Was my passport damaged by exposure to heat?
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My passport got exposed to heat, due to a laptop battery heating up. The passport is intact, not showing any damage. During my travels, will the MRZ be scanable, or would this create any issues? If it's not scannable, will they check manually?
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My passport got exposed to heat, due to a laptop battery heating up. The passport is intact, not showing any damage. During my travels, will the MRZ be scanable, or would this create any issues? If it's not scannable, will they check manually?
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So there are no physical signs of damage at all? The MRZ is just a bunch of formatted text. You can determine whether that's damaged by looking at it. Perhaps you mean the chip, about which we have a question Biometric passport: How can I know if the chip is still working? Does it matter?.
– Zach Lipton
Jul 8 '17 at 20:25
hi thanks. mine is not biometric passport. it doesn't have biometric symbol.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 5:18
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My passport got exposed to heat, due to a laptop battery heating up. The passport is intact, not showing any damage. During my travels, will the MRZ be scanable, or would this create any issues? If it's not scannable, will they check manually?
passports
edited Jul 8 '17 at 20:55
Giorgio
30.4k962173
asked Jul 8 '17 at 19:50
sun
111
My passport got exposed to heat, due to a laptop battery heating up. The passport is intact, not showing any damage. During my travels, will the MRZ be scanable, or would this create any issues? If it's not scannable, will they check manually?
passports
passports
edited Jul 8 '17 at 20:55
Giorgio
30.4k962173
asked Jul 8 '17 at 19:50
sun
111
edited Jul 8 '17 at 20:55
Giorgio
30.4k962173
asked Jul 8 '17 at 19:50
sun
111
edited Jul 8 '17 at 20:55
Giorgio
30.4k962173
edited Jul 8 '17 at 20:55
Giorgio
30.4k962173
edited Jul 8 '17 at 20:55
Giorgio
30.4k962173
30.4k962173
asked Jul 8 '17 at 19:50
sun
111
asked Jul 8 '17 at 19:50
sun
111
asked Jul 8 '17 at 19:50
sun
111
111
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So there are no physical signs of damage at all? The MRZ is just a bunch of formatted text. You can determine whether that's damaged by looking at it. Perhaps you mean the chip, about which we have a question Biometric passport: How can I know if the chip is still working? Does it matter?.
– Zach Lipton
Jul 8 '17 at 20:25
hi thanks. mine is not biometric passport. it doesn't have biometric symbol.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 5:18
add a comment |
2
So there are no physical signs of damage at all? The MRZ is just a bunch of formatted text. You can determine whether that's damaged by looking at it. Perhaps you mean the chip, about which we have a question Biometric passport: How can I know if the chip is still working? Does it matter?.
– Zach Lipton
Jul 8 '17 at 20:25
hi thanks. mine is not biometric passport. it doesn't have biometric symbol.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 5:18
2
2
So there are no physical signs of damage at all? The MRZ is just a bunch of formatted text. You can determine whether that's damaged by looking at it. Perhaps you mean the chip, about which we have a question Biometric passport: How can I know if the chip is still working? Does it matter?.
– Zach Lipton
Jul 8 '17 at 20:25
So there are no physical signs of damage at all? The MRZ is just a bunch of formatted text. You can determine whether that's damaged by looking at it. Perhaps you mean the chip, about which we have a question Biometric passport: How can I know if the chip is still working? Does it matter?.
– Zach Lipton
Jul 8 '17 at 20:25
hi thanks. mine is not biometric passport. it doesn't have biometric symbol.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 5:18
hi thanks. mine is not biometric passport. it doesn't have biometric symbol.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 5:18
add a comment |
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The MRZ is just some printed text on the bottom of the identity page - this is what it looks like (image from wikipedia):
Your passport's version is called td-3 (the first example).
So as long as that ID page is not distorted the MRZ will be readable.
i downloaded some mrz scanner app. i shared my mrz . is it safe. any
chance duplicates are made out of this.
The point of the MRZ is to standardize information that is written on the same item where the MRZ is printed, so its quickly readable by a scanner.
The MRZ is not a security feature.
As your passport MRZ contains some important information (like your nationality and passport number) it is best to deal with it like any other confidential piece of information.
answered Jul 9 '17 at 5:53
Burhan Khalid
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i downloaded some mrz scanner app. i shared my mrz . is it safe. any chance duplicates are made out of this.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 15:46
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
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The MRZ is just some printed text on the bottom of the identity page - this is what it looks like (image from wikipedia):
Your passport's version is called td-3 (the first example).
So as long as that ID page is not distorted the MRZ will be readable.
i downloaded some mrz scanner app. i shared my mrz . is it safe. any
chance duplicates are made out of this.
The point of the MRZ is to standardize information that is written on the same item where the MRZ is printed, so its quickly readable by a scanner.
The MRZ is not a security feature.
As your passport MRZ contains some important information (like your nationality and passport number) it is best to deal with it like any other confidential piece of information.
answered Jul 9 '17 at 5:53
Burhan Khalid
35.1k368142
i downloaded some mrz scanner app. i shared my mrz . is it safe. any chance duplicates are made out of this.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 15:46
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
The MRZ is just some printed text on the bottom of the identity page - this is what it looks like (image from wikipedia):
Your passport's version is called td-3 (the first example).
So as long as that ID page is not distorted the MRZ will be readable.
i downloaded some mrz scanner app. i shared my mrz . is it safe. any
chance duplicates are made out of this.
The point of the MRZ is to standardize information that is written on the same item where the MRZ is printed, so its quickly readable by a scanner.
The MRZ is not a security feature.
As your passport MRZ contains some important information (like your nationality and passport number) it is best to deal with it like any other confidential piece of information.
answered Jul 9 '17 at 5:53
Burhan Khalid
35.1k368142
i downloaded some mrz scanner app. i shared my mrz . is it safe. any chance duplicates are made out of this.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 15:46
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
The MRZ is just some printed text on the bottom of the identity page - this is what it looks like (image from wikipedia):
Your passport's version is called td-3 (the first example).
So as long as that ID page is not distorted the MRZ will be readable.
i downloaded some mrz scanner app. i shared my mrz . is it safe. any
chance duplicates are made out of this.
The point of the MRZ is to standardize information that is written on the same item where the MRZ is printed, so its quickly readable by a scanner.
The MRZ is not a security feature.
As your passport MRZ contains some important information (like your nationality and passport number) it is best to deal with it like any other confidential piece of information.
answered Jul 9 '17 at 5:53
Burhan Khalid
35.1k368142
The MRZ is just some printed text on the bottom of the identity page - this is what it looks like (image from wikipedia):
Your passport's version is called td-3 (the first example).
So as long as that ID page is not distorted the MRZ will be readable.
i downloaded some mrz scanner app. i shared my mrz . is it safe. any
chance duplicates are made out of this.
The point of the MRZ is to standardize information that is written on the same item where the MRZ is printed, so its quickly readable by a scanner.
The MRZ is not a security feature.
As your passport MRZ contains some important information (like your nationality and passport number) it is best to deal with it like any other confidential piece of information.
answered Jul 9 '17 at 5:53
Burhan Khalid
35.1k368142
edited Jul 9 '17 at 21:35
answered Jul 9 '17 at 5:53
Burhan Khalid
35.1k368142
answered Jul 9 '17 at 5:53
Burhan Khalid
35.1k368142
answered Jul 9 '17 at 5:53
Burhan Khalid
35.1k368142
35.1k368142
i downloaded some mrz scanner app. i shared my mrz . is it safe. any chance duplicates are made out of this.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 15:46
add a comment |
i downloaded some mrz scanner app. i shared my mrz . is it safe. any chance duplicates are made out of this.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 15:46
i downloaded some mrz scanner app. i shared my mrz . is it safe. any chance duplicates are made out of this.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 15:46
i downloaded some mrz scanner app. i shared my mrz . is it safe. any chance duplicates are made out of this.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 15:46
add a comment |
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So there are no physical signs of damage at all? The MRZ is just a bunch of formatted text. You can determine whether that's damaged by looking at it. Perhaps you mean the chip, about which we have a question Biometric passport: How can I know if the chip is still working? Does it matter?.
– Zach Lipton
Jul 8 '17 at 20:25
hi thanks. mine is not biometric passport. it doesn't have biometric symbol.
– sun
Jul 9 '17 at 5:18