Lost or Stolen Travel Documents | OISSS

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Steps to Take

Lost or Stolen Passport

• File a report with the native police company in your space and get a copy of the police report
• Contact your nation’s nearest consulate, embassy, or passport company for a substitute passport (or emergency journey doc, if attainable)

Lost or Stolen Entry Visa

• If your passport contained your entry visa, report the misplaced / stolen visa to the U.S. consulate that issued the visa, following directions supplied by the U.S. State Department.
• NOTE: in case your passport / visa are discovered or recovered after it was reported as misplaced or stolen, the visa can’t be used for future journey to the U.S. and have to be changed.
• If you’re exterior the U.S., apply for a brand new visa at your native U.S. consulate. You will be unable to re-enter the U.S. till you get hold of a brand new entry visa.
• If you’re contained in the U.S., seek the advice of ISSS. If you permit the U.S. sooner or later, you will want to get a brand new visa earlier than returning to the U.S.
• Read our Renewing Your Visa web page for extra particulars about making use of for a brand new visa.

Lost or Stolen Form I-20, DS-2019 or I-797A Approval Notice

• Contact ISSS at oisss@brown.edu (or your J-1 sponsor, in case your DS-2019 was issued by one other sponsor).
• F-1 / J-1 college students: submit a request for a substitute doc by the OISSS Gateway; individuals in different visa classifications ought to electronic mail ISSS for detailed directions.
• Other workers (e.g., H-1B, O-1): contact ISSS.

Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Card

• Apply for a substitute EAD card by submitting Form I-765 with USCIS
• Discuss substitute procedures together with your ISSS advisor