ICAO 9303

Related terms

BAC (Basic Access Control)

The ICAO e-Passport access control mechanism that derives a session key from the MRZ data, requiring the passport to be physically opened...

Check-Digit Algorithm

A weighted-sum calculation (weights 7, 3, 1 cycling, modulo 10) over the character values of MRZ fields; used to detect data transcription...

FADO (False and Authentic Documents Online)

FRONTEX-managed EU database providing border officers with reference images of both genuine and known fraudulent travel documents from EU and associated states.

KINEGRAM

A diffractive optically variable image device (DOVID) in holographic foil used on passport biographical pages and visa stickers; produced by OVD Kinegram...

MRZ (Machine-Readable Zone)

The lower portion of the passport biographical page printed in OCR-B font, structured according to ICAO 9303 TD3 format (two lines of...

Passive Authentication (PA)

The ICAO e-Passport mechanism by which a border reader verifies that chip data groups are signed by the issuing state's Document Signer...

Photo Substitution

A fraud type in which the original holder's photograph on a genuine document is replaced with the fraudster's image, typically by lifting...

Polycarbonate Biographical Page

A laser-engraved PC data page in which holder data and portrait are embedded within the polycarbonate layers rather than printed on the...

SLTD Database

INTERPOL's Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database, containing over 100 million records of passports and identity documents reported stolen or lost by...

Explained in

• Passports, Visas and Driving Licences: ICAO 9303 and Security PrintingThe International Civil Aviation Organization's Machine Readable Travel Documents standard (8th edition, 2021), specifying MRZ field structure, OCR-B font, che...