Lost passport about to travel...

[kaffeemitmilch]

We were there last summer. No checks. I even forgot my residence card, but when we went back and forth between BiH and Croatia, they never asked me for it. and sometimes didn't even open my US passport. Granted, the rest of the car was filled with German passport holders, but still. It's quite lax.

The only issue is if your friend needs a visa for the EU/Schengen without the residence card (in case you decide to hop over the border), but if I were your friend, I wouldn't be too worried about going.

[Krieg]

Croatia is full member of Schengen since the beginning of last year.

[LukeSkywalker]

Hats off! That sounds like a decent service for the people of your nation!

Sure. Many passport departments of a Dutch consulate were closed due to cost savings, but a regular pop-up consulate is a good alternative. My brother lives on Mallorca. Madrid opens a pop-up consulate there as well even though there are just a few hundred Dutchies living there. In greater Munich it is around 9000. We have finger print too, so you need to go there in person. Passport is now valid for 10 years instead of 5 since they closed many consulates worldwide.

[kaffeemitmilch]

Everyone asks for fingerprints due to the whole biometric passport push the US started 15 years ago, yet the US doesn't collect any. Go figure, suckers.

[Krieg]

Everyone asks for fingerprints due to the whole biometric passport push the US started 15 years ago, yet the US doesn't collect any. Go figure, suckers.

'cause they have freedomz

[kaffeemitmilch]

Everyone asks for fingerprints due to the whole biometric passport push the US started 15 years ago, yet the US doesn't collect any. Go figure, suckers.

'cause they have freedomz

Freedumb.

[Fraufruit]

Everyone asks for fingerprints due to the whole biometric passport push the US started 15 years ago, yet the US doesn't collect any. Go figure, suckers.

Actually, Malaysia started biometric passports in 1998.

[kaffeemitmilch]

Everyone asks for fingerprints due to the whole biometric passport push the US started 15 years ago, yet the US doesn't collect any. Go figure, suckers.

Actually, Malaysia started biometric passports in 1998.

Interesting. Could be, but if I remember correctly the major push to make this the standard came from the US after 9/11. Basically, the US said you couldn't travel on the Visa Waiver Program on a non-biometric passport issued after a certain date, so there was the mad rush to to follow the biometric passport guidelines which included fingerprints. However, Congress refused to authorize fingerprints for US passports, while basically every other country collects them.