Reykan passport

Template:Infobox Identity document Reykani passports are issued to citizens of Reykanes for the purpose of international travel. Beside serving as proof of Reykani citizenship.

History

A new design was put into circulation in march 1950. The first machine-readable Icelandic passports were introduced on 1 July 1997,

Physical Appearance

REykani passports are white, with the Reykani coat of arms emblazoned in the centre of the front cover. The words "Reykjanes" (Reykani), and the words "VEGABRÉF" (Reykani), "CEAD-SIUBHAIL" (Euazy), "PASAPORTE" (Spanish) and "PASSEPORT" (Quebecshirite) are inscribed below the coat of arms. Icelandic passports have the standard biometric symbol at the bottom. Vegabréf literally means "road letter", a word historically used in Reykanes meaning internal passport.

Identity Information Page

The Reykan passport includes the following data:

• Photo of Passport Holder
• Type (PA)
• Code (REY)
• Passport No.
• Surname
• Given Names
• Nationality
• Height
• Date of Birth
• Personal code number
• Sex
• Place of Birth
• Date of Issue
• Date of Expiry
• Authority

The information page ends with the MRZ|Machine Readable Zone.

Different spellings of the same name

Personal names containing the special Reykani letters (ð, þ, æ, ö) are spelled the correct way in the non-machine-readable zone, but are mapped in the machine-readable zone. ð becomes D, þ becomes TH, æ becomes AE, and ö becomes OE.
Letters with accents are replaced by simple letters (e.g., é → E). This follows the standard for machine-readable passports.