lost my new zealand passport

piquemacho says on Jan 28, 2005, 15:24:

Emergency travel documents (NZ) Sorry to hear what happened to your passport - I really hope you can sort this out without too much disruption to your holiday.

The NZ embassy in Chile has responsibility for Colombia. Apparently there is also a consulate in Bogota that you might like to contact first, but I expect you will have to deal with the embassy.

The website address for the embassy in Santiago is:
http://www.nzembassy.com/home.cfm?c=16

and the contact details for the consulate are:
New Zealand Consulate
Diagonal 109 1-39 Este
Apt 401
Santa Ana (A.A. 30402)
Bogotá
Colombia
Telephone: (57 1) 629 8524
Mobile: (57) 310 2307795
Facsimile: (57 1) 620 0130
E-mail: pearsona at cable.net.co
Office hours : (Mon - Fri 830 - 1730 hrs)

The website provides the following information about recent changes in the policy for replacing passports overseas:

Emergency Travel Documents

Tuesday, 26/10/04
From 26 October 2004 New Zealand Diplomatic Posts will no longer issue limited validity manual passports in emergency situations.
Instead, most posts will issue an Emergency Travel Document (ETD). ETD’s are recognised by international Border Control authorities.

ETDs are being introduced to improve the overall security of New Zealand travel documentation by ensuring New Zealanders overseas have access to a secure and internationally accepted short-term emergency travel document.

An ETD is a short-term, machine-readable travel document that can be issued to New Zealand citizens overseas in emergency and compassionate situations when they need to travel but their previous New Zealand passport has expired, been lost or stolen and they are unable to obtain a passport direct from Department of Internal Affairs' offices in London, Sydney and New Zealand.

An ETD is not a short-term validity passport.

ETDs have a validity of up to twelve months. The processing fee of NZD 350 (equivalent to $148,000 Chilean pesos) and it is the same fee for an adult or a child. It includes the cost of a new full replacement passport upon application to Department of Internal Affairs Passport Offices in New Zealand, Sydney or London before the expiry date of the ETD.

New Zealand citizens are strongly advised to ensure that their passports are kept up-to-date and to obtain a full-validity, machine-readable passport if their passports have expired.

For further information on the ETD please contact us to embajada at nzembassy.cl.

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Cerealkiller says on Jan 28, 2005, 17:06:

Did you go to the police and report that? im not sure if its the police or DAS but you must do it. Passports in the black market cost 45 millones so you better report that loss.

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