Passport

MRZ - Visual Data Consistency (List of Field Type)

FieldType	FieldName
0	Document class code
1	Issuing state code
2	Document #
3	Date of expiry
5	Date of birth
12	Sex

Special Note: The countries below are having less than 6 checks

Country	Scorecard
China, Norway, Palestine, Brunei	5 Checks (Except Document Class Code)
Russia	4 Checks (Except Document Class Code, Issues State Code)

Check Digit Consistency Check (List of Field Type)

FieldType	FieldName
80	Check digit for document number
81	Check digit for date of birth
82	Check digit for date of expiry
84	Final check digit

Passport MRZ Interpretation

Positions	Length	Meaning
1–9	9	Passport number
10	1	Check digit over digits 1–9
11–13	3	Nationality (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code with modifications)
14–19	6	Date of birth (YYMMDD)
20	1	Check digit over digits 14–19
21	1	Sex (M, F or < for male, female or unspecified)
22–27	6	Expiration date of passport (YYMMDD)
28	1	Check digit over digits 22–27
29–42	14	Personal number (may be used by the issuing country as it desires)
43	1	Check digit over digits 29–42 (may be < if all characters are <)
44	1	Check digit over digits 1–10, 14–20, and 22–43