Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Invitation to Bid

4 comments:

kim daigo said...

is the machine readable passport and the e-passport different from each other?

secnarf hodlam said...

mas high tech yata ang e-passport kasi gagamitan ito ng special chip. yung machine readable passport naman, ito yung kailangn by aprill 2010 ay naiimplement na ng mga member countries ng ICAO. magkakaron ng barcode yung passport na bagong iissue ng D.F.A.

secnarf hodlam said...

gagawin ng e-passport yung philippine passport natin sana
yung company namin ang makakuha ng project para ma-personalize ko yung sarili kong passport!!!!!

A. da Tingmayaman said...

To all the commenters: i saw this media release from the DFA's website. Looks like okay naman ang outcome ng pinangpalit ng DFA and BSP na passport program. Eto po yung link: http://www.dfa.gov.ph/news/pr/pr2008/apr/pr227.htm

PHILIPPINE MACHINE-READABLE PASSPORTS ARE TAMPER-RESISTANT AND FULLY ICAO-COMPLIANT
21 April 2008 - The Department of Foreign Affairs assures our people that the new machine-readable passports (MRPs) being issued by the department 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.

The security features include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. watermarked paper and colored fibers,
2. ultraviolet (UV) - reactive inks,
3. a combination of security prints, such as fine lines with modulation, guilloche design, art screen and dash effects and microtext,
4. laser-perforated alpha-numeric serial numbers,
5. security laminates that are ultra thin with strong adhesion to prevent chemical, thermal or mechanical forgery,
6. high-level origination and high image definition,
7. high security animated and color switch optical imaging, and
8. nano imaging.

All relevant Philippine government agencies particularly the Bureau of Immigration, as well as all governments of the world, have been fully apprised of the features of the new Philippine passport and are thus able to detect forgeries and discrepancies which is highly prejudicial to Filipinos using said forged/fake passports.

Immigration officers are equipped with special tools for ascertaining the genuineness of passports.

The new MRP system includes the development and maintenance of a secure passport database to aid in rooting out identity theft and raising the integrity of the country's passport system.

Since the launch of the new machine-readable passports in June last year, the department has not had any verified case of fraud successfully foisted against the Philippine MRP.

The department is constantly evaluating and undertaking measures to improve the security of the passport system. END