this can't be happening!!!!

[papillonlover 0]

I am crying my eyes out right now. Marcel went to pick up his passport at school to receive his resident permit renewal and the woman can't find his passport!! Our interview is in two weeks. We are sickened and I am devastated. I am speechless and I want to just throw up...ANYONE please scream suggestions.....Can he get a letter from the school stating they lost his passport and use travel documents from them etc...I am just throwing immediate ideas out there...We are lost right now....

[pushbrk 12,893]

I am crying my eyes out right now. Marcel went to pick up his passport at school to receive his resident permit renewal and the woman can't find his passport!! Our interview is in two weeks. We are sickened and I am devastated. I am speechless and I want to just throw up...ANYONE please scream suggestions.....Can he get a letter from the school stating they lost his passport and use travel documents from them etc...I am just throwing immediate ideas out there...We are lost right now....

You find the passport or replace it. If necessary, the interview can be rescheduled.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

I am crying my eyes out right now. Marcel went to pick up his passport at school to receive his resident permit renewal and the woman can't find his passport!! Our interview is in two weeks. We are sickened and I am devastated. I am speechless and I want to just throw up...ANYONE please scream suggestions.....Can he get a letter from the school stating they lost his passport and use travel documents from them etc...I am just throwing immediate ideas out there...We are lost right now....

They need a passport to attach his visa to. I can't imagine his school in Cyprus would be able to give him any sort of travel document that would be accepted by the consulate.

My thoughts - I would contact the nearest Nigerian embassy about a replacement passport immediately. Pay whatever is necessary to have it rushed. Get a written statement from the embassy that the replacement passport has been ordered.

Contact the consulate and ask if he can still attend the interview without his passport. Obviously, they can't issue a visa without a passport, but they may be able to go ahead with the interview. In the end, they'll issue a 221(g) notice for the passport, which will buy him some time to get the replacement passport. If they won't conduct the interview without a passport then try to get the interview rescheduled.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Public Notice:Loss of Passports

This is to inform holders of Nigerian Passports of a new requirement for payment of a non-refundable fee for lost passports at the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington D.C. and the Consulates General in New York and Atlanta.

All applications for lost passport are sent to the Nigerian Immigration Headquarters in Abuja for approval. Lost passports can ONLY be replaced when the necessary approval is received from Abuja. Once the approval is obtained, a new passport will be issued after the payment of $385.00 in money order. To apply for a lost passport, fill out the lost passport form and new passport form and mail to the Embassy of Nigeria, in Washington, DC.

This is from the US site but I am sure the process is about the same there . However I doubt you will get a replacement in time so you will be looking at rescheduling the interview.

[papillonlover 0]

They need a passport to attach his visa to. I can't imagine his school in Cyprus would be able to give him any sort of travel document that would be accepted by the consulate.

My thoughts - I would contact the nearest Nigerian embassy about a replacement passport immediately. Pay whatever is necessary to have it rushed. Get a written statement from the embassy that the replacement passport has been ordered.

Contact the consulate and ask if he can still attend the interview without his passport. Obviously, they can't issue a visa without a passport, but they may be able to go ahead with the interview. In the end, they'll issue a 221(g) notice for the passport, which will buy him some time to get the replacement passport. If they won't conduct the interview without a passport then try to get the interview rescheduled.

This was my thought exactly after thinking it over...that we'd be able to still attend the interview, but just be delayed getting the visa due to this situation. I'm still sickened over it.

[pushbrk 12,893]

This was my thought exactly after thinking it over...that we'd be able to still attend the interview, but just be delayed getting the visa due to this situation. I'm still sickened over it.

It's certainly worth asking but generally the passport is used as ID to get into the Consulate for the interview.

[papillonlover 0]

It's certainly worth asking but generally the passport is used as ID to get into the Consulate for the interview.

I definitely will be calling them on Monday. there is no doubt. I just can't say enough of how much shock I am in....

[patient2010 93]

oh wow I wish you luck with that....remain calm I am sure everything will work out.....

[PurpleSky 19]

Just wanted to show support. If it's any consolation FH was told that he can show his resident permit if we haven't received his replacement passport by interview time. He can't get the visa without it but he can still go through with the interview. We were happy to hear that. I'm still wishing he didn't have to go back to Nigeria just for his passport though. were you able to get around that?

[romnick 15]

I suggest you try Nigerian embassy in cyprus for a replacement cos he cant even travel out of cyprus without the passport.The school should be able to assist him in securing a new one.Am so sorry.

[ghanagal 2]

Sorry I would be as worried as you are too, terrible thing. I would be choking someone down there at his school. I wish you the best of luck!

[Casprd 167]

As others have said, he needs to contact the nearest Nigerian Consulate asap. They can assist him with the steps to get the passport replaced.

[Aztec&Taino 144]

I am crying my eyes out right now. Marcel went to pick up his passport at school to receive his resident permit renewal and the woman can't find his passport!! Our interview is in two weeks. We are sickened and I am devastated. I am speechless and I want to just throw up...ANYONE please scream suggestions.....Can he get a letter from the school stating they lost his passport and use travel documents from them etc...I am just throwing immediate ideas out there...We are lost right now....

I am so sorry this is happening to you. I would ask Marcel to go, in person, first thing Monday to the Nigerian embassy in Cyprus and explain the situation and see if he can get a replacement passport expedited. All you can do is try!

Best wishes!

[papillonlover 0]

UPDATE:

Apparently, when Marcel applied for his E-Passport way back when, it was that he had lost his initial (original)passport. ( I didn't know he had lost it) When he had spoken with his father back in Nigeria, today, his mother had gotten on the phone and told him at one point she had found his lost passport, but never thought to tell Marcel since he had his new one. They checked the expiration date which is 2012 on his old one. Maybe this one can be used to some capacity in getting a new one again. I don't know. They are mailing it to me since things haven't arrive to Cyprus in the past.

I'm not sure if you followed that at all. I may not be explaining it properly.

Thank you for the encouraging words and advice. I am most positive the nearest Nigerian Embassy is in Turkey.

[Inky 1,110]

Generally the lost passport is canceled when you report it missing and replace it... because a lost passport can be used by someone else so they mark it lost and cancel it so it cant be used and if tried to be used would be taken and destroyed etc etc etc.