The first US passports were simple pieces of paper. Times have changed, and today’s passports rely on cutting-edge technology to protect against forgery. While most of that technology is top-secret, here are four elements that distinguish a real passport from a fake.
Ink: More than Meets the EyePut your passport under a black light and prepare to be amazed, as special fluorescent ink creates glowing patterns across the pages.
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Worried about losing your passport? Most Americans don’t give the possibility a second thought, according to a new survey released by Mandala Research.
The group surveyed 1,000 Americans to gauge their concerns about lost or stolen passports.
Read ArticlePeople have a lot of questions about travel insurance. What is it? What does it cover? Is it worth the price? Where do I get it? So here are some simple answers to help you make a more informed decision.
Read ArticleWould you buy someone else’s long-expired passport? What if the passport showed that, many years ago, the person lived in the same place where you live now?
For Nuno Fonseca, a Portuguese medical student studying in Paris, the pull of the mystery represented by a 60-year-old passport he found at a flea market was too strong to resist.
Read ArticleAt RushMyPassport, people come to us to replace lost passports all the time. For one British man currently living in Australia, though, his passport is impossible to lose- it’s tattooed across his back!
Read ArticleIt was the travel story of the week: a 33-year-old Canadian man named Martin Reisch left on a road trip for the US without his passport, but managed to convince Customs to let him across the border by showing them a scanned copy of the document on his iPad.
Read ArticleWaiting in line to go through a border checkpoint can really try your patience. However, when it’s your turn to hand over your passport, don’t let your impatience make you less vigilant.
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