Help! I lost my US passport

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Re: Help! I lost my US passport

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when i travel my passport is always on my body in my pocket>
never leave it in a hotel room ( even if there is a safe)

The one time i was robbed ( 75) it was in my small day pack ( stupid me before i learned)
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RONEV wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:33 pm I think some people live in shitty apartments where documents would be less secure than carrying them around in a bag on their shoulder.
phuketrichard wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:17 pm when i travel my passport is always on my body in my pocket>
never leave it in a hotel room ( even if there is a safe)
Just need to think outside the box, there's always somewhere that you can safely secure shit.
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PSD-Kiwi wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:59 pm
RONEV wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:33 pm I think some people live in shitty apartments where documents would be less secure than carrying them around in a bag on their shoulder.
phuketrichard wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:17 pm when i travel my passport is always on my body in my pocket>
never leave it in a hotel room ( even if there is a safe)
Just need to think outside the box, there's always somewhere that you can safely secure shit.
Usually yes, but have you seen some of the squalid rooms that expats die in? Bed, tiny nightstand, little wicker dresser, that's it. Not a lot of good hiding places for a passport.
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RONEV wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:24 am Usually yes, but have you seen some of the squalid rooms that expats die in? Bed, tiny nightstand, little wicker dresser, that's it. Not a lot of good hiding places for a passport.
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PSD-Kiwi wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:59 pm
RONEV wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:33 pm I think some people live in shitty apartments where documents would be less secure than carrying them around in a bag on their shoulder.
phuketrichard wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:17 pm when i travel my passport is always on my body in my pocket>
never leave it in a hotel room ( even if there is a safe)
Just need to think outside the box, there's always somewhere that you can safely secure shit.
nope:
i'd much rather have my passport with me, than back in my room>
even when i was cycling, passport was always in my pocket, never in a bag
ever heard of someone being held up and their passport was stolen?
Most robberies are a bag, phone, watch, money
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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Brody wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:51 am
RONEV wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 12:24 am Usually yes, but have you seen some of the squalid rooms that expats die in? Bed, tiny nightstand, little wicker dresser, that's it. Not a lot of good hiding places for a passport.
One have to be creative.

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phuketrichard wrote: Tue Mar 21, 2023 7:35 am
PSD-Kiwi wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:59 pm
RONEV wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:33 pm I think some people live in shitty apartments where documents would be less secure than carrying them around in a bag on their shoulder.
phuketrichard wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:17 pm when i travel my passport is always on my body in my pocket>
never leave it in a hotel room ( even if there is a safe)
Just need to think outside the box, there's always somewhere that you can safely secure shit.
nope:
i'd much rather have my passport with me, than back in my room>
even when i was cycling, passport was always in my pocket, never in a bag
ever heard of someone being held up and their passport was stolen?
Most robberies are a bag, phone, watch, money
Your passport condition and odors must be disgusting. I saw some foreigners passports during visa runs the looks like they been used during bathroom habits.
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PSD-Kiwi wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:59 pm
RONEV wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:33 pm I think some people live in shitty apartments where documents would be less secure than carrying them around in a bag on their shoulder.
phuketrichard wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:17 pm when i travel my passport is always on my body in my pocket>
never leave it in a hotel room ( even if there is a safe)
Just need to think outside the box, there's always somewhere that you can safely secure shit.
Prison purses have been proven to safely secure shit, quite literally, for as long as I recall - some may suggest "in the box" is just as safe?!
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Prime example of what I was saying, and I read posts like this almost every day...

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The American guy I mentioned earlier in this thread who had his passport stolen, had it lifted from his pocket.

I've never had an apartment where I felt safer carrying my passport on me than leaving it at home. I have been in a situation where a pickpocket crew targeted me though with two guys going for my pockets at the same time, and gangs of thieving street kids would target anyone who looked like they had money - especially foreigners.
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