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The ICAO document 9303 describes specifications common to all Machine Readable Travel Documents.<\/p>\n
MRZ\u00a0fonts: OCR-B<\/p>\n
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Smaller documents such as identity and passport cards are usually in the TD1 size, which is 85.6 * 54.0 mm (3.37 * 2.13 in), the same size as credit cards. The data of the machine-readable zone in a TD1 size card consists of three rows of 30 characters each. The only characters used are A\u2013Z, 0\u20139 and the filler character <.<\/p>\n
Some official travel documents are in the larger TD2 size, 105.0 * 74.0 (4.13 * 2.91 in). They have a layout of the MRZ with two rows of 36 characters each, similar to the TD3 format, but with 31 characters for the name, 7 for the personal number and one less check digit. Yet some official travel documents are in the booklet format with a TD3 identity page.<\/p>\n
The format of the first row for TD1 (credit card size) documents is:<\/p>\n
Positions<\/th>\n | Length<\/th>\n | Chars<\/th>\n | Meaning<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n | alpha<\/td>\n | I, A or C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n | alpha+<<\/td>\n | Type, This is at the discretion of the issuing state or authority, but 1\u20132 should be IP for passport cards, AC for Crew Member Certificates and V is not allowed as 2nd character. ID or I< are typically used for nationally issued ID cards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3\u20135<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n | alpha+<<\/td>\n | Issuing country or organization (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code with modifications)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6\u201314<\/td>\n | 9<\/td>\n | alpha+num+<<\/td>\n | Document number<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n | num+<<\/td>\n | Check digit over digits 6\u201314<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16\u201330<\/td>\n | 15<\/td>\n | alpha+num+<<\/td>\n | Optional<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nMachine readable passport (MRP)<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Passport booklets have an identity page containing the identity data. This page shall be in the TD3 size which means 125 \u00d7 88\u00a0mm (4.92 \u00d7 3.46\u00a0in).<\/p>\n The data of the machine-readable zone consists of two rows of 44 characters each. The only characters used are A\u2013Z, 0\u20139 and the filler character <.<\/p>\n The format of the first row is:<\/p>\n
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