The Best New Passport award was presented to the Principality of Liechtenstein for its new-generation, fully redesigned passport family, introduced from 3 February 2026. The series standardises regular, diplomatic and service passports on a single technical and design platform.

A polycarbonate datapage with a full-colour personalised portrait significantly increases resistance to forgery and substitution. The portrait is duplicated on the first paper page, providing a robust secondary verification point using a different personalisation technology and substrate.

Security printing is comprehensively upgraded across the booklet. Each visa page features individual artwork with fine-line guilloches and security line structures themed around Liechtenstein’s eleven municipalities. Under UV, a multicolour fluorescent image of Vaduz Castle appears on the datapage, complemented by UV contour lines and street layouts inside the booklet for meaningful, inspection-friendly complexity.

Biometric enrolment is now fully live-capture, enabling immediate issuance following application.