Can it process passports from formats other than India's?

The API is tuned for documents commonly submitted by Indian BFSI customers, including Indian passports; coverage for other passport formats can be discussed based on your use case.

What happens if the image is blurry or the MRZ is damaged?

The API returns a document quality score and flags degraded or unreadable regions, so you can prompt a re-upload before the record enters your workflow.

Passport OCR API: MRZ & Field Extraction

Document Intelligence

Read passport bio-data pages and MRZ lines into clean, structured fields.

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request · /v1/ocr/passport

Passport bio-data page

MRZ line

Send request

api · POST /v1/kyc/verify

POST /v1/kyc/verify

Authorization: Bearer sk_live_••••

{ "pan": "XXXXXXXXXX", "consent_artifact": "ca_••••" }

OKVerified

{

"status": "verified",

"name_match": "high",

"dpdp_purpose_code": "LOAN_KYC",

"consent": "sealed"

}

Overview

What the Passport OCR API Does

The Passport OCR API extracts passport number, name, gender, date of birth, address, expiry date and place of birth from bio-data page images, cross-reading the machine-readable zone (MRZ) for accuracy. Structural checks flag quality issues or possible tampering before the record reaches downstream verification.

Inputs

Passport bio-data page image
MRZ line image or full-page scan
Scanned PDF upload

Returns

Passport number
Name and gender
Date of birth
Address
Expiry date and place of birth

POST /v1/ocr/passport

How it works

Three Steps to a Verified Result

Upload the bio-data page

Submit an image or PDF of the passport's bio-data page, including the MRZ lines where visible.

OCR plus MRZ cross-check

The engine extracts printed fields and reads the MRZ, cross-checking the two for consistency and flagging mismatches.

Structured, verifiable output

Fields are returned as JSON with quality and tamper flags, logged in a tamper-evident audit trail.

Use cases

Where Teams Use Passport OCR

NRI and international customer onboarding
Address and identity proof for high-value accounts
Travel and forex KYC workflows
Cross-verifying passport data against visa or PAN records

FAQ

Passport OCR API, FAQs

Common questions about FinHub's Passport OCR API.

Yes. The API cross-reads printed fields against the MRZ and flags any mismatch, which improves extraction accuracy and helps surface tampered documents.

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