Doc 9303 Machine Readable Travel Documents

1 Approved by and published under the authority of the Secretary GeneralINTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATIONDoc 9303 Machine Readable Travel DocumentsPart 3: Specifications Common to all MRTDsSeventh Edition, 2015 Doc 9303 Machine Readable Travel Documents Seventh Edition, 2015 Part 3: Specifications Common to all MRTDs Approved by the Secretary General and published under his authority INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION Published in separate English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish editions by the INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION 999 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard, Montr al, Quebec, Canada H3C 5H7 Downloads and additional information are available at Doc 9303.

2 Machine Readable Travel Documents Part 3 Specifications Common to all MRTDs ISBN 978-92-9249-792-7 ICAO 2015 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior permission in writing from the International Civil Aviation Organization. (iii) document CHANGE RECORD Doc 9303, Part 3 DATE NO. SECTION/PAGES AFFECTED 1/07/16 1 Page 28 New Part B Other Codes Reserved by ISO 3166/MA Addition of new Code: EUE Page 29 Part D Code for Other Issuing Authorities Addition of new Codes.

3 XBA and XEC 16/09/16 2 Page 2 Languages and Characters Added Latin-based and transcription or 5/12/16 Page 3 Updated Figure 1 (Date format) 16/09/16 Page 4 Convention for Writing the Name of the Holder Added transcription or 6/09/16 Pages 6 to 8 Representation of Dates Amendments as agreed by TAG/TRIP/1 12/07/16 Page 29 5. Codes for Nationality, Place of Birth, Location of Issuing State/ Authority and other purposes Part D Codes for Other Issuing Authorities Addition of new Codes: XCE (Council of Europe); and XDC (Southern African Development Community) 16/09/16 Pages 30 to 37 6.

4 Transliterations Recommended for use by States Re-ordered characters by Unicode, corrected Unicode errors, added exceptions for Ukrainian language, and amended names in Arabic Script 16/09/16 Page 49 Added reference to ISO 3166/MA 13/07/17 Page App A-4 Row 4 correction of typographical error ( 77620 to replace previous multiplication product of 00000 ) Pages App B-10, App B-12, AppB-15 and App B-16 Recommendation for the MRZ.

5 Amendment of spelling of transliteration of Arabic letters. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of ICAO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. (v) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.

6 SCOPE .. 1 2. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MRTDS .. 2 3. VISUAL INSPECTION ZONE (VIZ) .. 2 Languages and Characters .. 2 Typeface and Type Size .. 3 Captions/Fields .. 4 Convention for Writing the Name of the Holder .. 4 Representation of Issuing State or Organization .. 5 Representation of Nationality .. 5 Representation of Place of Birth .. 5 Representation of Dates.

7 6 Displayed Identification Features of the Holder .. 8 4. Machine Readable ZONE (MRZ) .. 16 Purpose of the MRZ .. 16 Properties of the MRZ .. 16 Constraints of the MRZ .. 17 Print Specifications .. 17 Machine Reading Requirements and the Effective Reading Zone .. 18 Convention for Writing the Name of the Holder .. 18 Representation of Issuing State or Organization and Nationality of Holder .. 20 Representation of Dates.

8 20 Check Digits in the MRZ .. 20 Characteristics of the MRZ .. 21 Quality Specifications of the MRZ .. 21 5. CODES FOR NATIONALITY, PLACE OF BIRTH, LOCATION OF ISSUING STATE/AUTHORITY AND OTHER PURPOSES .. 22 6. TRANSLITERATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR USE BY STATES .. 30 7. DEVIATIONS .. 38 Operational Experiences .. 38 Deviation List Approach .. 38 Method.

9 39 Publication .. 44 Technical Specifications .. 45 (vi) Machine Readable Travel Documents Page 8. REFERENCES (NORMATIVE) .. 49 APPENDIX A TO PART 3 EXAMPLES OF CHECK DIGIT CALCULATION (INFORMATIVE) .. App A-1 APPENDIX B TO PART 3 TRANSLITERATION OF ARABIC SCRIPT IN MRTDS (INFORMATIVE) .. App B-1 The Arabic Script .. App B-1 The Arabic Script in the MRTD .. App B-1 Recommendation for the VIZ .. App B-3 Transliteration in the MRZ.

10 App B-5 Recommendation for the MRZ .. App B-6 Reverse transliteration of the MRZ .. App B-15 Computer programs .. App B-17 References (Informative) .. App B-20 _____ 1 1.