Lost Foreign Expired Passport in Bus

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  Simoneee on 20/08/2019 - 23:53

  +4

  Australian passports should be okay, but its best to contact the country that issued the passport for further information.

  https://www.passports.gov.au/lost-and-stolen-passports

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  EightImmortals on 21/08/2019 - 06:20

  +5

  Member since 6 hours…1 post….carrying around an expired passport? oooookkkk

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    Quantumcat on 21/08/2019 - 07:18

    +1

    Carrying around an expired passport makes sense if you are not a citizen as it might be your best form of identification (can't get Australian drivers license etc)

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      EightImmortals on 21/08/2019 - 07:21

      +1

      But he said he had a current one?
      Are expired passports even usable for ID?

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        Quantumcat on 21/08/2019 - 07:55

        You don't want to be carrying around your current passport of you have a choice in case it gets lost.

        And yes expired passports can be used as ID.

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    Baysew on 21/08/2019 - 08:59

    +3

    Correct. That is what OP stated -

    This would be the first time I'm posting on ozBargain. I lost my expired passport..

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      EightImmortals on 21/08/2019 - 09:26

      :) Thanks. I must have been multitasking…..badly.

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    eunthumb on 21/08/2019 - 16:53

    my bad….
    I'm just freaked out because I've heard about cases of identity theft. I don't know where to ask since Google couldn't help me so I decided to make a new account and ask in ozBargain (since I used ozBargain a lot but doesn't have an account)

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  Yummy on 21/08/2019 - 06:30

  -1

  Yes.

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    eunthumb on 21/08/2019 - 17:03

    Yes to?

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      Yummy on 21/08/2019 - 18:27

      All of your questionnaires.

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  pyramid on 21/08/2019 - 06:37

  Day has begun with bang…

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  [Deactivated] on 21/08/2019 - 07:24

  +1

  I'd be wary, ISIS is known to use stolen passports to set up fake identities and borrow copious amounts of moeny in their name. Suggest changing your identity.

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    eunthumb on 21/08/2019 - 16:52

    Can expired passports be used to borrow money?

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      orangetrain on 21/08/2019 - 18:04

      Banks accept passports up to 4 years past expiry date.

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  mskeggs on 21/08/2019 - 08:21

  +1

  It is probably worth asking with the depot lost&found again. On the rare occasion I have lost something on transport, it has usually been returned, but sometimes sits in a driver's glovebox until the shift ends, then takes a little time to reach the lost and found.
  I know on one occasion a family member who didn't contact them, was tracked down a week later, so they are dogged but not lightning.

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    chriskq on 21/08/2019 - 09:56

    i like that… dogged but not lightning

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    HighAndDry on 21/08/2019 - 15:42

    so they are dogged but not lightning.

    Could be a slogan for public transport in general. They'll get you there…….. eventually.

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  melay0326 on 21/08/2019 - 09:54

  last time I've lost my passport they posted it back to me

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    eunthumb on 21/08/2019 - 17:03

    Thanks

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  vikvance on 21/08/2019 - 09:57

  +1

  Could the one who took the passport steal my funds,etc?

  A bank would have to be really incompetent to hand over your cash to someone else on the basis of them presenting your expired foreign passport.

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  eunthumb on 21/08/2019 - 16:51

  Thank you guys for the responses. I have contacted them and they told me that they would double-check and get back to me if found :)

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  thatonethere on 21/08/2019 - 18:25

  Definitely report it to the country of origin as lost.