Physical Features
The latest version of the passport - which is an ePassport - was first issued by the Direcção dos Serviços de Identificação at the start of September 2009, instead of the previous machine-readable type.
The colour of the Macau SAR passport cover is bottle green, with the National Emblem of the People's Republic of China emblazoned in the centre of the front cover. It is inscribed with the titles of the PRC and the SAR in Traditional Chinese '中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區護照', Portuguese 'REGIÃO ADMINISTRATIVA ESPECIAL DE MACAU，REPÚBLICA POPULAR DA CHINA，PASSAPORTE' and English 'MACAO SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION，PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, PASSPORT'. Each passport consists of 48 numbered pages with a dimension of 125 x 88 mm.
Pages in the passport are special-purpose papers printed with the watermark of Great Wall, Rainbow pattern at the bottom of pages and the embossment of Lotus flower.
Besides personal data, the supplemental page of passport is printed with the picture and fingerprint of that holder.
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