baby passport stolen. How worried should I be?

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Kicking myself. Baby’s first passport and my new passport posted through door today at 3pm (according to tracking). We were home but didn’t hear them. We generally keep the outer door unlocked when we’re at home so passport would have been sat in the porch area.

Yodel delivered a parcel 15 mins after passport delivered. The driver opened the porch door and placed the parcel in the porch. We checked at 5 after seeing on the tracking that the passport was supposedly delivered. No passport. Yodel package there. It seems most likely that the yodel driver has taken the passports although of course can’t prove it. Two hour possible window for it to have gone missing. We’ve reported to police, contacted both delivery companies, spoken to passport office and are cancelling passports.

Someone in London now has my baby’s name, DOB and address (mine too of course). How worried do i need to be? I’m terrified that identity theft could dog him throughout his life now. Could this affect him in the future when he wants to open a bank account etc?

@Soontobe60 it depends which courier they use. Mine was Sent by TNT. I was at work, came home and it was posted through my letter box.

It's not sitting inside the letterbox still? I've had that before with a small envelope.

It's such a big leap to accuse the Yodel driver, as seemingly anyone can come up and access deliveries in your porch without you knowing.

It's it obvious from the outside packaging that it's passports inside?

Most opportune the Ives are hoping it's an iPhone or similar.

They have most likely been thrown in a bin or destroyed.

The passports are cancelled.

They are worthless. You'll be fine.