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The Department of Foreign Affairs is giving assurance that the new
machine-readable passports (MRPs) it is issuing are tamper-resistant
and fully compliant with the standards and requirements of the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
The Philippine MRPs incorporate security
features specifically designed to discourage tampering and improve
the integrity of the passport system. Otherwise, tampered or forged
passports will be rejected at airports, ports of entries of foreign
countries.
All relevant Philippine government agencies,
particularly the Bureau of Immigration, and all world governments
have been fully apprised of the features of the new Philippine
passport. They are thus able to detect forgeries and discrepancies
highly prejudicial to Filipinos using said forged/fake passports.
Immigration officers are equipped with special
tools for ascertaining the genuineness of the new passports.
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