!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is a [ICAO] [standard] endorsed by the [International Organization for Standardization] and the [International Electrotechnical Commission] as [ISO/IEC 7501-1|ISO 7501] which a special [Machine-Readable Zone|Machine Readable Zone] ([MRZ]), which is usually at the bottom of the identity page at the beginning of a [passport]. 


[{$pagename}] describes three types of [Machine Readable Travel Document]s. 
 Specifications for the Security of the Design, Manufacture and Issuance of MRTDs
* Part 1: Introduction
* Part 2: Specifications for the [Security] of the Design, Manufacture and Issuance of [MRTDs] 
* Part 3: Specifications Common to all [MRTDs] (Amendment for New Part B in Page 28 and Part D in page 29)
* Part 4: Specifications for [Machine Readable Passports] ([MRPs]) and other [TD3] Size [MRTDs] - format which is a [Machine-Readable Zone|Machine Readable Zone] spans two lines, and each line is 44 characters long
* Part 5: Specifications for [TD1] Size [Machine Readable Official Travel Documents] ([MROTD]s) - which is a [Machine-Readable Zone|Machine Readable Zone]  spans three lines, and each line is 30 characters long.
* Part 6: Specifications for [TD2] Size[ Machine Readable Official Travel Documents] ([MROTDs])
* Part 7: [Machine Readable Visas]
* Part 8: [Emergency Travel Document]s
* Part 9: Deployment of [Biometric] Identification and Electronic Storage of [Data] in  [Electronic Machine Readable Travel Document]s ([EMRTD])s
* Part 10: Logical [Data Structure] (LDS) for [Storage|DataStore] of [Biometrics] and Other [Data] in the [Contactless Chip Cards] 
* Part 11: [Security Mechanism]s for [MRTDs]
* Part 12: [Public Key Infrastructure] for [MRTDs]


The following information must be provided in the zone: 
* [name]
* [passport] number
* [Nationality]
* [date of birth|BirthDate]
* [sex] (or [Gender])
* passport expiration date. 
* There is room for optional, often country-dependent, supplementary information. 

[devices] can directly read the information on [Machine Readable Passport]s. This enables faster processing of arriving passengers by immigration officials, and greater accuracy than manually read [passports], as well as faster data entry, more data to be read and better data matching against immigration databases and watchlists.

Apart from optically readable information, many [passports] contain an [RFID] chip which enables computers to read a higher amount of information, for example a [photo] of the [bearer]. These [passports] are called [Biometric Passport]s.

!! More Information
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* [#1] - [Machine Readable Travel Documents|https://www.icao.int/publications/pages/publication.aspx?docnum=9303|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2019-06-05 
* [#2] - [Machine-readable_passport|Wikipedia:Machine-readable_passport|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2019-06-05