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Document: ESP-AO-01003

ESP
ESP-AO-01003
Cover
Printing technique
UV feature
Inside front cover
Substrate
Printing technique
Biodata page
Substrate
Printing technique
Biographical data
Laminate
UV feature
Inner page(s)
Substrate
Watermark
Printing technique
UV feature
Binding
Inner page(s)
Printing technique

Title:

PASAPORTE

Issuing Country:

ESP - Spain • ESPAÑA •

Document Category:

A - Passport

Document type:

O - ordinary document

Document version number:

01003

First issued on:

01/01/1989

Valid:

yes

Legal status / main purpose:

Travel document issued to nationals of: ESP - Spain • ESPAÑA •

Overall construction:

single booklet

Format width (mm):

88

Format height (mm):

125

Number of pages:

32

Validity

Validity qualifier:

variable

Maximum validity:

10 year(s)

Extension is possible:

no

Validity-additional information:

- Passports are valid for 5 years up to the age of 30 and for 10 years from the age of 30 onwards - Children below the age of 14, who are not entitled to a Documento Nacional de Identidad (DNI = identity card), may hold a passport which will then contain the number of the DNI of one of their parents - Where a passport is stolen or lost, any new replacement passport issued to the holder will have the same date of expiry as the previous one

The following changes were introduced on 1 July 2000:

- addition of data: sex "M-F/H-V"

- "ESPAÑA" towards top of photo

- passport booklet number printed centrally towards top of biodata page

- two lines in MRZ

- horizontal line formed of microprint "ESPAÑAESPAÑA" (repeated) separating zones

Construction:

flexible

Cover embossing:

hot foil stamping

Material:

other

Overall colour:

burgundy

Image 56209 of Cover

Security features:

Printing technique

Light:

NORMAL

Description:

gold blocking: national coat-of-arms together with "COMUNIDAD EUROPEA", "ESPAÑA" and "PASAPORTE"

Security features:

UV feature

Light:

UV LIGHT

UV feature:

fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

Remark:

"E" (repeated) forming diagonal lines

Image 56214 of UV feature
UV reaction (366 nm)

Inside front cover

Security features:

Substrate

Presence of Fibres:

no

Planchettes:

no

Light:

NORMAL

Security features:

Printing technique

Light:

NORMAL

Security Element:

guilloches / fine line patterns

Security Element:

guilloches / fine line patterns

Technique:

intaglio printing

Technique:

intaglio printing

Image 56215 of Printing technique
Security background: guilloche pattern
Image 56216 of Printing technique
Text, national coat-of-arms and border in intaglio

Inside back cover = biodata page

Image 56211 of Biodata page
Image of biodata page without laminate

Security features:

Substrate

Presence of Fibres:

no

Planchettes:

no

Light:

NORMAL

Security features:

Printing technique

Light:

NORMAL

Security Element:

guilloches / fine line patterns

Security Element:

microprint

Description:

"PASAPORTE"

Image 56217 of Printing technique
Microprint "PASAPORTEPASAPORTE" (repeated)

Security features:

Biographical data

Light:

NORMAL

Image 56218 of Biographical data
Biodata are in needle print

Security features:

Laminate

Light:

NORMAL

Laminate UV features:

yes

OVD features:

none

guilloches and national coat-of-arms in green transferable ink

Description:

transferable ink

Image 56219 of Laminate
Guilloches and national coat-of-arms in transferable ink

Security features:

UV feature

Light:

UV LIGHT

Description:

red-fluorescing mesh pattern and yellow-fluorescing "ESPAÑAESPAÑA" (repeated) forming wavy lines

UV feature:

fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

red-fluorescing mesh pattern and yellow-fluorescing "ESPAÑAESPAÑA" (repeated) forming wavy lines are on top of laminate

Image 56221 of UV feature
UV reaction (366 nm)
Image 56212 of Inner page(s)

Security features:

Substrate

Presence of Fibres:

no

Planchettes:

no

Light:

NORMAL

Security features:

Watermark

Light:

TRANSMITTED

watermark consists of two motifs: crowned "M" (duotone) and national coat-of-arms (line watermark)

Image 56229 of Watermark

Security features:

Printing technique

Light:

NORMAL

Security Element:

guilloches / fine line patterns

Image 56223 of Printing technique
Close-up of printing: guilloche pattern
Image 56224 of Printing technique
Close-up of printing

Security features:

UV feature

Light:

UV LIGHT

Description:

"ESPAÑAESPAÑA" (repeated) forming wavy lines

UV feature:

fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

Image 56225 of UV feature
UV reaction (366 nm)

Security features:

Binding

Light:

NORMAL

Image 56226 of Binding
Stitching thread

Inner page(s)

(From) Page number (as printed):

32

Up to page number (as printed):

32

Image 56213 of Inner page(s)

Security features:

Printing technique

Light:

NORMAL

Security Element:

guilloches / fine line patterns

ESPThis information is supplied to you by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. It has been selected and compiled by document experts in Spain • ESPAÑA •
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