My passport arrived in the mail sometime between Thursday and now. I wasn't supposed to expect it until early to mid October. But it's here in all its Navy Blueness with a horrible and shiny picture of my self on the inside along with all sorts of information about me and an RFID chip and a notice stating there are sensitive electronics in the document blah blah blah... Near as I can tell it's in the front cover ans really bright light is visible though the back cover where the front blocks light entirely and it's the same material so the only obvious thing to me that would really keep the light from passing would be an extra layer or two...