Quote: (08-14-2011 09:26 PM)iknowexactly Wrote:
I may have lost mine, I'm moving right now and will find out soon.
I have an EU passport luckily. However, I think making a copy of the passport should be the first thing you do when getting a new/replacement, it makes it much less suspicious for the Matrix personnel to issue a new one when you have a copy of the old one. [/align]
This is a myth. Embassies do not accept copies of Passports' identification page as proof of Citizenship, and you'll find out it is worthless when losing a passport.
Even if it is 100% clear and legible, the embassy will not accept a copy as proof that you are a citizen of the country you say you are.
At least in Brazil they won't (Yes, I lost my passport once too).
** A good thing for US citizens to have is a passport card in addition to the standard book passport. A passport card may not be used for air travel, but it is a valid passpot itself, and enough to prove US citizenship to get a replacement book passport in a foreign country.
I keep my passport card on my person as ID, and my passport book never leaves the safe of my apt or hotel I am staying. One can replace the other at anytime when you return home should you lose either.
Mixx