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Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« on: September 15, 2009, 03:52:17 pm »
Hello fellow RAWKites,

Just wondering that do the numbers on the bottom left hand corner on a passport mean?

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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2009, 03:53:54 pm »
They only put those on passports of suspected terrorists.

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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2009, 03:58:38 pm »
They only put those on passports of suspected terrorists.

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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2009, 04:11:02 pm »
They only put those on passports of suspected terrorists.

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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2009, 04:16:05 pm »
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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2009, 04:18:26 pm »
Is it only 2 letters before numbers on passports?

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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2009, 04:21:22 pm »
fuckin lost my passport yesterday. took it the the post office to take some money outta my savings and then when i was leaving work at the end of the day i couldnt find it.

as for the letters, not a clue mate!

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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2009, 04:24:02 pm »
well I'm looking at mine now and it has my passport number followed by GBR which I assume is the country it's registered to and the 7 numbers, a letter, 7 more numbers and a load of backward arrows finishing with 02. I presume 02 means it's my second passport but not a clue what the other numbers mean.
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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2009, 05:44:38 pm »
If you add the numbers together and divide by the year you were born, it works out your age.

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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2009, 09:20:52 am »
Ask Derren Brown!

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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2009, 09:57:26 am »
From what I can see on mine it seems to be made up of the following...

P for passport (or V for Visa) < 3 character country code applicable to / surname<<first name<second name<<<<<<
10 digit passport number / Country eg GBR / 6 digit d.o.b in yymmdd format / 1 digit ? / Gender eg M or F / 1 digit ? no idea / Expiry date in yymmdd /  1 digit ? no idea /<<<<<<<<<<<<<< issue number

It also looks like the << symbols are optional field delimiters, probably for the old optical scanners.

How the 10 digit number is made up eludes me, though a portion of it may well contain the year you got your first issue.  Might be just coincidence but it seems to be on both mine and my wifes.
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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2009, 11:39:57 am »
The bottom two lines of characters split up with < symbols is for the optical scanner. It's basically all the information about your passport as explained by The Gulleysucker, although I don't agree with the theory of the bottom right number being the issue number (mine says 08 and I'm only on my second passport).
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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2009, 12:28:03 pm »
...although I don't agree with the theory of the bottom right number being the issue number (mine says 08 and I'm only on my second passport).

Maybe there are 6 other people going round with passports in your name.... ;)
But yes, you're right, I was just assuming it was an issue number as others had said it was and as mine says 2 and is definitely my 2nd, but just looking at my wifes now it too says 8 and it's not her 8th.
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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2009, 01:03:33 pm »
The bottom two lines of characters split up with < symbols is for the optical scanner. It's basically all the information about your passport as explained by The Gulleysucker, although I don't agree with the theory of the bottom right number being the issue number (mine says 08 and I'm only on my second passport).

What year was it issued?
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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2009, 04:56:00 pm »
If you're lying, I'll chop your head off.

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Re: Passport Numbers - What does any of it mean?
« Reply #15 on: September 16, 2009, 05:01:53 pm »
What month?