Photos: The new face of e-passports

,E-passports feature a chip embedded on the back of the personal information page. It will digitally store a scan of the holder's facial features.

Other security features include enhanced background checks on applicants and, beginning in 2007, face-to-face interviews for first-time adult applicants.

U.K. Home Office

The proposed e-passport for use by United States citizens will include a small, contactless chip embedded in the back cover. The chip will store a visual display of the photo page and include a digital photo for use in face-recognition comparisons.

U.S. Department of State

The U.S. e-passport will also have a new look and incorporate additional anti-fraud and security features. Each page will include patriotic quotes and designs that are difficult to reproduce.

U.S. Department of State

The information from this page will be stored in a chip embedded in the back cover of the e-passport.

U.S. Department of State

Visa stamps will be issued over a photo of Mount Rushmore.

U.S. Department of State

Here's the proposed design for the U.S. passport's inside back cover, which will include an embedded security chip.

U.S. Department of State