Design and Innovation in ID Recognised at HSP Latin America 2025

The Regional Banknote and ID Document of the Year Awards form part of the industry’s High Security Printing™ (HSP) Latin America conference. This year’s event was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the awards presented at a special ceremony during the conference dinner on 10 June, on top of the iconic Sugarloaf Mountain.

There were three categories for the ID awards: Best New Passport, Best New National ID Card, and Best New National ID System.

St Kitts and Nevis, Peru and Guyana were the winners in each category respectively.

Best New Passport

St Kitts and Nevis ePassport, Ministry of National Security

The Government of St Kitts and Nevis, through its Ministry of National Security, was awarded Best New Passport for its groundbreaking 2024 ePassport. This recognition marks a historic first for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), as the St Kitts and Nevis ePassport is the first from the region to receive an HSP award.