Fake passport

U.S. CBP OFO agent checking the authenticity of a travel document at an international airport using a stereo microscope

A fake passport is a counterfeit of a passport (or other travel document) issued by a nation or authorised agency. Such counterfeits are copies of genuine passports, or illicitly modified genuine passports made by unauthorized persons, sometimes called cobblers.[1] Its purpose is to be used deceptively as if it were a legitimate travel or identity document. A passport obtained from an authorized issuer by providing false information may also be considered fake.

These falsified passports can be used to leave a country from which exit is barred, illegal immigration to a country into which entry is barred, identity theft, age fabrication, organized crime, and to bypass know your customer protocols.[2]

Other comparable documents include camouflage passports, which are not copies of a valid form of document, but are designed to look like a passport issued by a body that cannot issue legitimate passports, such as "Republic of Mainau", or a "Baltic Trade Mission" diplomatic document. Fantasy passports, such as the World Passport, are passport-like documents issued by non-official organizations or micronations as a novelty or souvenir, to make a political statement, or to show loyalty to a political or other cause.

  1. ^ "Language of espionage". SpyMuseum.org.
  2. ^ "Create a fake passport in five minutes with ChatGPT and ensure that it would pass as valid at any checkpoint". umbrella.lib.umb.edu. Retrieved 2025-04-24.

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