layer of customs between Hong Kong and the mainland, so tourists with temporary documents cannot enter Hong Kong. It is best for passengers to fly back to China directly from the reporting country.

Tip: You'd better make a backup of relevant identification before going abroad, and take a copy with you. The best way is to bring a copy of your ID card, a photo of your passport's first page and visa page, a photo of your household registration book, and a photo of your flight ticket during your trip, and leave one in the mailbox.

Step 3: Go back to China and get a passport.

To subsidize the original passport and valid visa, an additional appointment is required.

When returning to China, tourists can go back to the entry-exit permit center where their registered permanent residence is located, provide the certificate issued by the local police station and the relevant certificate provided by the travel agency when the certificate is lost, or publish the lost notice information in the designated newspaper according to the regulations of the relevant departments, and choose one of the three materials.

Among them, the police station certificate is undoubtedly the simplest method. Materials to be carried: travel permit and its photocopy (photo page, entry stamp page), household registration book and its photocopy, ID card and its photocopy, original and photocopy of foreign alarm records, translation by a translation company recognized by the entry-exit administration department, and 2-inch photos.