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Swiss nationals help, please.

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EW MASTER
Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 15:51

Dorter has just called to tell me she lost her purse containing her Swiss ID card (and quite a lot of money because she was going out with friends for a meal this afternoon) at school. She is searching everywhere, but it seems as if the money was taken and the purse is probably in a bin somewhere. Does anyone know what we should do about the ID card? Should we report it to the police immediately or contact the Swiss consulate (who are shut until Sunday, otherwise I'd be asking them) to issue a new one?
Thanks for any advice.

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EW MASTER
Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 20:19
Thank you. We're waiting till Sunday to see if it turns up at school, then we'll get going with the police report. Is there a particular police station to go to for this kind of thing? The school is in the area of Lakes/Springs/Meadows.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 20:15
Police is the first point of contact whether the papers were stolen or lost (that's just what I was told when we left our car keys in a taxi). Hopefully someone will find the missing papers and hand them to the police.Of course inform your embassy asap. May be they have an emergency number you can contact.Hope it gets sorted out quickly.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 16:55
I believe the best thing to do would be to contact the Police and file a missing ID report. At least, that's what my DH had to do when he lost his Swiss Passport. I would start there and then contact the consulat when they re-open.
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 16:46
The consulate is shut till Sunday; I called our home Mairie and they don't know what we should do either! The question is whether we have to make a declaration of loss or theft of the card at a police-station here in order to get a replacement from the Consulate in Abu Dhabi. Would the police be interested, I wonder?
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 06 January 2011 - 15:55
Call your consulate and ask them what to do.
 
 

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