Passport has very unusual marks on data page?
Jun 25, 2018, 3:23 pm
#1
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Passport has very unusual marks on data page?
I have just received my passport after going through the nightmare of getting it countersigned twice due to an error. I am inspecting my passport right now and on the data page there is black dots and there even looks like there is a hair to the top-right of my photo below the word 'Passport' it looks awfully a lot like a hair. Is this a security feature or what? I am extremely worried as I would hate to have to get this replaced. It may look like a small mark but it's already been a huge pain with the application and I would hate to get it countersigned again. Please someone clear my worries
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It's a brand new passport and I very very much doubt it somehow got in there
Imgur picture (after the .com) /a/39HzhcL
It's a brand new passport and I very very much doubt it somehow got in there
Jun 25, 2018, 4:07 pm
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My fear is that they will say it's damaged or something along that and require me to find a countersignature, do they actually make exceptions for renewal fees? Are you speaking from experience?
Jun 27, 2018, 7:56 am
#4
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The small black lines are definitely security features. The photos are barely recognisable on modern passports, being overlaid and underlaid with lots of other patterns and graphics that are designed to be hard to replicate for security reasons. The vast majority of country borders will swip the chip and use the biometric information (photo and other info) provided on screen. I would only complain if you can actually feel the laminate has a bump; I suspect it is just printed.
Jun 27, 2018, 7:59 am
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The small black lines are definitely security features. The photos are barely recognisable on modern passports, being overlaid and underlaid with lots of other patterns and graphics that are designed to be hard to replicate for security reasons. The vast majority of country borders will swip the chip and use the biometric information (photo and other info) provided on screen. I would only complain if you can actually feel the laminate has a bump; I suspect it is just printed.
Jun 28, 2018, 11:41 am
#7
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I have looked at your photo and can't see anything that doesn't look like part of the background pattern. Be aware that those markings behind and on top of your photo involve a lot of complicated patterns that appear as holograms or fluoresce under UV light so you will not be seeing the full pattern under normal light. Within the bit you've circled in red I can see faint little dashes that are part of a series of thin lines and also something that might be part of a flower. Not sure what you mean by a hair but the curved line that starts under the RT of PASSEPORT is clearly part of the design as it has little flags coming off it. If you mean the thicker blue and red lines above and below the T of PASSPORT those are security fibres.
If you want to know more about the designs and security features of the current passport design there's a very comprehensive document here: https://assets.publishing.service.go...O_magazine.pdf
If you want to know more about the designs and security features of the current passport design there's a very comprehensive document here: https://assets.publishing.service.go...O_magazine.pdf