Check Passport

Check Passport is designed to assess an uploaded document and determine whether it is a passport.

As part of this check, it evaluates the passport’s Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) to confirm it is correctly formatted and consistent with expected MRZ structure.

This feature is typically used early in an identity verification workflow to catch non-passport uploads before they move to downstream steps.

Users upload a document image or scan, and the system returns whether the document appears to be a passport and whether the MRZ passes validation checks.

By validating MRZ correctness, the feature helps identify cases where the MRZ is missing, unreadable, or does not conform to the expected format.

This reduces the need for manual inspection and helps standardize document screening across teams and regions.

It is useful for onboarding, account recovery, access control, and any process that relies on passport documents.

The feature also supports operational efficiency by flagging issues that would otherwise cause delays later in the verification process.

In practice, it can be used to guide users to re-upload clearer images or provide the correct document type when the upload does not meet requirements.