Machine Readable Travel Documents

Overview

The Machine Readable Travel Documents (MRTD) standard specified by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) defines how to encode information for optical character recognition on official travel documents.

Dynamsoft Code Parser supports all versions of MRTD and specifies five code types:

MRTD_TD1_ID
MRTD_TD2_ID
MRTD_TD2_VISA
MRTD_TD3_PASSPORT
MRTD_TD3_VISA

In addition, Dynamsoft Code Parser also supports the following non-ICAO standard:

MRTD_TD2_FRENCH_ID

Fields

The exposed fields for each code type is defined as below:

MRTD_TD1_ID Fields

Field Name	Description
CodeType	Code type, always has value “MRTD_TD1_ID”
line1	The first line of the Machine Readable Zone data
documentCode	Document code
issuingState	Issuing state or organization
checkDigitForDocumentNumber	Check digit to verify the data of field `documentNumber`
documentNumber	The document number given by the issuing State or organization, to uniquely identify the document from all other MROTDs issued by the State or organization
checkDigitForLongDocumentNumber	Check digit to verify the data of field longDocumentNumber
longDocumentNumber	if the document number has more than 9 character
optionalData1	Optional data elements in line 1
line2	The second line of the Machine Readable Zone data
dateOfBirth	Date of birth
birthYear	Year of birth
birthMonth	Month of birth
birthDay	Day of birth
checkDigitForBirthDate	Check digit to verify the data of field `dateOfBirth`
sex	Sex
dateOfExpiry	Date of expiry
expiryYear	Year of expiry
expiryMonth	Month of expiry
expiryDay	Day of expiry
checkDigitForExpiryDate	Check digit to verify the data of field `dateOfExpiry`
nationality	Nationality
optionalData2	Optional data elements in line 2
compositeCheckDigit	Composite check digit
line3	The third line of the Machine Readable Zone data
name	Name
primaryIdentifier	Primary identifier(s)
secondaryIdentifier	Secondary identifier(s)
fieldForCompositeCheck	Data used to calculate the composite check digit

MRTD_TD2_ID Fields

Field Name	Description
CodeType	Code type, always has value “MRTD_TD2_ID”
line1	The first line of the Machine Readable Zone data
documentCode	Document code
issuingState	Issuing state or organization
name	Name
primaryIdentifier	Primary identifier(s)
secondaryIdentifier	Secondary identifier(s)
line2	The second line of the Machine Readable Zone data
documentNumber	The document number given by the issuing State or organization, to uniquely identify the document from all other MROTDs issued by the State or organization
checkDigitForDocumentNumber	Check digit to verify the data of field `documentNumber`
nationality	Nationality
dateOfBirth	Date of birth
birthYear	Year of birth
birthMonth	Month of birth
birthDay	Day of birth
checkDigitForBirthDate	Check digit to verify the data of field `dateOfBirth`
sex	Sex
dateOfExpiry	Date of expiry
expiryYear	Year of expiry
expiryMonth	Month of expiry
expiryDay	Day of expiry
checkDigitForExpiryDate	Check digit to verify the data of field `dateOfExpiry`
optionalData	Optional data elements for use of the issuing State or organization
compositeCheckDigit	Composite check digit

MRTD_TD2_VISA Fields

Field Name	Description
CodeType	Code type, always has value “MRTD_TD2_VISA”
line1	The first line of the Machine Readable Zone data
documentCode	Document code
issuingState	Issuing state or organization
name	Name
primaryIdentifier	Primary identifier(s)
secondaryIdentifier	Secondary identifier(s)
line2	The second line of the Machine Readable Zone data
documentNumber	The document number given by the issuing State or organization, to uniquely identify the document from all other MROTDs issued by the State or organization
checkDigitForDocumentNumber	Check digit to verify the data of field `documentNumber`
nationality	Nationality
dateOfBirth	Date of birth
birthYear	Year of birth
birthMonth	Month of birth
birthDay	Day of birth
checkDigitForBirthDate	Check digit to verify the data of field `dateOfBirth`
sex	Sex
dateOfExpiry	Date of expiry
expiryYear	Year of expiry
expiryMonth	Month of expiry
expiryDay	Day of expiry
checkDigitForExpiryDate	Check digit to verify the data of field `dateOfExpiry`
optionalData	Optional data elements for use of the issuing State or organization

MRTD_TD3_PASSPORT Fields

Field Name	Description
CodeType	Code type, always has value “MRTD_TD3_PASSPORT”
line1	The first line of the Machine Readable Zone data
documentCode	Document code
issuingState	Issuing state or organization
name	Name
primaryIdentifier	Primary identifier(s)
secondaryIdentifier	Secondary identifier(s)
line2	The second line of the Machine Readable Zone data
passportNumber	Passport number
checkDigitForPassportNumber	Check digit to verify the data of field `passportNumber`
nationality	Nationality
dateOfBirth	Date of birth
birthYear	Year of birth
birthMonth	Month of birth
birthDay	Day of birth
checkDigitForBirthDate	Check digit to verify the data of field `dateOfBirth`
sex	Sex
dateOfExpiry	Date of expiry
expiryYear	Year of expiry
expiryMonth	Month of expiry
expiryDay	Day of expiry
checkDigitForExpiryDate	Check digit to verify the data of field `dateOfExpiry`
personalNumber	Personal number or other optional data elements
checkDigitForPersonalNumber	Check digit to verify the data of field `personalNumber`
compositeCheckDigit	Composite check digit

MRTD_TD3_VISA Fields

Field Name	Description
CodeType	Code type, always has value “MRTD_TD3_VISA”
line1	The first line of the Machine Readable Zone data
documentCode	Document code
issuingState	Issuing state or organization
name	Name
primaryIdentifier	Primary identifier(s)
secondaryIdentifier	Secondary identifier(s)
line2	The second line of the Machine Readable Zone data
documentNumber	The document number given by the issuing State or organization, to uniquely identify the document from all other MROTDs issued by the State or organization
checkDigitForDocumentNumber	Check digit to verify the data of field `documentNumber`
nationality	Nationality
dateOfBirth	Date of birth
birthYear	Year of birth
birthMonth	Month of birth
birthDay	Day of birth
checkDigitForBirthDate	Check digit to verify the data of field `dateOfBirth`
sex	Sex
dateOfExpiry	Date of expiry
expiryYear	Year of expiry
expiryMonth	Month of expiry
expiryDay	Day of expiry
checkDigitForExpiryDate	Check digit to verify the data of field `dateOfExpiry`
optionalData	Optional data elements for use of the issuing State

MRTD_TD2_FRENCH_ID Fields

Field Name	Description
CodeType	Code type, always has value “MRTD_TD2_FRENCH_ID”
line1	The first line of the Machine Readable Zone data
documentCode	Document code
issuingState	Issuing state or organization
lastName	Card holder’s last name
departmentOfIssuance	Department of issuance
officeOfIssuance	Office of issuance
line2	The second line of the Machine Readable Zone data
idNumber	The document number given by the issuing State or organization
yearOfIssuance	Year of issuance
monthOfIssuance	Month of issuance
managementCenterSign	Assigned by the Management Center in chronological order in relation to the place of issue and the date of application
checkDigitForIdNumber	Check digit to verify the data of field `idNumber`
givenNames	First name followed by given names
dateOfBirth	Date of birth
birthYear	Year of birth
birthMonth	Month of birth
birthDay	Day of birth
checkDigitForBirthDate	Check digit to verify the data of field `dateOfBirth`
sex	Sex
compositeCheckDigit	Composite check digit