A Malaysia Airlines flight(click here) carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing over the
South China Sea on Saturday, prompting China to send ships to scour the
water for possible wreckage....
The Chinese are putting in a heroic effort.
How to Deal with a Missing Passport (click here)
The Chinese are putting in a heroic effort.
How to Deal with a Missing Passport (click here)
If a group leader has to deal with a lost or stolen passport, these tips will help to speed the replacement process:
Make 4 color photocopies
of the first two pages of each person’s passport. (Be sure everyone
signs their brand-new passports, too, before you depart for the
airport.) Group leaders should keep one copy and students should keep a copy in their carry-on bag and one copy in their checked luggage. All copies should be kept separately from the actual passport. Leave one copy at home with family members....
- U.S. passport
- U.S. passport card
- DHS "Trusted Traveler" cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST)
- U.S. Military ID (active duty or retired military and their dependents, and DOD civilians)
- Permanent Resident Card
- Border Crossing Card
- DHS-designated enhanced driver's license
- Driver's Licenses or other state photo identity cards issued by Department of Motor Vehicles (or equivalent)
- Native American Tribal Photo ID
- HSPD-12 PIV Card
- An airline or airport-issued ID (if issued under a TSA-approved security plan)
- A foreign government-issued passport
- Canadian provincial driver's license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) card
- Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)
- Non-US/Canadian citizens are not required to carry their passports if they have documents issued by the U.S. government such as Permanent Resident Cards. Those who do not should be carrying their passports while visiting the U.S.
It will be sometime before the Malaysian flight will be discovered as to it's cause, but, it doesn't matter everyone knows the possibility of passport theft. Still yet another hurdle for airlines.
We had our car broken into yesterday in Portugal, (click here) in the car park of a fairly quiet rural semi-touristy area. We were away from the car for less than 10 mins.
A bag was taken which was not very well hidden on the floor of the front passenger seat. Bag contained 2 passports, mobile, mp4 player, plus some other stuff like a notebook, tissues etc.
They obviously didn't have any time/intention to go through the rest of the car (phew!!!!!) which was full of clothes, camping gear etc plus hidden laptops, satnav, bank cards, driving licences etc.
To cut a long story short... We went to the local police and reported the incident. 15 mins after we left the station they called us and said the bag had been found discarded near the road so we went to collect it. It contained everything but the mobile and mp4.
So... we got our passports back!!!!...
Maggie
It's a typical opportunist crime. The culprits were only after easily
disposable items and MP3 players and mobiles are dead easy to get rid of
for cash. You don't need a specialist fence like you would for
passports.
Thank your lucky stars that they were not professionals or your driving licences, bank cards, hidden laptops (no doubt with very useful identity theft info) would have gone as well as your passports - for good. You could have been a step away from having your bank accounts emptied.
You can hardly blame the police for your own idiocy in leaving so many valuables in a car in a tourist area. In fact, they actually got your belongings back in record time.
Rather than be suspicious of the law keepers, be a bit more street wise in your own behaviour. A half hidden bag in the front passenger seat was a magnet for an opportunistic thief and unbelievably naive behaviour on your part.
Thank your lucky stars that they were not professionals or your driving licences, bank cards, hidden laptops (no doubt with very useful identity theft info) would have gone as well as your passports - for good. You could have been a step away from having your bank accounts emptied.
You can hardly blame the police for your own idiocy in leaving so many valuables in a car in a tourist area. In fact, they actually got your belongings back in record time.
Rather than be suspicious of the law keepers, be a bit more street wise in your own behaviour. A half hidden bag in the front passenger seat was a magnet for an opportunistic thief and unbelievably naive behaviour on your part.
