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kimilseung Jun 11th 2012 6:10 pm

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Originally Posted by Scouse Express (Post 10113051)
I do believ that some of this stuff is called for.
Jim.

Many of these cases that is probably true.
But I know how demoralising it is to be passportless and moneyless in a foreign country, and people thinking you are pulling a scam. I got out of it with a mix of begging, selling my possessions and waiting for money from home and the kindness of strangers. I will give the benefit of doubt if all it costs is a few typed words.

Scouse Express Jun 11th 2012 6:11 pm

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Originally Posted by Lion in Winter (Post 10113064)
Especially with the Sheboygan bit. Nobody goes willingly to Sheboygan do they?

I passed close by it on Saturday, en-route from Mackinaw City, MI, to the Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake, WI. Close call, though.


Jim.

steve cross Jun 11th 2012 6:11 pm

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i had to come to this dump as my fiance had friends here ,i agree its grim here .thats one reason i want out of this country now .

Lion in Winter Jun 11th 2012 6:14 pm

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Originally Posted by steve cross (Post 10113070)
i had to come to this dump as my fiance had friends here ,i agree its grim here .thats one reason i want out of this country now .

OK, so call the Consulate, request an appointment to discuss emergency assistance, and get down to Chicago for the day with all your documentation.

No one is going to help you if you just sit in Sheboygan. You need to take action.

steve cross Jun 11th 2012 6:14 pm

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Originally Posted by Lion in Winter (Post 10113057)
If you have a genuine emergency, the call the Consulate and ask for an appointment, as per their instructions, and get down to Chicago and see them. Bring all your documentation and evidence that your passport was stolen.

http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/help-fo.../urgent-travel

Why on earth did you go to Sheboygan? There is no organization that can help there.

all i got left is my british driving licence ,any body who thinks this is another scam can have my cell number to speak to me .

Lion in Winter Jun 11th 2012 6:16 pm

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Originally Posted by steve cross (Post 10113080)
all i got left is my british driving licence ,any body who thinks this is another scam can have my cell number to speak to me .


No one here wants to call you - it wouldn't do anyone any good.

If you have a genuine emergency, call the Consulate and make an appointment.

kimilseung Jun 11th 2012 6:17 pm

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Originally Posted by Lion in Winter (Post 10113077)
OK, so call the Consulate, request an appointment to discuss emergency assistance, and get down to Chicago for the day with all your documentation.

No one is going to help you if you just sit in Sheboygan. You need to take action.

and if they say 'no', then make a nuisance of yourself; everything short of them calling the police, no one likes an embarrassment. Things happen to be shot of embarrassments. And if you are destitute or close to it, you will not mind making an embarrassment of yourself either.

Lion in Winter Jun 11th 2012 6:20 pm

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Originally Posted by kimilseung (Post 10113090)
and if they say 'no', then make a nuisance of yourself; everything short of them calling the police, no one likes an embarrassment. Things happen to be shot of embarrassments. And if you are destitute or close to it, you will not mind making an embarrassment of yourself either.


Exactly.

Get the appointment.

Go in person.

Be clear, be truthful, be insistent.

Lion in Winter Jun 11th 2012 6:23 pm

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Originally Posted by steve cross (Post 10113080)
all i got left is my british driving licence ,any body who thinks this is another scam can have my cell number to speak to me .

Btw, documentation is not the same as documents.

Take your license, but also take anything that documents what happened in Florida, etc. Take your expired airline tickets. Etc. etc.

Scouse Express Jun 11th 2012 6:33 pm

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Originally Posted by Lion in Winter (Post 10113104)
Btw, documentation is not the same as documents.

Take your license, but also take anything that documents what happened in Florida, etc. Take your expired airline tickets. Etc. etc.

And a Police Report.

steve cross Jun 12th 2012 8:43 pm

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i did report it to the police ,and they did not give me any police report .does that mean i cant get etd or a renewed passport here ?

kimilseung Jun 12th 2012 9:12 pm

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Originally Posted by steve cross (Post 10115413)
i did report it to the police ,and they did not give me any police report .does that mean i cant get etd or a renewed passport here ?

Don't ask us, ask the consulate. (what is etd?)

If it was me I would not want a passport, I would hope I could be repatriated without the passport, as it will have to be handed back to them anyway, and it will just be something else added to your bill, to pay before you can get access to a passport again.

kimilseung Jun 12th 2012 9:29 pm

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Between your first post and today you could have walked to the consulate at a very conservative rate of miles per day.

steve cross Jun 12th 2012 10:01 pm

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as i posted before ,the consulate do not repatriat anybody ,they may loan some money towards getting home but not all of the price of emergency travel documents or flight out .i ask for advice on here and get skitty comments every time .. thanks for your help ..

kimilseung Jun 12th 2012 10:04 pm

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Originally Posted by steve cross (Post 10115498)
as i posted before ,the consulate do not repatriat anybody ,they may loan some money towards getting home but not all of the price of emergency travel documents or flight out .i ask for advice on here and get skitty comments every time .. thanks for your help ..

You have been given advice, have not done any of it and you are now being sarky with it. I give up pretending that you are not a troll.


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