Product

ID and Passport Scan

Upload a photo or scan of a passport, national ID card or residence card. Mahad OCR detects the document type and returns the identity fields printed on it.

What does Mahad OCR ID and Passport Scan do?

Available now. Read passports, national ID cards and residence permits into structured JSON — English and Arabic names, numbers and dates, each field marked ✓ or ⚠. Limitation: Card layouts differ by country; unusual, damaged or glare-covered cards may return partial fields.

Available now
Fictional specimen national identity card
Fictional specimen — not a real document.

What it reads

  • Passports, national ID cards, Qatar ID, Emirates ID, visas and residence permits
  • Name (and the Arabic name where printed), document number, nationality, date of birth, expiry date
  • Passport MRZ read first on our own servers, with check digits verified
  • Expiry dates available for renewal tracking

Example output

Synthetic example. ✓ confirmed by evidence · ⚠ check it.

document_type
id_card ✓
full_name
AARAV SHARMA ✓
document_number
9182 3746 5019 ✓
date_of_birth
1988-11-12 ✓
expiry_date
2034-01-05 ✓

Limitations

Card layouts differ by country; unusual, damaged or glare-covered cards may return partial fields. Documents are not checked against any government register and no face match is performed.