Lost, stolen, or damaged passport

If a passport is lost, damaged, or stolen, you must report it immediately at your local police station and to the Algerian consulate, where you can apply for a new passport.

The replacement passport is issued after the cancellation of the lost, damaged, or stolen one. This process can take several months.

In addition to the documents listed above, please provide:

- The applicant aged 12 and over must be present at the consulate when submitting the application for the photo and fingerprints (minors under 12 are exempt from fingerprints);

- The photo taken at the consulate is the one that will be put on the biometric passport except for children under 12 years. However, the photos provided must meet the required standards;

- Applications made by post are no longer accepted and the biometric passport can't be sent by mail;

- Applications for the renewal of passport can be made 6 months before its expiry date;

- Regardless of the expiry date of the current passport, applications for renewal can be made if the passport does not contain any plain (blank) pages or holding an ordinary passport (old model);

- The consulate has no express service to process applications, therefore, we advise our citizens not to buy a ticket until the passport is issued;

- Applications for early renewal of passport when applying for a long validity foreign visa (Schengen visa for example) cannot be considered;

- As we don't make copies at all and we don't accept the file without copies, please provide copies of all original documents.

- Read  in Arabic or French the law N° 14-03 dated 24 February 2014 relating to travel documents.

1. Lost property form issued by your local police station;
2. If the passport is lost or stolen, you must include in your application the declaration of loss or theft.
3. Payment of an additional fee of £100 as a penalty (to be paid cash or by postal order). A stamped receipt is issued to the applicant to confirm the payment of this tax;
4. Letter explaining in detail how the passport has been damaged;
5. - Applying for a passport for the first time at the consulate is subject to prior consular registration;