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Unlike the passport guide, the RFID chip in the passport card is designed to be readable at a higher distance, allowing border brokers to access traveler data earlier than they pull as much as the inspection station. To forestall the RFID chip from being read when the cardboard just isn't getting used, the passport card comes with a sleeve designed to block RFID whereas inside.
The passport card is formatted in accordance with specs for credit card (ID-1) sized travel paperwork, as described in ICAO Document 9303, Part three, Volume 1. The basic layout of the passport card is virtually equivalent to the format of the Border Crossing Card issued to Mexican citizens with primarily the background imagery and entitlements various between the 2 playing cards. Compared with state ID playing cards and driver's licenses, the passport card is designed to be extra common. It is formatted to United Nations ICAO machine readable doc standards, wh