Timeline for Two passports, one reported "lost". Can I still travel on it?
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| May 23, 2018 at 19:37 | comment | added | Zach Lipton | There's an international database of passports reported lost/stolen. Not everyone enters reported passports into the database and not everyone checks it, though there are efforts to improve that. If you're caught, they're likely to think you're not really John Smith, and you're going to have a miserable time explaining otherwise. It's not that it's exactly the same as traveling on a fake ID, but that you'd have to convince them that you aren't actually traveling on a fake ID. Either way, it's not going to end well. | |
| May 23, 2018 at 16:38 | comment | added | Augustine of Hippo | @JonathanReez You're the one who is off base, not the answer. Knowingly traveling on a voided passport is criminal, at least in the countries I know. | |
| May 23, 2018 at 16:13 | comment | added | Traveller | There’s been quite a few questions recently on the topic of possessing two passports, or a ‘clean’ replacement, or similar, usually involving the holder’s wish to be able to enter a country where the they have had an immigration problem. Do we have a canonical answer? I’ve searched but can’t spot one. | |
| May 23, 2018 at 16:06 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | Stolen but not stolen by OP. If OPs name is John Smith and he presents his own stolen passport it's a far lesser violation than traveling on a stolen passport belonging to Steve Jones. | |
| May 23, 2018 at 15:31 | comment | added | Aganju | @JonathanReez, OP states the passport was reported 'lost/stolen', replaced, then found again, and it is still within validity date. It is considered a stolen passport by the authorities. | |
| May 23, 2018 at 15:16 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | Traveling on an expired passport is not the same as traveling on a fake ID! Your answer goes way overboard. | |
| May 23, 2018 at 14:55 | comment | added | BritishSam | Yep work on getting to Brazil through proper means if you wish to spend a lot of time there | |
| May 23, 2018 at 14:11 | history | answered | Aganju | CC BY-SA 4.0 |