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Passport Card Layout

02/11/2008

Passport Card Layout

The Passport Card is formatted according to specifications for TD-1 size travel documents, as described in ICAO Document 9303, Part 3, Volume 1. The card contains both eye readable and machine readable information. For machine reading, information corresponding to personal data is printed in the Machine Readable Zone (MRZ).

Figure 1: Front of Card blank artwork

Figure 2: Card back artwork, showing "PASSsystem" (in color shifting ink) location and which will include a unique preprinted card number and 3 of 9 1D bar code, and room for the MRZ.