Three or four passports ago, the US PP agency was issuing pps with a LAMINATE over the picture page (most of the time), mine didn't have the laminate; they weren't securely affixing the picture either. After lots of border crossing with no issue I arrived by boat from Stockholm in Helsinki, no issue getting in, as I proceeded to the exit the immig. agent chased after me: "I just checked another US PP, your pp has no laminate also your picture is peeling off...", but I was allowed into Helsinki. On my rerurn to the USA (via EWR not my normal JFK entry) CBP noticed my pp's irregularity; I was directed to the pp agency on Varrick Street to get the laminate--they wanted to see my drivers license (first).