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Document: GBR-AO-05002

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GBR-AO-05002
Outside front cover
Inside front cover
UV feature
Printing technique
Inside back cover
UV feature
Printing technique
Biodata page
Substrate
Watermark
UV feature
UV feature
OVD (optically variable device)
Laminate
Facial image
Printing technique
Inner page(s)
UV feature
Numbering
Inner page(s)
Watermark
UV feature
Facial image
Printing technique
Inner page(s)
Inner page(s)
Watermark
Binding
UV feature
Printing technique
Printing technique

Title:

PASSPORT

Issuing Country:

GBR - United Kingdom • UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND •

Document Category:

A - Passport

Document type:

O - ordinary document

Document version number:

05002

First issued on:

31/07/2019

Valid:

yes

Legal status / main purpose:

Travel document issued to nationals of: GBR - United Kingdom • UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND •

Overall construction:

single booklet

Format width (mm):

88

Format height (mm):

125

Number of pages:

32

Validity

Maximum validity:

10 year(s)

Minimum age for validity:

16 year(s)

Extension is possible:

no

Validity

Maximum validity:

5 year(s)

Minimum age for validity:

0 year(s)

Maximum age for validity:

15 year(s)

Extension is possible:

no

Business passports have 48 pages.

Until 31 July 2019, the UK, alongside the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, had issued the Series B passport both with and without the words 'European Union' printed on the outside front cover.

The security features of both Series B passport versions remain identical and compliant with international Civil Aviation standards.

Main difference(s) compared with previous model

Series B UK passports issued after 31 July 2019 do not have the words 'European Union' on the outside front cover.

Outside front cover

    Construction:

    flexible

    Cover embossing:

    hot foil stamping, colour: gold

    Material:

    plastic

    Overall colour:

    burgundy

    Image 332595 of Outside front cover

    Inside front cover

    Image 332596 of Inside front cover

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    UV feature:

    fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

    Image 332606 of UV feature

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    All text on the inside front cover is intaglio printed

    Description:

    latent image "UK"

    Colours:

    burgundy, brown

    Image 332608 of Printing technique

    Inside back cover

    Image 332597 of Inside back cover

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    UV feature:

    fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

    Image 332609 of UV feature

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Technique:

    intaglio printing

    Description:

    latent image "UK"

    Colours:

    blue

    Image 332612 of Printing technique

    Page 2

    Image 332598 of Biodata page

    Security features:

    Substrate

    Presence of Fibres:

    yes

    Colours:

    multi-coloured

    Image 332613 of Substrate

    Security features:

    Watermark

    Light:

    TRANSMITTED

    Description:

    Gipsy Moth IV sailing vessel surrounded by four floral emblems (rose, daffodil, thistle and shamrock); in addition to the multitone and electrotype, also Cornerstone®, Edgestone and (round shaped, bright) 'SkyLight' watermarks.

    Watermark position:

    positioned - centred

    Image 332614 of Watermark

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT (365 nm)

    UV feature:

    fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

    Image 332615 of UV feature

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT (365 nm)

    UV feature:

    fluorescent fibres

    Colours:

    multi-coloured

    Image 332616 of UV feature

    Security features:

    OVD (optically variable device)

    OVD description:

    metallised area at the left side and beneath the holder's image - there it contains a unique serial number which is not the same as the passport's serial number

    Image 332618 of OVD (optically variable device)

    Security features:

    Laminate

    Laminate UV features:

    yes

    OVD features:

    hologram

    Image 332619 of Laminate
    Image 332620 of Laminate

    Security features:

    Facial image

    Photo type:

    colour

    Photo integration technique:

    inkjet printing

    Image 332622 of Facial image

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    TRANSMITTED

    Description:

    see-through register depicting a nautical compass under transmitted light

    Image 332623 of Printing technique

    Inner page(s)

    Page1

    Title page displays document serial number. No page number is printed. Principal text is in English, Welsh and Scottish Gaelic, with equivalent text in languages of the EU Member States.

    Image 332599 of Inner page(s)

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT (365 nm)

    UV feature:

    fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

    Image 332624 of UV feature

    Security features:

    Numbering

    Numbering position:

    laser-perforated serial number on all inner pages and also perforated through the back cover

    Image 332625 of Numbering
    Page3

    This page is reserved for official observations. Any observations will be printed by inkjet.

    Image 332600 of Inner page(s)

    Security features:

    Watermark

    Light:

    TRANSMITTED

    Description:

    different style electrotype watermark of the same sailing vessel and floral motifs as on the biodata page

    Watermark position:

    positioned - centred

    Image 332627 of Watermark

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT (365 nm)

    UV feature:

    fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

    Image 332628 of UV feature

    Security features:

    Facial image

    Photo type:

    secondary (ghost) image - colour

    Photo integration technique:

    inkjet printing

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Security Element:

    rainbow colouring

    Description:

    fine-line design depicting a map of the United Kingdom

    Technique:

    intaglio printing

    Image 332631 of Printing technique

    Inner page(s)

      Page4
      Image 332601 of Inner page(s)

      (From) Page number (as printed):

      5

      Up to page number (as printed):

      34

      Each visa page in the 34-page passport is unique, with the design spreading across the two adjacent pages. Page 33 has no visible security fibres.

      Image 332602 of Inner page(s)
      Image 332603 of Inner page(s)
      Image 332604 of Inner page(s)
      Image 332605 of Inner page(s)
      Page 34

      Security features:

      Watermark

      Light:

      TRANSMITTED

      Description:

      portrait of Wiliam Shakespeare; the visa pages include in addition an electrotype watermark in the form of a writer's quill which includes the two page numbers

      Watermark position:

      positioned - centred

      Image 332632 of Watermark

      Security features:

      Binding

      Binding:

      saddle stitching with thread (stitched in the spine)

      Image 332633 of Binding

      Security features:

      UV feature

      Light:

      UV LIGHT (365 nm)

      UV feature:

      fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

      Image 332635 of UV feature

      Security features:

      Printing technique

      Light:

      TRANSMITTED

      Security Element:

      see-through register

      Image 332636 of Printing technique

      Security features:

      Printing technique

      Technique:

      intaglio printing

      GBRThis 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 the United Kingdom • UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND •
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