Managing travel documents

1. A method of maintaining information for a traveler, comprising:

creating a virtual travel credential containing information from at least one of: a physical passport of the traveler or physical travel document(s) of the traveler;

storing at least a portion of the virtual travel credential in a mobile device carried by the traveler;

monitoring a location of the mobile device; and

in response to the mobile device transitioning from a first country/territory to a second country/territory, providing a signal to an embassy or consulate corresponding to a home country of the traveler in the second country/territory and providing another signal to an embassy or consulate corresponding to the home country of the traveler in the first country/territory.

2. A method, according to claim 1 , wherein monitoring the location of the mobile device includes detecting a cellular network in communication with the mobile device.

3. A method, according to claim 1 , wherein monitoring the location of the mobile device includes using GPS functionality of the mobile device.

4. A method, according to claim 1 , wherein monitoring the location of the mobile device includes receiving information that the traveler boarded a plane headed for the second country/territory.

5. A method, according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the virtual travel credential is stored in a virtual travel credential server that is separate from the mobile device.

6. A method, according to claim 5 , wherein the virtual travel credential server communicates with the mobile device using a cellular network.

7. A method, according to claim 5 , wherein the virtual credential travel server provides the signal and the another signal in response to the mobile device transitioning from the first country/territory to the second country/territory.

8. A method, according to claim 1 , wherein the signal provided to the embassy or consulate in the second country/territory indicates that the traveler is located in the second country/territory so that, in response to the traveler losing the physical passport or the physical travel document(s), the embassy or consulate in the second country/territory is enabled to at least partially rely on the signal in issuing a replacement.

9. A method, according to claim 1 , wherein the another signal provided to the embassy or consulate in the first country/territory indicates that the traveler is no longer located in the first country/territory.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing software that maintains information for a traveler, the software comprising executable code that implements steps of:

creating a virtual travel credential containing information from at least one of: a physical passport of the traveler or physical travel document(s) of the traveler;

storing at least a portion of the virtual travel credential in a mobile device carried by the traveler;

monitoring a location of the mobile device; and

in response to the mobile device transitioning from a first country/territory to a second country/territory, providing a signal to an embassy or consulate corresponding to a home country of the traveler in the second country/territory, the signal including the virtual travel credential, and providing another signal to an embassy or consulate corresponding to the home country of the traveler in the first country/territory.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium, according to claim 10 , wherein monitoring the location of the mobile device includes detecting a cellular network in communication with the mobile device.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium, according to claim 10 , wherein monitoring the location of the mobile device includes using GPS functionality of the mobile device.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium, according to claim 10 , wherein monitoring the location of the mobile device includes receiving information that the traveler boarded a plane headed for the second country/territory.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium, according to claim 10 , wherein the software comprises executable code that further implements a step of storing at least a portion of the virtual travel credential in a virtual travel credential server that is separate from the mobile device.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium, according to claim 10 , wherein the signal provided to the embassy or consulate in the second country/territory indicates that the traveler is located in the second country/territory so that, in response to the traveler losing the physical passport or the physical travel document(s), the embassy or consulate in the second country/territory is enabled to at least partially rely on the signal in issuing a replacement.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium, according to claim 10 , wherein the another signal provided to the embassy or consulate in the first country/territory indicates that the traveler is no longer located in the first country/territory.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing software that maintains information for a traveler, the software comprising executable code that implements steps of:

creating a virtual travel credential containing information from at least one of: a physical passport of the traveler or physical travel document(s) of the traveler;

storing at least a portion of the virtual travel credential in a mobile device carried by the traveler;

monitoring a location of the mobile device, wherein monitoring the location of the mobile device includes at least one of using GPS functionality of the mobile device or detecting a cellular network in communication with the mobile device; and

in response to at least one of the GPS functionality of the mobile device indicating that the mobile device is transitioning from a first country/territory to a second country/territory or detecting that the mobile device has connected to a cellular network associated with the second country/territory, providing a signal to an embassy or consulate corresponding to a home country of the traveler in the second country/territory and providing another signal to an embassy or consulate corresponding to the home country of the traveler in the first country/territory.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium, according to claim 17 , wherein the software comprises executable code that further implements a step of storing at least a portion of the virtual travel credential in a virtual travel credential server that is separate from the mobile device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium, according to claim 17 , wherein the signal provided to the embassy or consulate in the second country/territory indicates that the traveler is located in the second country/territory so that, in response to the traveler losing the physical passport or the physical travel document(s), the embassy or consulate in the second country/territory is enabled to at least partially rely on the signal in issuing a replacement.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium, according to claim 17 , wherein the another signal provided to the embassy or consulate in the first country/territory indicates that the traveler is no longer located in the first country/territory.