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Fraud Prevention

Lost/Stolen Passports Containing Valid U.S. Visas

If your passport containing a U.S. visa is lost or stolen, please report this right away to the Embassy.  The steps you should take are: 

File a report with the police in the jurisdiction where the passport was lost or stolen.

Send a copy of the police report, along with the following information, to the Consular Fraud Prevention Unit of the U.S. Embassy in Colombia:

 - Last names and first names as they appeared on your passport.  (PLEASE    WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS)
 - Date of birth, cédula number.
 - Whether the passport was lost or stolen, and how.
 - Date of loss.
 - Your phone and e-mail contacts.

By fax: 57-1-383-2114.

By e-mail: FPMBogota@state.gov  (Scan the police report and attach it to the e-mail.)