What if I lose my passport in the Philippines?

If you lose your passport abroad, you need to do this:

The first step is to report the loss to the local police station and make a bill. Reminder: you can usually get a police officer's card on the same day.

Step 2: reissue your passport or travel permit (it takes 4 working days to apply for a travel permit locally, and only 2 working days to expedite it, which is faster).

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

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.

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, a blank travel permit can only be used for returning to China, and it must be used together with a copy of the passport and a certificate of loss of the passport issued by the police in the host country. 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.