How to deal with the loss of immigrant Spanish passport

A friend once joked:? In foreign countries, you should take care of your passport like you care about your life! ? But what if you really lose your passport abroad? Passport is one of the most important items for living and working abroad. How to deal with the loss of passport urgently to prevent more serious situations from happening? Take Spain for example. If you lose your precious passport in Spain, you can reissue it according to the following procedures. Passport replacement:

China citizens who have lived in Spain for a long time and hold China passports can apply for a replacement passport at the embassy after losing their passports.

1. materials required for passport processing:

1. Fill in the application form for China passport/travel permit/return certificate. The application form can be found on the embassy official website? Overseas Chinese service? Download the passport section of this column)

2. ID card photos in duplicate (2 photos of color ID card with bareheaded front). The photo size is 48mmx33mm, in which the head width is 15mm-22mm, the head height is 28mm-33mm, the distance from the top of the head to the top of the photo is 3mm-5mm, and the height from the face jaw to the lower edge of the image is not less than 7 mm. The background is white. Don't wear headdress, vest or sling. I need to provide photos of myself in the past six months to ensure that they conform to my recent appearance. Anything that is not in line with my current situation may lead to unqualified photos, which may lead to the rejection of my passport application.

3. Copies of the information page (the page with photos), information page (if any) and extension page (if any) of the lost passport.

4. Original and photocopy of valid residence certificate in Spain. If your residence has expired and you are applying, please provide your application materials or residence approval letter submitted to the Spanish government.

If your residence permit is lost together, please provide a copy of your residence permit or the original and copy of the application materials for residence replacement submitted to the Spanish government.

If there is no valid residence in Spain, you need to provide the original residence certificate issued within three months, and live for more than half a year.

If you have applied to the Spanish government for residence or your application has been approved, please provide the originals and copies of these materials so that the staff can speed up the processing of your passport application as appropriate.

5. Original and photocopy of the report of loss issued by the Spanish police (owner information and ID number of the report of loss shall be indicated).

6. Fill in the supplementary instructions for passport application.

7. The applicant shall handle it by himself. If the applicant is under 16, both parents (or legal guardians) must be present to apply. Please provide the identity documents and kinship certificates of both parents (or legal guardians). If it is inconvenient for one parent to come, please go to the local notary office to issue a notarial certificate and entrust the other parent to bid for it.

8. Passport reservation can be made through the online reservation system for overseas passport application (website:), and you can enjoy convenient services such as priority processing.

9. According to the situation, the consular staff may need you to provide other necessary materials.

Second, the location and office hours

Address: c/ Josefa Valc? Rcel 40, take bus 1 14 or 120 to Josefa Valc? The Rcel station is just around the corner.

Office hours: Monday to Friday 9:30- 13:00.

Third, processing time and price.

Price: 25 euros.

Time: after the application is qualified, the embassy needs to verify the situation with the relevant departments, so it is impossible to determine the time for obtaining evidence. In principle, you can get a passport in about 2 months.

Fourth, payment and delivery.

You can pay by swiping your card at the No.9 pick-up window of the consular section on the day of pick-up, or you can deposit the corresponding amount into the embassy account at BBVA Bank before pick-up (see the pick-up list for the account number). Please print your pick-up slip on the bank payment slip when you deposit, and submit the pick-up slip and bank payment slip when you pick up. If it is not convenient for you to pick it up in person, you can ask someone else to bring your evidence collection form and the original bank payment voucher to help you pick it up.

Five, the validity of the passport

/kloc-The passport of China citizens under 0/6 is valid for 5 years. 16 China citizen passports are valid for 10 years. Passports valid for less than one year can be reissued. Please try not to apply for a new passport after it expires, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. At the same time, I suggest you make a copy of your passport information page.

Frequently asked questions about intransitive verbs

Q: I lost my passport and residence certificate. What should I do?

A: Under normal circumstances, when applying for a replacement passport, the applicant needs to provide a copy of the passport, the original place of residence and an alarm form (indicating the lost passport number). If you also lose your residence, please indicate the number of the lost residence on the alarm form, and provide copies of the front and back of the residence and the materials for applying for changing the residence as far as possible (including the receipt of the application accepted by the western government and the reservation form for handling the residence, etc.). ) so that the embassy can reissue your passport as soon as possible.

If it cannot be provided for special reasons, the embassy will be responsible for verifying the applicant's residence status with the West. But in this way, the processing time will depend on the response time of the west, so it will be extended. It is recommended that you take good care of your personal documents and keep copies in case of emergency.

Passport application form (for reference only):