HELP - lost identification on holiday

Lord Nikon

Hi,
My girlfriend just rang me, and said that her purse was stolen in Paris. She is to return tonight with Ryanair, but all ID and documents were in her purse, and now she has nothing.

She is going to the police in Paris, but i doubt her purse will surface again. Is there anything else she can do now?

How will she be able to get back into the country with no ID with Ryanair?

Please help.

andy_g

Moved to travel and holidays as you will get more answers here.

Andy

globemaster1986

She needs to go to the Irish Consulate or Embassy. They can issue emergency/temporary travel documents in situations like this

Cipher

Embassy
Address: Embassy of Ireland
12 Avenue Foch
75116 Paris
Telephone: 00 331 4417 6700
Fax: 00 331 4417 6750
Email: Submit your query here
Website: www.embassyofireland.fr
Ambassador His Excellency Paul Kavanagh

Losing your Irish passport abroad
If you are an Irish citizen currently living abroad, travelling or on holiday abroad and your Irish passport is lost/stolen/misplaced, you must contact your nearest Irish embassy or consulate immediately. You will be asked to confirm the loss in writing or, if you are applying for a new passport, to include the details in your passport application. If you are currently in a country where there is no Irish representation, you may contact an embassy/consulate of another EU Member State who will contact the nearest Irish embassy on your behalf.

You must also get in touch with the local police and request a written statement that you have reported the loss of your passport. A member of the police authority in the country in which you are staying must witness this statement. You will require this to obtain an emergency travel document or a temporary passport from an Irish embassy/consulate.

Again, if you are currently in a country where there is no Irish representation, you may contact an embassy/consulate of another EU Member State. The embassy or consulate of another EU Member State cannot issue you with a replacement passport or an emergency travel document. Instead they will get in touch with the nearest Irish embassy or consulate on your behalf, which will then get in touch with you.

In certain circumstances, for example if you lose your passport abroad but will be returning on a single journey directly to Ireland, an "Emergency Travel Document" rather than a passport will be issued by the Irish embassy or Consulate. Emergency Travel Documents are only valid for one journey. An Emergency Travel Document is not a passport; it is a document (about A5 size) that carries your photograph and a stamp from the embassy verifying your identity. Emergency Travel Documents are generally issued very quickly (depending on the circumstances) and there is a small fee for this service (see "Rates" below).

To obtain an Emergency Travel Document you will require:

Two passport photographs
The police statement
Photographic identification if available
Evidence of travel plans
Most Irish Honorary Consuls do not issue passports and can only issue Emergency Travel Documents.

If you have lost your passport and are travelling abroad on a multi-stop journey, where you will pass through more than one jurisdiction, you will require a new Irish passport. You must report the loss of your passport immediately to your nearest Irish embassy or Consulate. If there is no Irish embassy or consulate in the country where you are, contact an embassy of another EU Member State that will get in touch with the nearest Irish embassy on your behalf. An embassy of another EU Member State cannot issue you with a new Irish passport.

You will be required to get in touch with the local police and request a written statement that you have reported the loss of your passport. A member of the police authority in the country in which you are staying must witness this statement. It may be useful for you to carry a photocopy of your passport (data page) with you when travelling.

Lord Nikon

Crap, forgot to add that she is from Poland, so she has no Irish passport only Polish national ID. Her Polish ID was stolen.

Cipher

Polish Embassy in Paris, France
Embassy of Poland in Paris, France
1, rue de Talleyrand, 75343 Paris Cedex 07
Phone: 01 43 17 34 00,
Fax: 01 43 17 35 07


She still might be able to get an emergency travel document but she will need to get her police report and i would ring the embassy as soon as

Lord Nikon

Okay, I rang Ryanair, and they said that because she is a Polish citizen, she cannot fly back to ireland without national ID or Passport.

She will have to go to Poland first to get an ID then fly back to Ireland.

This is a ****ing joke.

undo

There is no reason to fly back to Poland first. She really should get in touch with the Polish embassy - they will sort her out with a new passport.

Also, because she is in Shengen, she can move around freely without her passport. If she really wanted to head back to Poland and avoid having to deal with the embassy in Paris, she could just hop on a train or bus straight to Warsaw.

Cipher

Pretty crap alright.

I would have taught that if she got the emergency travel documents that because Poland is an EU member state that they would have let her.

Lord Nikon

Polish Embassy is closed now this is crazy.

undo

neuromancer wrote: »

Polish Embassy is closed now this is crazy.

Have her try and ring the Polish Foreign Ministry in Warsaw. This is the number of their consular affairs hotline. Chances are, it is open later than 6pm CET:

+48-22-5239451

Lord Nikon

She is going to get to a police station and get a stolen passport report, and head to the airport. maybe try and get an airlingus flight or something.

Only airlingus flight i could see, if they did let her on, is 300euro. Her bankcard was stolen, and i dont think i even have that much money on my laser card

Cipher

neuromancer wrote: »

She is going to get to a police station and get a stolen passport report, and head to the airport. maybe try and get an airlingus flight or something.

Only airlingus flight i could see, if they did let her on, is 300euro. Her bankcard was stolen, and i dont think i even have that much money on my laser card

I'd give aerlingus a shout before she heads to the airport.

Explain the situation, otherwise if they refuse her at the airport her head will be wrecked.

undo

neuromancer wrote: »

Her bankcard was stolen, and i dont think i even have that much money on my laser card

This is where Western Union or Moneygram come in. They have rip-off fees but they will allow you to drop into one of their Irish branches with say €500 in cash and for her to pick it up in Paris a few minutes later (once she has some proof of ID, of course).

Also, getting back home is one of the things an embassy's consular section is there to help you with. She should really try to get in touch with either the embassy in Paris or the ministry in Poland. If she is persistent enough and tries all the numbers available, I am sure she will get through to someone eventually. To her, this is a once-in-a-lifetime situation. To the embassy, it is everyday business. They know very well what to do and in what order.

Lord Nikon

Everything is sorted

draward

how is it sorted please tell me just in case it appens again,

PS good

Lord Nikon

I just went to Paris with her old passport, and she used that as photo ID for the Polish Embassy.

Cipher

Glad to here you got everything sorted