Passports not in the drawer I always keep them in. Turning the place upside down.

I’m glad you are feeling relieved, you haven’t let anyone down!

Please let us know if they do turn up though, we would all love to know where they hid themselves!

Absolutely will 👍

You’ve done your best, Lovetopaint and now you’re doing the pragmatic thing, to bring the situation to a close.

It’s just occurred to me - maybe the puppy ate them! 🐶

Well done, decision made. 🙂
It's no good getting more and more stressed over this.

(You know they'll turn up now, don't you!)

Hopefully you will have a decent night's sleep as your mind is now at rest.

Aw ‘like meets like’ Lovetopaint! Thank you for inspiring us all to think of places where those blimmin’ passports might have secreted themselves! Yes please do come back when you find them! I’m so curious! Enjoy painting. 😁

My husband lost his driving licence once. He searched and searched to no avail. Ordered a new one. I was looking for another piece of paperwork and opened a briefcase and went through it really slowly. There it was tucked inside some other folded documents.

It does seem a bit bizarre in this day and age that we are still dependent upon paper identification. You would think if it is possible to view your most private NHS records information securely on your phone, that your railcard is viewable on your phone, that surely you should just be able to bring up your passport on a phone when needed. Same for the driving licence. Then the worry of losing them would be no more.

I'd probably forget to take my phone with me and don't use it for that kind of thing anyway.

B9exchange

It does seem a bit bizarre in this day and age that we are still dependent upon paper identification. You would think if it is possible to view your most private NHS records information securely on your phone, that your railcard is viewable on your phone, that surely you should just be able to bring up your passport on a phone when needed. Same for the driving licence. Then the worry of losing them would be no more.

Other countries are introducing/trialling epassports but will possibly be quickly superceded by facial recognition so pointless.

Its alwats frustrating to lost important documents. I have no idea where my degree certificates are (after several house moves) but I doubt I will need them now!

The only time I ever misplaced or forgot my passport was on a trip to Iran in the 1970s (pre Islamic Republic). I had checked it into the hotel and left for the airport without it. Fortunately I remembered on the way and had to order the taxi to return to the hotel. I gave him a good tip for making my flight in time.

I also had a passport stolen in a burglary when I was a student in a rough area of Manchester. It was one of the lovely old black ones and I was quite underwhelmed with the new EU one.

I moved house last October and remember seeing my passport. Now I need it (I go away in just over 5 weeks time) I can’t find it. I’ve searched the bungalow and all the boxes that are still waiting to be unpacked. No joy. There are a couple of other things missing too so I think a bag/box went to the tip by accident. I’ve cancelled my passport and applied for a new one. I’m so stressed hoping it arrives in time. It’s giving me nightmares.

Is it with bank/building society stuff? Thats where mine were! I know the panic well

I've had a quick word with St .Jude the Patron Saint of lost causes. Good luck. All things can be sorted and as you have no immediate plans to travel abroad, you have time to get new ones if necessary.

Are they with your building society documents??

You didn't mention whether you checked the pockets of the coats you and your husband were wearing the last time you remember having your passports on you.

Actually, there is a very good reason for passports still being in use: very few countries are fully digitalized as yet- Germany is miles behind Denmark for instance, and the further away from the north of Europe you get, the less you can rely on anything being on computers.

Once you do lands your hands on them, I'd like to pass on a tip. My passport (and will) are neatly tucked at the bottom of my knicker drawer. I've done the hunting before and know there's lots of good places to keep them but, I only have one knicker drawer!

We lost ours a few weeks ago in Florence and had to cancel. The consequences and costs replacing at Consulate in Milan, new passports in UK (£500) and getting back to the UK amounted to over £2k including extra travel, flights, extra hotel nights, temp passports, new passports let alone the stress and grief!
Fingers crossed for you.

When I once couldn’t find my passport, I eventually remembered having taken it somewhere as proof of ID, but immediately afterwards leaving it in the glove compartment of the car - ironically, as it turned out! - just in case my handbag got nicked.

I then forgot to put it away indoors, and a bit later the car went to be washed/hoovered in the supermarket car park - and my passport was nicked.

It was quite a while before I realised what had evidently happened, so it had to be cancelled immediately, and re-applied for. Luckily I didn’t need it in a hurry.

Don’t cancel too soon! They will be somewhere- but where? Ours were in the printer - we had been photocopying them “just in case”. Discovered much later…

I'm assuming you only have one handbag??? also was your dh with you when you used it for ID - could it be in a jacket pocket?

Take out the drawer that you usually keep them in. They could possibly slip over the back and be lying in the bottom of the chest. Speaking from experience!!

I could almost have written this myself. I last had my passport late last year. It's not in the drawer I normally keep it in, not in any of the luggage I used or may have used, not in any bags or pockets. I don't need it yet but what if I dropped it during my latest journey? Would anyone know if it had been used by someone else? I don't drop things. The only thing I can think of is that my partner has taken it for some reason, but I haven't come across it anywhere in the house. I know I'll have to pay, and it's just annoying because it was only a year or two old. But as many of you have said, as soon as you renew it, the damn thing will turn up!

My friend lost her purse and was convinced a fellow who had sat next to her ai the train station had stolen it, so she reported it to police with a full description of the fellow. Two days later, she found the purse in the freezer, beside the stuff she had bought that day.
So, don’t just look where it could be!
( Anyway, at least you now have a replacement.)

I usually find if I tidy up everywhere I find what I’m looking for,then at least all drawers,shelves etc are really tidy,good luck.