ID – Verification of Mauritanian passport validity

Are you unsure of the validity of an identity document that is presented to you, or do you need to check the validity of a Mauritanian passport as part of a business process?

Our product allows you to analyze the information in the MRZ Mauritanian passport online file, as well as security keys validating its authenticity.

How does the online Mauritanian passport validity check work?

After validation of your purchase, you will receive an email with the credentials to connect to our identity web application (check in spam a few minutes after purchase if you have not received the activation email).

You’ll then have access to the various tools available, including identity document verification: simply send the document from the web application, and the results are available immediately.

Full details can be found on the Suite web identité product page.

Professionals, do you need to integrate identity document validation into your CRM / ERP / business application?

We also offer a service that enables you to check all proofs of identity or resources by API AND via our web application.

You can find all the details on these links :

• Identity API
• Resources API

How are the results of the analysis of the validity of the Mauritanian passport presented?

The results of the analysis are available for download from the history of the identity suite in PDF / JSON / XML format:

What document formats are accepted?

You can send your documents as jpg / jpeg / png images, or as PDF files.

Scans/photos do not need to be cropped or retouched: they are detected automatically when checking the validity of the Mauritanian passport.

You can send the front and back of the part on the same scan in any order (front first and back underneath, or vice versa): they will be sorted and recognition will be trouble-free.

The same goes for inclination: scans may be a little tilted/misaligned: they will be recognized by our service!

How does the Mauritanian passport validity check work?

A machine-readable zone, or machine-readable zone, is an area on an official document reserved for reading, identifying and validating the document.

For example, documents such as passports, national identity cards, residence permits and driving licenses can or must include an optical reading zone, depending on the country and version of the document.

It is located at the bottom of identity documents: it contains all the information on the document, with security keys to check that it is authentic and has not been altered.

The information it contains varies according to the type of document.

What data is extracted from a Mauritanian passport MRZ strip?

The data extracted from the MRZ Mauritanian passport strip are as follows:

• Front row:

1. Document Type: 2 characters, code indicating the type of document, represented by the letters “ID”.
2. Issuing Country : 3 characters, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the issuing country, for Romania it is “ROU”.
3. Name : name of the holder followed by two chevrons “<<“
4. Given names : the holder’s first name(s), separated by a chevron “<“
5. End of line : ” < ” to complete the line.

• Second line:

1. Document number : 8 characters, document number starting with two letters and followed by a separating chevron “<“
2. Control key : 1 character, document number control key.
3. Nationality : 3 characters, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the holder’s nationality, for Romania it is “ROU”.
4. Date of birth : 6 digits, date of birth of the holder in YYMMDD format.
5. Control key: 1 character, control key for date of birth.
6. Gender : 1 character, “M” for men, “F” for women.
7. Expiration date : 6 digits, expiration date of the document in YYMMDD format.
8. Control key : 1 character, control key for the expiration date of the document.
9. Personal number : 7 characters, personal number of the holder.
10. Control key : 1 character, control key for the entire line 2.

Will I be charged if the information is not retrieved correctly from the Mauritanian passport validity check?

The answer is no! Only correctly recognized documents are billable!

If the attachment is not detected or is detected incorrectly, you will not be billed: only a successful analysis will be deducted from your verification credits.

Personal data

You can delete all data once the report has been downloaded: simply delete the analysis from the web interface history!

Data is also automatically deleted after 3 months.

You can find detailed information about personal data on our dedicated page: Privacy policy.

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