Are you unsure of the validity of an ID presented to you, or do you need to check the validity of an ID as part of a business process?
Our product “ID Plus – Verify the validity of your French biometric identity card online” enables you to check the validity of your French biometric identity card online:
- analyzing online MRZ band information and security keys
- extracting the information encoded in the 2d-Doc barcode on the card
- extracting the electronic signature certificate used to certify the authenticity of the information
How does the online verification of French biometric identity card validity 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 API validation in addition to the web application?
We also offer a service for verifying all proofs of identity or resources via API and our web application.
You can find all the details on these links :
How are the results of the analysis of the validity of the French biometric identity card 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?
When checking the validity of your French biometric identity card, 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 automatically detected when the validity of the French biometric identity card is verified.
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!
Example:
What is the 2d-Doc barcode on French biometric identity cards?
A 2d-Doc barcode can be found in the top left-hand corner of the French biometric identity card: this barcode contains the essential information and an electronic signature certificate, making it forgery-proof and enabling you to verify the validity of your French biometric identity card.
The following information is available:
- Publication date
- Signature date
- First names
- Name
- Document number
- Nationality
- Type
- Country of birth
The electronic signature certificate contains the following information:
- Validity start date
- End date
- Transmitter
- Sender reference
What is the MRZ (Machine Readable Zone) or ZLA (Zone de Lecture Automatique) strip on a biometric ID card?
An automatic reading zone, or optical reading zone, is an area on an official document reserved for reading, identifying and verifying the validity of a French biometric identity card.
For example, documents such as passports, French 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.
How is it made up?
Cards issued from 2021 onwards will feature three lines of text, each containing alphanumeric characters.
For more detailed information, please consult our article at the following address: Secure file – Checking the MRZ band on an electronic identity card.
What data is extracted from an MRZ strip on a French biometric identity card?
The data extracted from the MRZ strip during verification of the validity of the French biometric identity card is as follows:
- Front row:
- Document Type: 2 characters, code indicating the type of document, represented by the letters “ID”.
- Issuing country: 3 characters, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the issuing country. For France, this is “FRA”.
- Card number : 9 characters, unique card number.
- Control key: 1 character, control key for the card’s unique number.
- End of line: 15 characters, ” < ” to complete the line.
- Second line:
- Date of birth : 6 characters, year, month and day of birth in YYMMDD format.
- Control key: 1 character, control key for date of birth.
- Gender: 1 character, “M” for male, “F” for female.
- Expiry date: 6 digits, card expiry date in YYMMDD format.
- Control key: 1 character, expiry date control key.
- Country code: 3 characters, ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the holder’s nationality (in this case FRA).
- End of line : 11 characters, chevrons to complete the line.
- Control key: 1 character, control key for concatenation of characters line 1 6-15, line 2 1-7, line 2 9-15.
- Third line:
- Holder’s surname and first names: holder’s surname and first names, beginning with the family name followed by the first name. The surname and first name are separated by two characters. <. In the case of a compound surname, a compound first name or several first names, they are separated by the character <. Spaces and apostrophes are replaced by the character < and the name is truncated to 30 characters if necessary, and any accents on the letters are removed. The line is then completed with the <.
Will I be charged if the information is not correctly extracted from the verification of the validity of my French biometric identity card?
The answer is no! Only a document that has been correctly recognized is 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.
Terms and conditions of sale
You can find the details of our general terms and conditions of sale at the following address: TrustDocHub T&Cs.
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