I lost my passport in Japan and my flight is in a few days. Is a travel permit (from the embassy) enough to allow me exit from Narita?
I'm a Bangladeshi citizen and have recently lost my passport in Japan. I tried to find it a lot but have had no luck till now. My flight is in a few days and I can't stay more than my flight date since the my (short-term) temporary visa expires on the same day as well. I'm travelling by Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragons to Bangladesh.
I have collected my travel permit for trip back to Bangladesh from the Bangladeshi embassy in Tokyo and would like to know if there's anything else necessary for my trip back. I need to know if the airlines or the immigration control at the airport will cause any trouble.
Thank you in advance.
Best Answer
It is fairly common practice to issue emergency travel documents to citizens who lose their passport abroad. A non-negligible proportion of people lose their passports while travelling abroad, so I doubt that a reasonably experienced check-in staff would have never seen one of them.
So, I think the answer is "do not worry, the airline check-in staff knows what it is". If you have a layover in Hong Kong, though, I am not sure of the situation. Bangladeshi citizens need a transit visa to stay in Hong Kong even if they stay airside, so I suppose you had one. Better contact the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, or perhaps the Hong Kong Immigration Department by phone, to make sure it would work out.
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