Black pen mark across monochrome passport photo

[MikeG]

I have noticed that my passport and other people I’ve spoken to have a small black marker swipe across the smaller black and white passport photo on the page adjacent to the main data page of our passports.

Has anyone else experienced this and do you know what it means? I’m assuming this was done by an immigration officer somewhere…

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[RooFlyer]

Which series? My new RA one doesn't have it.

 

[MikeG]

PA - Its a hand drawn mark and it doesn't seem to be accidental. Perhaps an internal mark for immigration for the UK or USA?

 

[blackcat20]

Wouldnt that potentially invalidate the passport??

 

[RooFlyer]

Hmmmm you may have to travel with a black texta and tell the immigration officers that it’s a tattoo.

 

[MikeG]

Wouldnt that potentially invalidate the passport??

According to the Official website only marks across the photo on the "photo page" are an issue. This is not the photo page.

 

[MikeG]

There were no issues during travel to the UK last June, so I suspect it's a clandestine checkmark for immigration authorities. Although, it could have been that the exact same mark has been made on people's passports are an accident I guess. What are the odds?