Unit 6 Lost and Found 受理报失与失物招领

When a foreigner reports a loss, police officers usually express their sympathy first, by saying "I'm sorry to hear that" before making out a report, which includes the natural information of the person who lost things such as his or her name, nationality, passport number, address in China and phone number, time and place of the loss and detailed description of the lost items.

If a check or a credit card is lost, remind the person who lost it to notify his bank or credit card company as soon as possible.

If foreigners report the loss of their passports, police officers should give them a receipt for the report and tell them to apply for a confirmation of reporting the loss of passports in the local Exit-Entry Administration Service Center. With the confirmation, they can apply to their consulate or embassy in China for a new passport and then get the new passport visaed by the local Exit-Entry Administration Service Center.

As soon as the lost article has been recovered, police officers have to contact the person who lost it and ask him or her to claim it, and meantime make sure what has been found is just what was lost, and ask the person to sign the Statement of Loss before returning it.

受理外国人报失时，民警应先说“I'm sorry to hear that”表示同情，然后进行登记，记下失主的个人信息，如姓名、国籍、护照号码、在中国的现住址和电话号码，以及遗失的时间、地点和遗失物品的详细描述。

遗失物品中如有支票或信用卡，应提醒失主马上向有关银行或信用卡公司挂失。

如果遗失的是护照，应给失主出具一份《护照丢失报案回执》，让其持该回执去当地出入境管理部门办理《护照报失证明》，然后去其本国驻华使馆或领事馆补办新护照，最后再到当地公安机关出入境管理部门补办签证。

报失的物品找到后，应马上通知失主携带有效身份证件前来认领。归还前应确认一下找到的物品是否与报失的物品相符。确认无误后应请失主登记签字。