Verify your Original Documents:

1. Machine Readable Zone (MRZ)

Today many documents have a Machine Readable Zone that can be read and analyzed using optical character recognition technology. MRZ contains data that can be found on the whole document like full name, date of birth, document number, document expiration date etc. encoded in a specific format.
●Reads and extracts data encrypted in the MRZ
●Checks if data from the MRZ strip is consistent with the information on the document and with the information provided by the user
●Reads, analyses, and validates checksums on the document
●Confirms that document has not expired

2. Comparing to the templates, looking for any signs of manipulation or forgery

There are many ways fraudsters can try to cheat. They can try to cover the original photo of a genuine document with another. However, this will leave visible edges around the photo that is usually printed onto the document. Altering the photo will also result in changes to the security features that are interlocked with the original image.

New face printed onto a clear laminate and placed on top of the original image.

Documents are also protected by specific typography, security marks, and holograms. Fraudsters may attempt to make some data alterations (using computer imaging software or making physical changes) in information printed onto the document and the data encrypted in MRZ. As a result leaving signs of manipulation and slightly different fonts.

That is why we ensure that:
●Fonts on the document are correct
●Make sure that security features and designs that are expected from this type of document are there
●There are no manipulation signs that could suggest the possibility of the fraudulent document

Visible sign of manipulation – forger scraped the original pen ink to write a new date

 3. Holograms check

we can have a holistic 3D view of the whole document. We can ask the user to tilt his document in different ways to fully show the holograms which are especially hard to forge convincingly. It is possible only on video. Simple photos are often not able to show them.

4. Checking edges of document

 By having a 3D overview of the document we can easily check all edges of a document and verify it’s thickness.

5. Overall quality of the document check

 Identity documents are made to be very difficult to copy or to be manipulated in any way. They have many security features like tilted laser images, holograms, optically variable ink, watermarks, text overlay, complicated designs in the background.

Who can verify copies of your documents:

●registrar or officer of a tertiary education provider

●school principal, teacher, careers advisor or guidance counsellor

●notary public

●doctor

●police officer

●church minister or rector

●court registrar or officer

●solicitor or lawyer

●justice of the peace

●member of a board of trustees

●commissioner of oaths

●local authority employee designated to take oaths and declarations

●government department

●member of parliament

●the Public Trust.