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Khaleej Times
11-06-2025
- Khaleej Times
UAE: Over 20,000 lost items reported in 2024; ID cards, passports most common
The Ministry of Interior in the United Arab Emirates revealed that a total of approximately 20,000 reports of lost items were submitted to police centers across the country in 2024. These reports were filed through the Ministry's smartphone application, official website, and via in-person visits to police stations. According to the open data statistics published on the Ministry's website, identity cards and passports were the most commonly reported lost and found items. Other frequently reported items included gold jewelry, cash, foreign currency, wallets, personal bags, official documents, driving licenses, and bank cards. To make the process more accessible, the Ministry offers the "Police Station in Your Phone" service. This is part of its ongoing efforts to digitize services and streamline police operations. The initiative allows users to file police reports and access a wide range of services from anywhere, eliminating the need for physical presence at police centers. Through this service, users can easily interact with police departments, submit their cases, and track the progress of their requests, all from the comfort of their current location. This reflects the Ministry's broader vision of enhancing public safety and security through smart solutions and digital transformation. In related guidance, the official portal of the UAE Government provided detailed steps for individuals who lose or damage their Emirates ID or passport: Lost Emirates ID or Passport: What to Do If an Emirates ID is lost, stolen, or damaged, individuals must report it immediately to the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security (ICP). The authority will deactivate the old card and issue a new one. In the case of a lost passport, expatriates must ensure their residency visa is reissued. If the visa is still valid, it will be reattached to the new passport. If it has expired, a new visa with updated validity will be issued based on standard procedures. For Expatriates Who Lose Their Passport Report the loss. Visit the nearest police station where the passport was lost. Complete a dedicated passport loss report form. If the Lost Passport Belongs to a minor, the parent or guardian must file a police report. If the Lost Passport Belongs to a Sponsored Employee The employer must submit a letter to the police department in the relevant emirate. The letter should be on official company letterhead, and accompanied by copies of the trade license and company establishment card. If the Lost Passport Belongs to a Family-Sponsored Individual The sponsor must submit a signed letter along with a copy of their own passport. In Dubai, the process is linked to the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) and the Dubai Courts. Follow-up Steps After Police Report Step 1: File a police report at the nearest station. Step 2: Visit the courts, public prosecution, and the GDRFA in your emirate to certify the report. Step 3: Return to the police station to receive the official loss certificate. Step 4: Visit your country's embassy or consulate in the UAE to apply for a new passport. Step 5: Once the new passport is issued, return to the GDRFA to reapply or transfer your residency visa. If the Passport Is Lost Abroad If the individual is in their home country, they must follow local procedures to report the lost passport and apply for a new one. If the individual is in a third country, they should contact their embassy or consulate in that country for instructions on how to proceed. This multi-step system is designed to ensure security, proper documentation, and verification at each stage, while making it as efficient as possible for residents and visitors in the UAE.
BBC News
09-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Lost and Found in the Lakes
If you believe one of the lost items on Monday 9th June's show is yours, please contact the team lostandfoundtd@ If you have lost an item in the Lake District and would like the team to help, you can apply to be on series 2 of Lost and Found in the Lakes. Click on the link to find out more.
Irish Times
19-05-2025
- General
- Irish Times
Áine Ryan on losing things, from cash and a car, to a child mislaid on a hillside ramble
It is a while since I threw €500 into the rubbish. At the time, I still erred on the side of agnosticism about the powers of St Anthony and felt lucky that my flimsy faith led me to my recycling bin before its imminent collection. The crisp notes were wrapped inside the opinion pages of this onetime Old Lady of D'Olier Street. 'Phew!,' I said to myself. 'That was a close one.' Of course, it wasn't the first time – or the last for that matter – that I was guilty of mislaying items of importance in my life. There has been the missing car, the lost wedding ring, my spectacles, fresh ginger for a chana masala, a multitude of berets, my marriage and, of course, my toddler daughter. READ MORE The daughter debacle was more of 'a left behind' situation. It was on the side of a hill overlooking a cliff out on the island where I lived at the time. She was about 18 months old and loved sitting on her Daddy's shoulders during these expeditions. So we had brought her with us to gather the sheep. In a moment of high drama – with sheep baa-ing hysterically and running in every direction – himself dropped her down on the grass so that he could use his full resource of expletives on the dog, Saddam. (Blame Tony Blair, George Bush and certain non-existent weapons of mass destruction.) When the crisis was finally averted, I scarpered to the house to prepare lunch. Obviously, when he arrived back into the house a short while later, still flushed and in a ball of sweat, the dog panting, I wondered where our daughter was. He had assumed I'd brought her with me. It was that slow moment just before your brain tells you to panic. The two of us were up Coinne Rón like mountain goats shouting her name, hearts thumping. There she was, though, exactly where he'd left her, under a soft hummock, playing with daisies and sheep poo and singing to herself. While our marriage almost went up on the rocks that day, we survived many more dramas before we weighed anchor. I often wondered was losing my wedding ring while footing turf in the bog an omen of our parting. It is comforting, though, that on some distant day in the future a young archaeologist on a field trip to the island might dig up my ring and write a paper about who I might have been. Talking about jewellery, back in the day when I was a student in Maynooth, it was trendy to wear earrings that didn't match. A handy fashion statement for my stash of solitary hoops, dangles, tassels and clip-ons. Of course, now that I am much older and a tad more understated about the decoration of my lobes, I don't feel it is quite as acceptable to give them separate identities, in a nod to their lost partners. At least in the case of my milliner's shop of berets, they are easily replaced. At last count, I have 25 – pink and purple, blue and green, black and brown – the majority of which are second and third generation since they seem to vanish in cafes, on buses, trains, planes, hotel lobbies. On a more serious note, to this day I wish I had held off calling the cops about my car having been stolen from right outside my house in Westport. Well, isn't it rather humiliating when half way through an interview with a friendly member of the Garda, you have a sudden vision of leaving the same vehicle in a centre town car park two nights earlier before partying until dawn? All these years later, that same garda smirks at me when I pass him on the street. I can't be alone, can I, in regularly leaving a key item of my shopping in either the trolley or at the checkout? It is usually something small like garlic or ginger, an essential ingredient for that dinner you are about to make, after you have hauled the shopping home, put everything away in the presses, pulled out the recipe book and make the discovery. And let's not even go there about losing my glasses. I have often torn the house apart in a desperate search for them to discover they are sitting dispassionately on my head, waiting patiently to read that book, check the washing instructions for a new duvet cover, rest on my nose. Having three pairs of glasses doesn't help, I suppose. I have inadvertently worn my prescription sunglasses on the treadmill in the gym. Well, you wouldn't mind if it was sunny outside but it happened to be a wild and windy day on the West coast. Unfortunately, I can't recall right now if there happens to be a saint for absent-mindedness.
