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> replaced with ICAO transliterations Here's the (a?) specification for the machine-readable part of the passport, with transliteration and so on: https://www
by twic 5y ago
> replaced with ICAO transliterations
Here's the (a?) specification for the machine-readable part of the passport, with transliteration and so on:
https://www.icao.int/publications/Documents/9303_p3_cons_en.pdf https://www.icao.int/publications/Documents/9303_p3_cons_en....
(toyg, did you originally include this link in your comment, then edit it out?)
> passports are now incomplete as a form of ID
Passports are, and always have been, tools for travelling internationally. Depending on a passport for general identity is arguably as much of a mistake as using social security numbers for identification.
- spdustin 5y ago> Passports are, and always have been, tools for travelling internationally. Depending on a passport for general identity is arguably as much of a mistake as using social security numbers for identification. In the U.S., every state-issued ID card or drivers license requires, among other things, a document proving identity; a current, valid U.S. passport is considered to meet that requirement. Here, a passport is a federally-issued identity document.
- xxpor 5y agoAnd is usually the only acceptable form of ID when traveling internationally (outside of Canada and Mexico), for example when trying to enter a bar.