Passport w/ Valid Visa Just Lost

Help please. I need really good advice. I recently lost my passport which has my visa valid until 2005. I searched for one whole week but have now concluded that it is really lost. What is the proper thing to do?

Help please. I need really good advice. I recently lost my passport which has my visa valid until 2005. I searched for one whole week but have now concluded that it is really lost. What is the proper thing to do?

You should apply for duplicate passport from embassy of your country. If you have a duplicate copy of your passport with Visa it will help you a lot to get new Visa, when you will go to your country.
Most important thing is that you must leave before the date allowed by the INS at the Airport i.e. period of entry allowed by the INS (date on I-94). You have lost your Passport with I-94 but you must remember the date till when you can stay here and leave before that date.
Good luck.

MAKE SURE U REPORT THE LOSS TO THE POLICE. U can not get a new passport with out a police report.

How can I leave the USA without a passport? Can I do that? Will the airline let me board the plane?

NO: U HAVE TO SHOW UR PASSPORT. WHY U CAN'T GET A NEW PASSPORT FROM UR EMBASSY? WHAT IS UR PROBLEM ? U DON'T WANT TO GO TO UR EMBASSY. U WANT TO HIDE SOMETHING FISHY FISHY. OPEN UP NOW.

No. You must get a new Passport or a Travel Document from your Consulate to travel back to your country. To get that you must report the loss of your Passport to the Police and take a copy of that report to Consulate of your country to get Passport or Travel Document.
Good luck.

If I have to get a new passport from our U.S. consulate, then why do I have to leave the USA at all? I am in a state where there is no consulate from our country, and I will be traveling to the other coast to go back to my home country if I have to, so I am trying to save some money by not having to go to the U.S. consulate since I can always get a new passport in my home country. That is assuming that I would have to leave the USA. But with a new passport from the U.S. consulate, would I still have to leave, or can I just ask the INS for a duplicate visa?

I think you misunderstood me. I said, you should get passport or travel document from Consulate of your country in the United States.

MY DEAR WORRIED, U CAN ALWAYS GET PASSPORT FROM UR CONSULATE IN MAIL. I AM SURE THEY WILL ENTERTAIN UR APPLICATION FOR ISSUE. U HAVE TO TALK TO UR CONSULATE ON TELEPHONE. GET THE APPLICATION FORMS FROM THEM .FILL IT UP AND SEND TO THEM. THAT'S ALL

i am also with the same situation. i applied for the duplicate passport and also new i-94. make sure you inform the authorities right away.u need to inform the police, the american consulate where your visa was issued.