Situations happen that some necessary document is lost and urgent restoration is necessary. These include the passport - the most important of the attributes of a citizen, containing basic information about him and confirming his identity.
What documents are needed to restore a passport, where to apply, how much to expect a replacement, and finally, what are the consequences? Such questions arise instantly and require an immediate response. To learn how to make a replacement means to protect yourself from the onset of adverse consequences that occur if a citizen has not fulfilled his duties in this situation. In general, there are many questions, as well as the nuances associated with them. Answers to them are contained in this article.
Responsibility for the loss of a passport in terms of law
A passport, like other documents, performs a number of important functions, primarily allowing you to identify a person. In Russia, a Government Decree is acting on the basis of the Presidential Decree of July 8, 1997, “On the Passport of a Citizen of the Russian Federation,” which is the main source regulating relations between citizens and the state regarding this document.
Directly lost passport recovery, a fine are in the legal field of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. Article 19.16 of the Code of Administrative Offenses provides for the imposition of a fine on a person who has lost the document deliberately or as a result of careless storage in the amount of 100 to 300 rubles. The consequence of this article is that the guilt of a person and, consequently, administrative responsibility are recognized only in the case of proving his careless attitude.
Passport Lost: Initial Actions
A condition for the loss of a passport is the absence of the original from the citizen and the actual impossibility to obtain it. Why is this obvious, at first glance, wording important?
- Firstly, it is a legitimate justification in order to recover a passport in case of loss.
- Secondly, article 19.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation provides for liability for the use of an invalid identity document. In turn, the old passport found after restoration upon erroneous provision of it at the place of demand is the basis for the enforcement of this article.
Although Russian law does not provide for direct liability for a citizen having two or more copies of a passport, in judicial practice there are cases of erroneous use of an invalid sample, entailing the consequences described in Article 19.15 of the Administrative Code, in the form of a fine from 2000 to 3000 rubles.
Before rushing to find out what documents are needed to restore your passport, you just need to try to conduct an operational search for the lost document. If the search was unsuccessful, and there was no doubt about the loss, it is necessary to prepare documents for restoration.
Which organs are replacing
Replacement of a passport is related to citizenship by legal characteristics, and therefore is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Migration Service of the Russian Federation. Despite this, the FMS units are not the only body authorized to provide for the replacement of an identity document. Loss of a passport, restoration, fine - issues that are also partially responsible for the internal affairs bodies.
For residents of the Russian Federation, an application to the FMS is accessible from the point of view of territorial convenience: there is the possibility of applying at the place of both temporary and permanent registration. The intra-departmental electronic database of the Migration Service allows you to obtain information about a person who is registered in another region.
For citizens who are abroad, passport restoration is carried out by the consulate or the diplomatic mission of Russia in the territory of a foreign state.
What documents are needed to restore a passport: where and how to get them
To apply to the FMS, the following documents should be collected and submitted:
- A free-form statement describing the circumstances of the loss of a passport.
- Application on model No. 1P.
- Four black-and-white or color personal photographs with a clear full-face image without a headdress, with glasses, if wearing them is prescribed by medical indications, size 35x45 mm.
- Birth certificate: in the absence of this document on hand, you should contact the registry office to re-receive it.
- A receipt on payment of state duty or a message on payment details.
The restoration of the passport of the Russian Federation is associated with the inclusion of additional information on the basis of the following documents:
- Marriage certificate.
- Military ID.
- Birth certificate of children.
- Form of temporary or permanent registration.
Terms and procedure for restoration
After providing a package of documents and accepting them for consideration by the bodies of the FMS, the law provides for a period for restoring a passport:
- Up to 10 days, if the application is addressed to the FMS at the place of residence or this department previously issued the passport to the applicant.
- Up to 2 months if the appeal is addressed to the department outside the place of residence.
A citizen whose passport is in the process of recovery can apply to internal affairs bodies to fix the fact of loss. Subsequently, this helps prevent attackers from using the found document.
Temporary ID
In addition to the question of what documents are needed to restore a passport, it is necessary to clarify the legal status of a person arising in connection with the loss of a passport. On the one hand, he loses his official identity card, on the other hand, he remains a de facto citizen of the Russian Federation if he timely filed a statement about the loss of his passport.
Based on the fact that deprivation of citizenship in the Russian Federation is a form of encroachment on constitutional rights, as well as the fact that the fact of citizenship remains unchanged, a person is entitled to receive a temporary identity card. To do this, you need to supplement the package of documents with a statement in form No. 2P.
The cost of replacing a passport with a new one
When applying to the FMS for the purpose of restoring the main identity card, a person is obliged to pay government costs that cover the cost of making a new copy, they amount to 500 rubles.
There is an important point: payment of the state fee is carried out in equal amounts, regardless of the circumstances that led to the restoration of the lost passport. According to this administrative regulation, for example, partial replacement of fragments of a document bitten by pets is not possible. Even minimal damage, preventing the reading of information from the document, leads to the need for its complete replacement.
Recovery Nuances
It should be borne in mind that the restoration of a passport in case of loss does not always go smoothly and without difficulties. Sometimes, the FMS may impose the following additional requirements that are not justified by law:
- Certificate of residence.
- Notification of registration of the fact of loss of a passport in the internal affairs bodies.
- Documents confirming citizenship of the Russian Federation.
Information can be clarified by departmental request of the FMS. A citizen is not required to provide these documents in excess of the standard package. Therefore, if the FMS department categorically refuses to produce passport exchange referring to the absence of these documents, you can safely go to court.
