Report lost or stolen passports to the U.S. State Department as soon as possible by calling 877-487-2778 between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time Monday through Friday. Compromised passports may also be reported by mail. Send a completed DS-64 Form, available on the State Department website, to U.S. Department of State, Passport Services, Consular Lost/Stolen Passport Section, 1111 19th Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036.
If your passport is lost while traveling abroad, you should report it to the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate right away. You will not be able to travel without it, so it is imperative that an embassy be contacted. The U.S. Embassy government website contains a complete list of embassies and their contact information throughout the world. Be prepared to show alternate forms of identification to expedite the process. For this reason, it is a good idea to carry one or more copies of your passport and other identification while traveling in case your originals are lost.
Once a passport is reported as lost or stolen, it is no longer a valid travel document whether the loss is reported domestically or while traveling. If you recover the passport after making a report to the State Department, you should notify them immediately, then send it to them. They will either stamp it as invalid and return it to you, or destroy it, whichever you prefer. Whatever you do, do not attempt to travel with it. Traveling with an invalid passport is illegal and you may run into trouble at customs.
If you find a passport it should be mailed to the Lost or Stolen address above immediately.
