Should I DIY getting my parent's lost US passport?

seluzmenu asked . . . .I am a US citizen living here in the US. My parent is 83 yr old also US citizen. Without laying out anything more in this forum, any can recommend an Immigration lawyer in the Philippines that can provide support or advice to help me get my parent's lost passport? Preferably around Angeles City or Zambales. Please help! Thank you.

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Your first sentence throws me off.

(1) Are you living in the USA or Philippines?

(2) Your 83 year old parent lives in the Angeles/Zambales area?

So what I gather is you are in the US and your parent is in the Philippines who has lost their passport?

Forms DS-11 and or DS-64

do it yourself

https://common.usembassy.gov/en/ds-64/

@seluzmeu

Hi, how can an immigration lawyer help in this case? If you have lost your passport you need to report this to the US embassy/consulate in Manila to get a new one. To apply for a new passport you need to show up there in person. 

If the passport was taken by the immigration/police/NBI and a case is pending an immigration lawyer might not be able to help you. You might need a defense attorney in criminal cases.

@Enzyte Bob

yes currently I am here in the US and she's in the Philippines but lost her passport

@gregparker6201

Thank you.  I appreciate it. xd

@Andy_1963

Thanks Andy, I appreciate your input.

In case your parent needs/wants to travel back to the US she will need a passport. However, if she needs it to extend the visa, she can also overstay the visa. It is not very likely that a 83 old gets deported who stayed in the Philippines for many years. Or did she enter as a tourist?

@seluzmeu

I think you can go online and get a new passport no problem they will deliver it right to your door the service that they use over there is AIR 21 they charge a small fee the only problem I see is getting an entry stamp in a lost passport but if they are a duel citizen I'm sure there is a record of their arrival

Why do you want to waste money on an Immigration lawyer to cancel a passport and get a new one?

If you lose your U.S. passport in the Philippines, immediately report it online to the U.S. Department of State or contact the U.S. Embassy in Manila at (+63) 2 5301-2000. You must then schedule an appointment at the Embassy in Manila or the Consular Agency in Cebu for a replacement or emergency travel document.

More information found here: https://travel.state.gov/en/internation … sport.html

Thank you all for taking the time to reply to my post.  The thing is there is a situation that I do not wish to tell all here.  But with all your input gives me clear understanding of which option I have to take.  The situation is more within the family drama.  I am wrong about asking for immigration lawyer.  Simcity, you are right about that part.  I'm going there  (Philippines) and go to U.S Embassy and renew her lost passport.  Thank you once again for everything. 

Have a great day!

@seluzmeu

Forgive me for saying but it really is difficult for common folk like me to understand how a lost passport could possibly be connected to a family drama. I suppose you were able to tell everyone you had a family drama and that's fine, we don't need details.

danfinn said . .  Forgive me for saying but it really is difficult for common folk like me to understand how a lost passport could possibly be connected to a family drama. I suppose you were able to tell everyone you had a family drama and that's fine, we don't need details.

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I understand that someone wanting to keep personal information private and yet seeking  help. Seluzmeu is exercising his Miranda Rights.

The real question is: If his wife is a Filipino or American. As the Borg's would say contacting the Embassy by phone is "Futile".

The best way is to contact them is by email, you will receive an acknowledgement of the email saying they will reply to you in "X" amount of days.

When the "X" days reply comes, it will say they will conduct a phone interview with you which will be several weeks later. That has been my personal experience.

My experience? Questions such as these one should go straight to the horses mouth.

I renewed my passport last year (Australian) and simply went online, logged into the Aus embassy in Manila and did everything online as per their requirements.

On the site there was a section for lost passports and the requirements for that.

I emailed all the docs and pics to Manila, they processed the application, sent it off to Canberra immi and 4 weeks later I had my new passport.

Why dither about on an expat site?

OMO.

Cheers, Steve.