The latest Security Techniques Used in Passport Design

Document Type : Original Article

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Associate Professor at printing, publishing & packaging Dep. Faculty of applied arts Helwan University

Abstract

Passports are critical travel documents, For that nations secured the design of the passport to reducing avoidable crimes facilitated by international criminals. by using the new feature passport design's elements increased Security enhancement to be trusted in all international airports. from here came the research problem that spot in those points: Not to keep pace with the Egyptian passport's securing elements for innovative new technologies and the need to evolve to face the criminal operations aimed at forging the contents of passports. and the research methodology is the descriptive approach, which is based on describing the innovative techniques used in passport design to increase its security degree. the research aims to: keep abreast of the global innovative technologies in passport designs to raise its security degree with the latest technology, which not used by Egyptian's passport design to be a guide for passport authority in future developments, and in order to achieve the research’s aims; the research was divided into three main axes (1- Passport Main Data Page, 2- Passport Visa Pages, 3- Passport Cover).
The research results came to confirm using all this items to get a highest secure's passport: intaglio printing method to print Micro printing and nano text, kinegram design lamination layer, Complex design for visa cross-page, laser burning technology used to burn numbers as a perforations with different shapes, Security threads, Special inks like IR reflective or absorbent, Edge design with UV characters become visible on the passport given a view from the opposite side by UV Light, Using  the sewing fibers consist of three colors fluoresces by UV light, Ease passport detection by RAFID embed chip, high technology of laser engraving for engraved data and pictures on polycarbonate, Multi layer data page gives high resistant construction and highest resistance against thermal stress.
The research recommends that the Egyptian Ministry of the Interior implement all the research points include techniques and raw materials to secure the Egyptian passport against counterfeiting whatever the cost, in order to maintain national security.

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