What should I do if I lose my passport in Australia? I can’t find it no matter how I look for it``

You can go to the Consulate in Sydney to reissue a new one

The following are the instructions from the Chinese Consulate in Sydney about re-issuing a lost passport

(1) You must come in person To apply at the Embassy, ??fill in the "Passport Travel Document Application Form of the People's Republic of China" truthfully, completely and clearly.

Go to the consulate in person, take a "People's Republic of China Passport Travel Administrative Application Form" from the counter, and fill it out.

(2) Submit 3 recent passport photos of yourself.

The photo requirements are: a. A front-facing color passport photo (48×33 mm) with no hat, the head width of the portrait should be between 21-24 mm, and the head length should be between 28-33 mm. time);

b. The photo should be on glossy photo paper, and the background of the photo should be white or light blue.

Photos that do not meet the above standards, as well as photos that have been reproduced, black and white photos, or photos printed with a color printer, cannot be used to produce a passport.

(Your photos must meet the standards, otherwise if they don’t want them, you have to take them again. When my passport was extended, I took them again at a photo studio outside the consulate. It cost 10 yuan a set.)

(3) Provide one original and one copy of the documents that can prove the Chinese nationality and identity of the party concerned (such as the People’s Republic of China resident identity card, birth certificate with photo, etc.). Use A4 paper for copying.

(Usually a copy of the lost passport is used. I don’t know if you have made a copy of the lost passport. If not, you have to use a copy of the ID card.)

(4) Provide the original and copy of the letter explaining your visa situation in Australia issued by the Australian Immigration Bureau. If you have obtained a permanent residence visa (PR), you must provide a certificate of non-naturalization (CERTIFICATE OF EVIDENCE OF RESIDENT STATUS) issued by the Australian Immigration Bureau. If the person concerned is a current student, the original and copy of the certificate of enrollment and student ID card issued by the school can be provided.

(You can use the certificate of enrollment issued by your school, which is a letter proving student status, usually issued at the international office. In addition, a copy of the student ID is required.)

(5 ) Those who have lost their passports must provide a passport loss report (POLICE REPORT or EVENT REPORT) issued by the Australian Police Department.

When you determine that your passport is lost and decide to apply for a new passport, the first thing to do is to report the loss to the police station. You can go to any police station. Tell the police that your passport is lost. They will ask you to fill out a form. After completing it, they will send you a report of loss. This is the passport loss report mentioned above, which is actually just one page. .

(6) Please use A4 paper to describe in detail how your passport was lost or damaged.

(This is to tell how you lost your passport and how you searched carefully but couldn’t find it. It’s best to explain that you tried your best to look for it but still couldn’t find it. It should be available in both Chinese and English. In fact, Just recall what happened before and after you lost your passport, when, where you lost it, where you went to look for it, etc.)

(7) Other application matters required by the consular officer. related materials.

(Usually, you just give the above information to the staff of the consulate, and then they will give you something like a receipt and ask you to wait for a phone call. There is no other information to fill in. The application fee is due on the same day No need to pay it, you have to pay it when you go to get a new passport)

This type of application must be reported to the country to verify the applicant's identity and passport status, so it takes a long time and cannot be processed on an expedited basis. After the passport is produced, the consular officer will notify the applicant of the time to collect the passport, which usually takes 20-30 working days.

That’s basically it. Remember, if you decide to apply for a new passport, go to the police station and report it lost immediately. This is safer.