Feature

Visa and Residence Permit Reading

Read visa stickers and residence permits, including validity dates for expiry tracking.

What is Visa and Residence Permit Reading in Mahad OCR?

Available now. Visa pages and residence permits are processed by the AI reader. Input: Visa page or permit card as PNG, JPG or PDF. Limitation: Visa designs vary widely by country; unusual formats can return partial fields.

Available now

What it does

Visa pages and residence permits are processed by the AI reader. Where the document carries a machine-readable zone, the deterministic MRZ path is used first.

How it works

1Upload the visa page or permit
2MRZ path attempted, AI reader otherwise
3Dates normalized to ISO format
4Expiry feeds the expiry-monitoring feature

Sample result

Illustrative response shape using synthetic data.

{
  "type": "Visa",
  "values": { "holder_name": "…", "expiry_date": "2027-01-15" },
  "field_evidence": { "holder_name": "corroborated", "expiry_date": "corroborated" }
}

Supported inputs

Visa page or permit card as PNG, JPG or PDF.

Fields returned

holder_name
document_number
visa_type / permit_type
issue_date, expiry_date
issuing_country

API

POST /v1/documents/upload (optionally doc_type=visa)

Security & privacy

Processed under the same tenant isolation and audit rules as all documents.

Current limitations

Visa designs vary widely by country; unusual formats can return partial fields. Mahad OCR does not confirm whether a visa is genuine or currently valid with any authority.