Russian Passport - Data Page and Signature Page of The International Passport

Data Page and Signature Page of The International Passport

Each passport has a data page and a signature page. A data page has a visual zone and a machine-readable zone. The visual zone has a digitized photograph of the passport holder, data about the passport, and data about the passport holder:

• Photograph
• Type
• Code
• Passport Series and No.
• Surname
• Given Name(s)
• Nationality
• Date of Birth
• Place of Birth (lists only the city and "USSR" for people born before 1992 or "RUSSIA" for people born after 1992)
• Sex
• Date of Issue
• Date of Expiration
• Authority

At the bottom of a data page is the machine-readable zone, which can be read both visually and by an optical scanner. The machine-readable zone consists of two lines. There are no blank spaces in either line. A space which does not contain a letter or a number is filled with "<".

The first line of a machine-readable zone of a passport contains a letter to denote the type of travel document ("P" for passport), the code for the citizenship of the passport holder (e.g., "RUS" for "Russian Federation"), and the name (surname first, then given name or names) of the passport holder.

The second line of a machine-readable zone of a passport contains the passport number, supplemented by a check digit; the code of the issuing country (e.g., "RUS" for "Russian Federation"); the date of birth of the passport holder, supplemented by a check digit; a notation of the sex of the passport holder ("M" or "F"); the date of expiration of the passport, supplemented by a check digit; and, at the end of the line, one overall check digit.

A signature page has a line for the signature of a passport holder. A passport is not valid until it is signed by the passport holder.