{"id":509389,"date":"2026-06-03T16:52:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T20:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/dominican-electronic-passport-receives-recognition-as-the-best-new-travel-document-in-latin-america\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T16:48:20","slug":"dominican-electronic-passport-receives-recognition-as-the-best-new-travel-document-in-latin-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/dominican-electronic-passport-receives-recognition-as-the-best-new-travel-document-in-latin-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican electronic passport receives recognition as the best new travel document in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guatemala.<\/strong>\u2013 The electronic passport of the <strong>Dominican Republic<\/strong> was recognized with the <strong>High Security Printing Latin America Award<\/strong> in the <strong>Best New ID\/Travel Document Series<\/strong> category, a distinction that highlights the most innovative and secure identity and travel document series in Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award was presented during the annual High Security Printing Latin America conference, considered the main regional forum on security technologies applied to government documents, in which authorities, international organizations, and experts specialized in identity protection participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The jury evaluated aspects such as the design of the new Dominican passport, the incorporation of advanced identity protection technologies, physical and electronic security mechanisms, as well as its ability to meet the highest international standards regarding authentication and fraud prevention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The distinction was received by the Director General of Passports, Lorenzo Ram\u00edrez, together with Daniel Ure\u00f1a, president of Midas and local representative of the consortium in charge of the design and development of the security solutions implemented in the document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/nacionales\/nuevo-pasaporte-electronico-rd\/\">What makes it more secure? The DR electronic passport has 130 protection measures<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this recognition, the Dominican Republic strengthens its position as a regional benchmark in the modernization of official documents and validates the efforts made to provide the country with a state-of-the-art passport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the event, Ram\u00edrez highlighted that the country currently has documents that meet the highest international security standards, offering greater guarantees to both citizens and the authorities responsible for verifying their authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis constitutes an international validation of the State vision promoted by President Luis Abinader for the modernization of fundamental documents such as the passport, the national ID card, and the driver&#8217;s license,\u201d the official expressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the implementation of these technological solutions strengthens document security and contributes to the protection of the identity of Dominicans, in addition to increasing trust in the documents issued by the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obtaining this award projects the Dominican Republic as a regional benchmark in innovation, document security, and identity protection, consolidating the prestige and reliability of its electronic passport both nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guatemala.\u2013 The electronic passport of the Dominican Republic was recognized with the High Security Printing Latin America Award in the Best New ID\/Travel Document Series category, a distinction that highlights the most innovative and secure identity and travel document series in Latin America. 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