Machine Readable Travel Documents - ICAO

VI-16 Machine Readable Travel Documents
Example 1
Example 2
APPENDIX 4 to Section VI
NOMINAL POSITIONING OF ZONES I — V ON THE FRONT OF td2
Top edge of
td2
Top edge of
td2
Dimensions in millimetres
(inch dimensions in parentheses)
74.0 ± 1.0 (2.91 ± 0.04)
74.0 ± 1.0 (2.91 ± 0.04)
35.0 (1.38)
Zone V
35.0 (1.38)
Zone V
105.0 ± 1.0 (4.13 ± 0.04)
Machine Readable Zone
Zone III
Zone IV
Machine Readable Zone
Zone I
Zone II
Zone III
Zone IV
Zone VII
Zone I
Zone II
Zone VII
Note.— When the portrait is a photograph affixed to the td2 and protected by a laminate, the photograph
should be positioned a further 4.0 mm (0.16 in) to the right so that it is at least 6.0 mm (0.24 in) from the edge of the
document. This is illustrated by the shaded area in Example 1.
23.2 ± 1.0
(0.91 ± 0.04)
Example of zone flexibility
(Zones III and IV reduced in size to permit optional identification feature,
e.g. fingerprint in Zone II)
105.0 ± 1.0 (4.13 ± 0.04)
23.2 ± 1.0
(0.91 ± 0.04)
Not to scale