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How can I check the status of my passport when it's with my travel agent?

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Aug 25, 2023
a year ago
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I'm going to apply for a new US passport soon, but is there a way I can check where it has been?

** I don't have my passport with me. It's with my travel agent. It's been too long. I'm going to get a new one.
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The original poster is trying to check the status of their US passport which is currently with a travel agent. They express concerns about the agent possibly using their passport for personal travel or even identity theft, as it's been too long without communication. Comments provide various perspectives on whether it’s typical to leave a passport with an agent and suggest that if the passport is lost, reporting it as stolen is a prudent course of action. The poster ultimately finds some clarity in the discussion about reporting issues and exploring their options for a new passport.
Michael ******
Are you ok?
a year ago
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Marty *********
I would think that if you report that the passport has been stolen then it would no longer be valid. Once you apply for a new passport, to replace a stolen one, then the old one doesn’t matter even if you got it back.

I recently got a new US passport in 4 weeks.
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Per-e ***************
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@Marty ********
 But I want to know if my agent is using it illegally. The legal help I got just thinks my agent just lost it. I disagree.
a year ago
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Per-e ***************
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I think I found the answer I was looking for. In case any other US citizens had this same experience, I'll post what I found.
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Kenny **********
The answer you are looking for, is no. Other than the stamps in the passport stamps no one will check. However it is possible to check but unless your a terrorist that will not happen.
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Per-e ***************
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@Peters *****
 It's so easy for people to scam random people. Take their passport and have fun. :(
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Per-e ***************
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Let me be more specific. My agent hasn't given me back my passport after a long time. I'm going to file a police report and get a new passport. I want to know if she's been using my passport for her travel business. I don't have my passport with me.
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Martin *********
@Per-e **************
 then go to her office and ask her for your passport back.
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Per-e ***************
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@Martin ********
 You think I haven't tried that already. Duh!
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Martin *********
@Per-e **************
 you never stated that in your post !! . Or did i miss something. You basically posted a load of nonsense which people had to unravel. Then use your common sense report her to the tourist police then apply for a new passport. DUHA !!!!
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@Martin ********
I hate it when people don't provide enough information to decipher what they're trying to say. We don't need their life story but perhaps the reason WHY this travel agent have his passport in their possession would be good to know.
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@Paul ******
 agree
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@Per-e **************
 you should never leave your passport with anyone. It should always be with you. No one has any reason to keep your passport.
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Martin *********
@Brandon ***********
 unless a visa agency is making a visa for you.
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@Martin ********
 then you'd an idiot for letting your passport out of your sight especially with all the stories of people's passports disappearing for months with promise after promise from their agent only to either never get their passport back or to get it back and find out they've been on overstay for months already.
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Per-e ***************
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@Brandon ***********
 I definitely learned my lesson
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@Brandon ***********
 tell that to immigration
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@Jeffrey *********
 the only immigration that keeps your passport is Jomtien. And they make all their own rules and are the least user friendly office in Thailand.
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@Brandon ***********
 I disagree
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@Brandon ***********
 I agree! I was in a desperate situation, didn't ask for anything illegal, and learned my lesson. Never again.
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Per-e ***************
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And that might be what's going on. I found a US number that I'll call.
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@Per-e **************
 Context helps. I would be more worried about her using it for identity theft as opposed to travel.
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Bill *********
What?
a year ago
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John ********
As for the usa rules for your passport

You can see the info on the usa website
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Henrik *****
Apply at the authorities, and not in a back alley or any other “secret” places.

Then you get a pristine Passport, that haven’t gone anywhere before, but will follow you for many years.
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Robert **********
I never cease to be amazed by some of the funny shit I read on Facebook !
a year ago
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John ********
Right you have to take photos of every single page, and get them printed in colour so you have plenty of prove in case of any thing going wrong before you send it back to the usa

That's what we have to do for the uk passport renewal
a year ago
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Steve ********
@John *******
 we don’t have to do that for a uk passport. You just send the old one back and fill in the form.
a year ago
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@Steve *******
 the copy of the passport is for your self just incase

I think that you will find that here in Bangkok it's part of the process to help
a year ago
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Steve ********
@John *******
 maybe , but if you lose your passport it’s easy enough to replace.
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Frank **********
It is now in Italy visiting Rome. Where are you? And just think you attended Harvard, lmao.
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Mark *********
@Frank *********
 That's odd. I'd heard it's in New York with Donald Trump of all people. They've gone off to meet that group of Russsian women he knows. Hope its got a decent cover. More than Trump has!
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Mark *********
It does if you keep up with current affairs + Trump.s affairs of a few years ago. It is a play on the word cover.
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@Mark ********
 ok.
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@Mark ********
 your comment makes no sense.
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Cory **********
I would reword what you are asking? To renew a USA passport in Thailand the website says 5-6 weeks. Recently a woman got her passport back in 17 days and another man took 8 weeks. So plan well.
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Andy *******
If you haven't applied yet, it's been nowhere
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Paul ********
They don't usually permit passports to travel without their human 🕶
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Steve **********
?
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Brandon ************
Check where what has been? Open your passport and look at the stamps and you can see where it has been.
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@Brandon ***********
 I wonder can you get the detailed list including places that are electronic and don't stamp. Probably not.
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@Jason ********
 that's not saved with your passport it's only saved in the computer of whatever country recorded it
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@Brandon ***********
 lol
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