<p>Now what does she do? Does anyone have any experience? She will arrive in Edinburgh tomorrow evening. She will contact consulate first thing in morning. She has a copy of her passport, birth certificate, and even H and my passport. and a valid drivers license. What are her chances of getting out on schedule Saturday Morning?</p>
<p>Oh and I cannot answer pm’s, I only have 12 posts…</p>
<p>I think she’s got a good shot. They will do what they can. The fact that she has all that documentation is excellent. Kudos to her for bringing it with her.</p>
<p>I think her chances are good. She will probably need to get some passport photos.</p>
<p>This happened to someone’s D last year. I wish i could find the thread. If I recall, she did have a meeting at the embassy and everything worked out just fine.</p>
<p>She had the passport copy and license, I emailed her our passport copies and her birth certificate. Even I wouldn’t think bring that much documentation to begin with! But I may from now on!</p>
<p>My d had hers stolen in Buenos Aires and managed to get a new one and get on her plane all within a day or two. You are lucky she has copies as that will really speed things up. Have her get her picture taken. My d actually had a guy in the park take hers. Apparently, he had some sort of side business doing that. Deep breath. She will be fine and be more capable of handling what ever life hands her in the future. And yes, have her go to the embassy.</p>
<p>What’s the difference between going to the embassy and going to the consulate? people (here and other places) are suggesting both.</p>
<p>I don’t think it will make any difference. A consulate is sort of a small version of an embassy.</p>
<p>This State Department site has info on lost passports.
[Lost</a> and Stolen U.S. Passports Abroad](<a href=“404 - Page Not Found”>404 - Page Not Found)</p>
<p>Try this-<a href=“http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/passports/emergency_edinburgh.html”>http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/passports/emergency_edinburgh.html</a></p>
<p>Link is not working unless you copy and paste - I googled this exact phrase - Edinburgh us consulate passport - About 7 down, click on Emergency appointment. After reading that page go to the left for lost/stolen passport</p>
<p>Do you have a copy of her birth cert in case she needs you to email it?</p>
<p>Go to left side and click lost/stolen and on bottom it specifies acceptable photos.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for all your help everyone! I sent an email to the link Kajon provided and received a auto-response which also included the same phone number that I got for the consulate when I called the travel insurance company. So now I feel like we are heading in the right direction for sure (hopefully west and hopefully on Saturday morning as planned!) Thanks again!</p>
<p>An Embassy is where the Ambassador is headquartered, usually in a country’s capital. There are consulates in other cities in some countries which are large enough to warrant it. Each has a passport division. If she were in London, she would go to the Embassy. Since she’s in Edinburgh, it will be a consulate. </p>
<p>Years ago, H’s wallet with his green card was lost/stolen while in Paris. He had the number of the card but not a photocopy of it. He had to have a photo taken, but it was all taken care of in a morning. I would think that for a U.S. citizen, esp. with a copy of the passport itself, it shouldn’t be too hard to get the documentation she needs. Actually, it was much more of a problem dealing with all the missing credit cards and his driver’s license. Believe it or not, months later the wallet was returned to us, minus about $100 in cash. So it must have been lost rather than stolen.</p>
<p>Aaah! Thanks for the explaination Tango! She won’t get to Edinburgh till tomorrow night, and I don’t know what hostel she will be staying at, but she can be at embassy at whatever time they want her on Thursday. I’m happy to pay for a taxi! fingers crossed everyone please, I just want my baby back safe.</p>
<p>^^^ Amen to that!</p>
<p>That’s what embassy’s are for.</p>
<p>Yes, the embassy can process an emergency passport on the same day. </p>
<p>She should fill out the application form before she goes to the appointment, take passport photos, and the cash to pay for the passport. </p>
<p>She should double check this list of the requirements:</p>
<p>[Lost</a> or Stolen Passports | Embassy of the United States](<a href=“http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/passports/lostpassport.html]Lost”>http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/passports/lostpassport.html)</p>
<p>Nightmare. I have been on phone since 4:30 this morning, passport office in consulate in Edinburgh closes today at 4 and doesn’t reopen until Monday. She’s on bus to Edinburgh (11 hours) now and will take train to London tomorrow. She couldn’t get appointment in London until 10:30 Friday. Fortunately she has friends studying in London this semester so she has a place to go. Thank you everyone for your helpful suggestions.</p>
<p>And remember that she is in a civilized, English-speaking country. If this doesn’t work out for Saturday, it’s not the end of the world.</p>
<p>S1 had his passport stolen (along with some other Very Important Items) in Barcelona. It wasn’t the end of the world, but it was very very upsetting.</p>
<p>Someone pointed out to me at that time that “The world is the best teacher.” She will be fine.</p>
<p>What VeryHappy said. It’s all a learning experience.</p>