Technological features of the Lithuanian Alien's Passport 2024

ALIEN'S PASSPORT DESIGN

The main distinctive feature of the Alien's passport (hereinafter – the passport) is the grey colour of its cover.

The passport contains 32 numbered pages plus a polycarbonate data page with laser engraved personal data, face image and signature.

The passport incorporate a number of modern security features against counterfeit, forgery, and measures to speed up the process of verification.

COVER

The cover of passport is made of leather-like material.
Passport is dark grey color.
The front cover bears the Coat of Arms of the Republic of Lithuania, the Lithuanian text "EUROPOS SĄJUNGA", "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA" and the name of the respective passport "UŽSIENIEČIO PASAS", e-passport symbol, all embossed in gold.

COVER ENDPAPERS

Intaglio
Ornaments are intaglio printed.

Latent image
Letters „LTU“ are seen when tilting passport at a certain angle.

Optically variable ink
An optically variable ink (OVI) changes colour when viewed at different angles.

Passport number
Passport number of eight digits increasing in size, letter-pressed in black, fluoresce green under UV light.

Micro Lettering
Micro Lettering “LIETUVOS” and “LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA”.

DATA PAGE

The polycarbonate data page. Legend printed offset.

Laser engraving
The holder’s face image, signature and personal data are all laser engraved.

Transparent box
The passport holder's photo is engraved in the transparent box.

Rainbow printing
Security grids of three colours, two of them in rainbow print.

The chip
Passports contain a contactless chip that stores passport holder‘s personal data, his/her face image and fingerprint.

Tilt Effect
A design element whose image changes at a different angle.

Kinegram
A transparent diffractive optical element with kinematic effect partially covering the photo.

Relay
Positive and negative surface imprint on the data page.

Special line layout
Guilloche stripes are formed by double lines of different thickness.

Microtext
Repeating micro lettering: positive "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA", negative – "LTU".

Page surface
The surface of a data page has a transparent positive/negative embossing.

Ultraviolet inks
Multicolored image, glowing under UV light, on the front of the data page.

Optically variable ink
An optically variable ink (OVI) changes colour when viewed at different angles.

INSIDE PAGES

Page background – famous places of Lithuania (different on every page).

Paper
Invisible fibres fluoresce yellow, green and red under UV light.

Rainbow printing
Security grids of three colours, two of them in rainbow print. One of the colours fluoresces under UV light.

Marked edge
International code of Lithuania "LTU", symbol of Gediminians.

Passport number
Laser perforated passport number of eight digits with conical holes through all inside pages and the back cover.

Special line layout
Guilloche stripes are formed by double lines of different thickness.

Stitching thread
Passport is lock-stitched. The three-coloured (green, red, yellow) stitching thread fluoresces green under UV light.

See-through register
See-through register and micro lettering "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA".

Security thread
The security thread contains inverted and direct micro lettering: "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA", and fluoresce red, green and yellow under UV light.

Watermark
Fixed multi-shade watermark of the Vytis.

Ultraviolet ink
One part of invisible design element fluoresces green under UV light, the other fluoresces yellow and orange.