
Security inks for ID documents and passports
State-of-the-art security inks enabling tamper proof passport and ID document protection, easy authentication, while meeting ICAO recommendations ​
SICPA security inks are reserved exclusively for security applications on financial documents, such as banknotes, stocks, bonds and cheques; on identity documents such as passports, birth certificates, visas, driver’s licences; and on other security documents. They are made available only to official and recognised high-security printers.
With respect to ICAO’s recommendations and definition of authentication levels (levels 1, 2, 3), SICPA proposes a comprehensive portfolio of security inks for passports and ID cards:
- Overt
- Covert
- Forensic