make a copy of passport?
Sat, 01/29/2005 - 18:57
New Member
Hello,
I was wondering if you generally carry your passport around everywhere you go, or do you leave it at the hotel, and bring a copy with you? I have heard of people making color copies of their passports.
I will be in Amsterdam in May and when I go out at night, I dont want to misplace it, if I happen to be a little tipsy.
thanks much,
Rothie
Yes, Definately make photo copies of your passport.
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Black & White ONLY! NO Color. Embassy requirement.
The copy must be crystal clear and sharp!
Keep one in your file cabinet at home, under "
Cary two copies on tour. 1 in daypack and one in main luggage.
Give one copy to parents or best friend when you travel. If you loose everything or get everything stolen, your parents or friends can fax a copy to nearest Embassy or Consulate. Paperwork goes so much faster if you have a copy. If you get asked for I.D. at a nightclub, show copy. If they ask you, tell them original passport is in safet deposit box at hotel front desk.
Good advice from Packer.
You can also scan and send it to your email inbox. That way, you have a password-protected copy anywhere in the world that has internet access.
Yes, definitely copy all necessary papers (passport, airplane tickets, travel cheques)
Rothie-
Copies are your friends! Definitely make at least 3, for the people that the others suggested. The email idea is a good one, as is the advice to scan copies of your other documents and keep them in an online email account.
I don’t know how it is now, but when I was in Spain and France in 1998, you were required to leave your passport with the hostel in which you were staying. Don’t ask me why they kept them – I don’t know under what authority they did – but they did.
The mention of my 98 trip is now making me feel old. I spent my 23rd birthday in Madrid, now I’m going to celebrate my 30th this year in Firenze.
A little tipsy in Amsterdam…no, no, no. You go to the neighborhood pub to feel a little tipsy. You go to Amsterdam for things you can’t really do in other places.
-Angela
you should allways have a copy of your passport! I also have a laminated copy that has come in quite useful. I’ve had it since 98 and it still goes with me so it could be worth the $1.50 kinkos charges to laminate a copy.
It’s not unusual for hostels to keep you PP for deposit and there are many cases when I would rather leave mine behind (in a safe place) but if you don’t have at least a copy with you and get in trouble it Will be worse.
You do NOT need a copy of your passport in order to get an emergency passport from a US embassy. They have their own data bases.
I wonder why people say you need this?
Also, keep in mind that in some countries you need to carry your passport with you at all times. That’s not the case in Holland, though you do need to have some form of ID with you now (I’m sure copies will do), but e.g. in Belgium you could get in big trouble with the police if you don’t have your passport.
Wow, I though we are the only police-ruled state in Europe
! Seraphim, does this rule applies for foreigners only or it is also true for Belgians?
There are talks afoot here in the UK for every citizen to carry an ID card, this means that if you are in an accident the Police know exactly who you are, so keeping this in mind travellers may be required to carry a form of ID with them at all times, please note though the act hasn’t been passed, it all depends if Tony Blair is brave enough to take yet another step in to the right, so this probably wont apply for at least 2-3 years yet.
Joe
Yes, that is the case for everyone over the age of 15, Belgian or not.