1. Report the incident of a loss or stolen passport to a police department or online.
2. Obtain a copy of Finnish police report of loss/theft. Statement Regarding a Lost or Stolen Passport: http://travel.state.gov/passport/forms/ds64/ds64_845.html
3. The police will cancel the passport and it can no longer be used as a travel document.
4. Complete an application form for a new passport. Application for a Passport: http://travel.state.gov/pdf/DS-11.pdf
5. Pay the fee.

• proof of identity
• statement regarding a lost or stolen passport

To find a local police station to your area, click on the link below:
Police Contact Information: https://www.poliisi.fi/poliisi/home.nsf/www/contactus

Any Finnish citizen who holds a passport.

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Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Form DS-64: Statement Regarding a Lost or Stolen Passport:

• http://travel.state.gov/passport/forms/ds64/ds64_845.html

Form DS-11: Application for a Passport:

• http://travel.state.gov/pdf/DS-11.pdf

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Please explain the processing your application.    

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 
	

Please provide instructions on obtaining the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

In cases of loss or stolen passport, the incident must always be reported to a police. A passport that has been cancelled can no longer become valid, even if it were found at a later stage.

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Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Loss or theft of a passport: https://www.poliisi.fi/poliisi/home.nsf/pages/9D214B9F48730D4DC225780D0045E107?opendocument

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