Passport? I’ve given it to the homeless
EVER thrown your passport on a bonfire, lost it while snowboarding or accidentally donated it to the homeless?
These are just some of the reasons given by Britons seeking a replacement passport.
More than 10,000 of the vital documents are thrown out with the rubbish per year, with a similar number lost in bars or clubs.
In all, around 300,000 British passports a year need to be replaced, said the Identity and Passport Service which issues them – with men more likely to lose them than women.
One traveller had a passport stolen when an airport taxi was held up by a robber in Brazil. A snowboarder claimed his fell out of a bag up a mountain.
Other passports have been left in coats given to the homeless, or gone up in flames in bonfires.
IPS chief Sarah Rapson said: “Your passport is attractive to fraudsters and will cost you at least £77.50 to replace. Keep it safe.
Your passport is attractive to fraudsters and will cost you at least £77.50 to replace. Keep it safe
“Don’t leave it in a trouser or shirt pocket in the laundry pile.”