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Doc 9303. Part 3. Edition 8
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Machine Readable Travel Documents. Part 3. Specifications Common to all MRTDs
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Approved by and published under the authority of the Secretary GeneralINTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATIONDoc 9303Machine Readable Travel DocumentsPart 3 Specifications Common to all MRTDsEighth Edition, 2021
Published in separate English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish editions by the INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION 999 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard, Montral, Quebec, Canada H3C 5H7 Downloads and additional information are available at www.icao.int/Security/FAL/TRIP Doc 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents Part 3 Specifications Common to all MRTDs Order No. 9303P3 ISBN 978-92-9265-333-0 print version ICAO 2021 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 AMENDMENTS Amendments are announced in the supplements to the Products and Services Catalogue the Catalogue and its supplements are available on the ICAO website at www.icao.int. The space below is provided to keep a record of such amendments. RECORD OF AMENDMENTS AND CORRIGENDA AMENDMENTS CORRIGENDA No. Date Entered by No. Date Entered by 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.
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Table Of Contents
COVER PAGE
AMENDMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. SCOPE
2. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MRTDS
3. VISUAL INSPECTION ZONE (VIZ)
3.1 Languages and Characters
3.2 Typeface and Type Size
3.3 Captions/Fields
3.4 Convention for Writing the Name of the Holder
3.5 Representation of Issuing State or Organization
3.6 Representation of Nationality
3.7 Representation of Place of Birth
3.8 Representation of Dates
3.9 Displayed Identification Features of the Holder
4. MACHINE READABLE ZONE (MRZ)
4.1 Purpose of the MRZ
4.2 Properties of the MRZ
4.3 Constraints of the MRZ
4.4 Print Specifications
4.5 Machine Reading Requirements and the Effective Reading Zone
4.6 Convention for Writing the Name of the Holder
4.7 Representation of Issuing State or Organization and Nationality of Holder
4.8 Representation of Dates
4.9 Check Digits in the MRZ
4.10 Characteristics of the MRZ
4.11 Quality Specifications of the MRZ
5. CODES FOR NATIONALITY, PLACE OF BIRTH, LOCATION OF ISSUING STATE/AUTHORITY AND OTHER PURPOSES
6. TRANSLITERATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR USE BY STATES
7. DEVIATIONS
7.1 Operational Experiences
7.2 Deviation List Approach
7.3 Method
7.4 Publication
8. REFERENCES (NORMATIVE)
APPENDIX A TO PART 3 — EXAMPLES OF CHECK DIGIT CALCULATION (INFORMATIVE)
APPENDIX B TO PART 3 — TRANSLITERATION OF ARABIC SCRIPT IN MRTDS (INFORMATIVE)
B.1 The Arabic Script
B.2 The Arabic Script in the MRTD
B.3 Recommendation for the VIZ
B.4 Transliteration in the MRZ
B.5 Recommendation for the MRZ
B.6 Reverse Transliteration of the MRZ
B.7 Computer Programs
B.8 References (Informative)