The machine-readible passport incorporates state of art technology to combat fraud. The photo page is safeguarded by a colorful hidden image_ in a diminishing left to right repetetive series that is visible only under a blacklight The bearers photo is photodigitized and doubly protected from tampering by a global image imprinted on the lowel left corner and initials_apear above the photo. A watermark_ is visible over the date and place of issue. The inside back and front cover are printed in multicolored ink that fluoresces, and the blinding threads are fluorescing_, the colors of_flag. Microprinting is included in the wavy design which is carried over from the front to the back cover. When viewed under a backlight, the letters_in both alphabets appears in the center of the page, as well as random pattern of confetti<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<0