Replacement of international passport

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Everyone loves to travel, but no one likes to fuss with documents. It is better to change your passport on time than to pay attention to the expiration date the day before the trip. When planning a vacation, be sure to check the expiration dates of all documents and their condition. Replacement may take a long time.

When to change a foreign passport, everyone decides for themselves, depending on the situation and vital necessity. But you need to know some subtleties in order to save yourself from unnecessary worries.

You can first sign up for the queue and then start collecting documents. Registration times depend on the workload of the staff. During the hot season the line is always longer. It will take a maximum of 3 days to collect documents. There are few of them:


You can order a new international passport only after replacing your regular one. You won’t be able to do everything right away.

What to do if your passport is lost

If you lose your international passport, you must urgently contact the Federal Migration Service of Russia; this is necessary so that the lost document is declared invalid so that fraudsters cannot use your identity card. After receiving the relevant application, employees are required to issue a certificate for obtaining a new certificate.

In some branches of the Federal Migration Service, employees require that you contact the police with a statement about the loss. This clause is not in the regulations, but they refuse to change your passport without a certificate.

If your passport was lost while traveling, you need to contact the nearest consulate or diplomatic mission.

When filling out the form, highlight the reason “in replacement of a lost one.”