Mahad OCR

Document type

Driving Licence OCR

Driving licences are read by the universal reader — not as a dedicated document template.

Can Mahad OCR read a Driving Licence?

Available with limits. Driving licences are read by the universal reader — not as a dedicated document template. It returns holder_name; licence_number; date_of_birth and more as JSON. Input: PNG, JPG, PDF. Limitation: There is no dedicated driving-licence template: vehicle categories, endorsements and restriction codes are not parsed as structured fields.

Limited

Fields normally extracted

  • holder_name
  • licence_number
  • date_of_birth
  • expiry_date (where printed)

Validation available

Each field is marked ✓ confirmed or ⚠ check it, with the evidence behind it; disputed, unreadable or missing fields go to human review. No licence-class-specific parsing.

Example response

Synthetic example — not a real document.

{ "type": "Id Card", "values": { "full_name": "…", "document_number": "…" }, "status": "verified" }

Supported formats

PNG, JPG, PDF

Common business uses

  • Driver onboarding
  • Fleet and logistics records

Integration

POST https://api.mahadocr.com/v1/documents/upload

Integration guide →

Limitations

There is no dedicated driving-licence template: vehicle categories, endorsements and restriction codes are not parsed as structured fields. Treat this as general ID extraction and verify manually.

Related features

OCR Extraction

Turn a photo, scan or PDF of any document into clean text and structured JSON through one API call.

National ID and QID Reading

Extract identity fields from national ID cards including Qatar ID and Emirates ID.

Try it on your own document

Upload a driving licence in the live demo — the file is processed in memory and not stored.

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