NFC Passport Reader

Solution overview

Next to the NFC Passport Scanner, we offer two more modules to scan identities. The MRZ Reader is a more universal solution, which collects less data, but works with identity documents from 150 countries. The camera-based scanning of the ID Scanner will allow you to capture more data, like all given names or the portrait photo, but is based on optical recognition. In terms of accuracy, the NFC Passport Scanner is the best available solution.

Supported devices and formats

NFC scanning will require the smartphone to have a special chip. In 2018, 95% of all sold Android smartphones had this chip and every iOS device from the iPhone 7 has it. According to Wikipedia, NFC was supported by 120 countries in 2017 and more than 500 million passports were handed out so far. You can easily identify NFC capable passports by the sign for biometric passports. With the Scanbot SDK you have access to the ID Scanner and MRZ Scanner modules as well. Thus, you already have two fallback solutions at hand to support old passports and smartphones. The following data can be extracted:

• Document type

• Document ID

• Name

• First given name

• Portrait image

• Gender

• Date of birth

• Nationality

• Date of expiry

• Issuing state

How to integrate the NFC Passport Scanner module

• Our NFC Scanner SDK can be easily integrated into your existing iOS or Android mobile app and can be used with regular smartphones and tablets.

• We support native development for iOS (in Objective-C or Swift) and Android (in Java and Kotlin).

• You will also get a full featured user interface that you can easily customize to match your colors and texts.

• Your development team will get access to our dedicated Slack support and has access to example code and the detailed documentation.

Available for iOS and Android

Android Scanner SDK

iOS Scanner SDK

Benefits

Enable the fast registration and verification of individuals in your mobile apps.

• Our NFC Scanner solution is the easiest, most accurate and safest way to obtain personal information using a standard smartphone.

• Since the Scanbot SDK works as a stand-alone component and independent of servers, it offers the highest possible data privacy. That’s also why the solution is fully compliant to data regulations as the GDPR, CCPA or DSGVO and safe to use for highly sensitive data.

FAQ — Frequently asked questions