ICAO Doc 9303
About ICAO Doc 9303
The International Civil Aviation Organization specification for machine readable travel documents, first issued in 1980. It defined the passport data page layout that border systems read worldwide and later enabled electronic chips in e-passports, harmonizing identity documents across 193 member states.
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