OCR Passport API
Extract passport number, name, date of birth, nationality and expiry from a passport image, including the machine-readable zone.
What the OCR Passport API does
OCR Passport reads a passport data page and returns personal information, document metadata and address details in structured form.
Passports follow an international standard, including the machine-readable zone at the foot of the page. That consistency makes extraction highly reliable and gives an internal cross-check between the printed fields and the encoded ones.
Where teams use the OCR Passport API
Onboarding customers who use a passport as primary identity proof
Capturing traveller details for travel and forex services
Reading foreign passports during NRI onboarding
Screening for expired documents at point of capture
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Does it read the machine-readable zone?
Yes, and because the MRZ encodes several printed fields, it doubles as a consistency check on the extraction.
Does it work with non-Indian passports?
The MRZ is an international standard, so extraction works broadly. Field coverage outside the MRZ varies by issuing country.
How do I verify the passport itself?
Use Passport Verification to check the file number against issuing records.
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- OCR PAN API Read PAN number, name, father's name and date of birth from a PAN card image and return them as structured, verifiable data.
- OCR Voter Id API Read the EPIC number, name, relation name, date of birth, gender and address from a voter ID card image as structured data, without manual entry.
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- One API key for every check
- Verified against official Indian records
- Built for onboarding at scale