✈️ Reports and Passports Overseas Passport Loss Response

Report a Lost Passport Abroad and Get an Emergency Passport

If you lose your passport abroad, first report it to the local police and a Korean overseas diplomatic mission. Check whether an emergency passport or travel certificate can be issued based on your return schedule and the requirements of the countries you will visit.

As of 2026-09-19

This is the Reports and Passports item that applies wherever you are going. The 3 checkpoints below can only be settled properly before you leave — put them off and you queue at an airport desk or spend the first day on them instead. Work through them once and nothing has to be reopened.

Key checkpoints

As soon as you discover your passport is missing, note the location and time it was lost, report it to the local police, and keep the report or receipt.
Contact the nearest Embassy or Consulate General of the Republic of Korea for guidance on reporting the lost passport and the issuance process, and present any documents you have, such as a passport copy, ID, and airline ticket.
Emergency passports may have restrictions on who can receive them and which countries accept them, so before departure confirm acceptance at transit points and destinations through official sites with the overseas diplomatic mission and airline.

What to do before departure, in order

Two rules decide the order. First, anything with a deadline — pre-registration, bookings, documents to be issued: miss the cut-off and there is no substitute. Then whatever also works locally, which costs little to postpone.

Most of the items above can only be done before you leave. After arrival, patchy connectivity and opening hours make them harder, so finish what you can while you are still at home.

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