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Old Nov 10, 2004 | 1:35 pm
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grouse
 
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Originally Posted by SoFlyOn
With the increasing number of countries issuing machine readable passports, does anybody know whether the expiry is encoded, thus enabling the computer software at immigration entry points to automatically flag a problem.
I just checked my US passport and the expiration date YYMMDD seems to be encoded in the MRP lines.
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