Made me actually LOL . Have an upvote . <| sep |> this happened to me in Italy Canadian when I was planning on leaving the euro zone and I decided it wasn ' t worth the risk of being denied re entering the euro zone . I got a temp passport and I was able to have someone go into the passport office in Vancouver as a guarantor with my birth certificate and had other guarantors contacted by phone . Obviously not the same situation , but wow did it cost a lot I think just under 600 euros . The embassy staff basically insisted I get a new passport and tried to take it when I came in to ask advice because of the damage . my passport was otherwise un damaged but the picture was blurred . looking back not sure if it happened again if I would have replaced it , probably would have tried to travel with it and replace it if I got denied entry , as the picture wasn ' t that badly damaged . It was a lot of extra time , stress , and cash getting it replaced .