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Shengen VISA

Poligrafico is entrusted with the production of the Schengen Visa issued by the Italian Republic.
The document is compliant to the new standard format defined by Regulation (EU) 2017/1370 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017. With the aim of effectively combating fraud and counterfeiting, the
sticker integrates the most sophisticated techniques for security printing on paper, which Poligrafico produces
entirely within its own plants.

Letterpress horizontally printed
serial number
Intaglio printing feature with OVI ink
(optically variable ink)

Letterpress vertically
printed serial number

intaglio printed patterns

Guilloche kinetic lines and optically
variable security element

Area reserved for printing the
image of the Visa holder

“EU” acronym latent image appearing light or
dark depending on the viewing angle

intaglio printed
microtext

Area reserved for a
two-dimensional barcode
Area reserved for the personalization of machine readable
data on the Visa with the inscription “EUROPEAN UNION”
printed in all EU official languages