MRZ<<CHECK

Generate a test MRZ

Build a machine readable zone with correct check digits for testing OCR, document readers and identity verification flows. Names are converted using ICAO transliteration rules.

P for passports, ID or I for ID cards
Three-letter ICAO code, for example LVA, DEU, GBR
On TD3 usually the personal number

    

    

      
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For software testing only. Generated MRZs are not identity documents.

  







How names are converted


ICAO Doc 9303 Part 3 allows only A–Z in names. Diacritics are removed (Ā becomes A, Š becomes S, Ņ becomes N), Ä, Ö and Ü become AE, OE and UE, ß becomes SS, spaces and hyphens become <, and apostrophes are dropped. A name that does not fit the line is cut at the last position.


Which format to pick


Passports use TD3. Credit-card-sized ID cards and residence permits use TD1, which is also the only format that fits a document number longer than nine characters. TD2 is mostly found on older ID cards.