I've lost my ID, will I still be able to travel?
My wallet and ID were stolen, and I have a Ryanair flight in two days. I don't have time to get a new one (national holiday tomorrow). Will I be able to travel with Ryanair with a scanned copy or a "replacement document" (a paper with the same data as the ID, issued by the government for use in the meantime it takes for the actual card to arrive)? I can also bring a police report stating I had my wallet stolen.
That is, will I be able to clear the Ryanair boarding check and the entry passport check? I'm travelling inside the EU (to the UK and back).
I'm a Portuguese citizen.
Best Answer
You have a bigger problem than "will Ryanair let me fly" but rather "will I be admitted to the UK". To be admitted to the UK, you must usually have a passport, or an EEA national identity card. You don't have either, which makes admission difficult. You would only be admitted if you can convince the Border Officer of your EU citizenship. If you aren't admitted, Ryanair will be fined, and forced to take you back to wherever you came from. Ryanair won't take the risk of this happening. You won't be allowed to fly.
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I can only answer to you how the situation in Switzerland and the Netherlands is. You are able to aquire an emergency passport at the airport, when you lose your ID or passport or when it has been stolen. Be sure to arrive a couple of hours earlier than normally, because you probably won't be the only one having that issue.
Take the following things with you:
- Flight Tickets
- Hotel reservation
- Some kind of document from your village, where they state, who you are
- A copy of your stolen ID card
- The police report
- If you have already ordered a new ID, take a copy of the ordering conformation with you
- Drivers licence or some other official card
- A picture which is complient with the picture rules for ID cards
- About 50-150 Euro
This is the goverment website for an emergency passport at Zürich Airport in German
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