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 an 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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