Smudged entry stamps and dead barcodes, made readable
Travel paper is dense with small print, overlapping stamps and machine-readable codes. Barcodes and MRZ lines are decoded and checksum-verified, so a recovered code is one that actually scans.
REPUBLIC OF ALDORA
Passport
Type
PB
Country code
ALD
Passport no.
P7710934
Surname
ASHCOMBE
Given names
MARA ELISE
Nationality
ALDORAN
Profession
ARCHIVIST
Date of birth
14 MAY 1991
Sex
F
Place of birth
ALDORA CITY
Date of issue
05 OCT 2022
Date of expiry
09 SEP 2031
Authority
ALDORA CITY
P<ALDASHCOMBE<<MARA<ELISE<<<<<<<<<<<<
P77109344ALD9105144F31090937710934<02
REPUBLIC OF ALDORA
Passport
Type
PB
Country code
ALD
Passport no.
P7710934
Surname
ASHCOMBE
Given names
MARA ELISE
Nationality
ALDORAN
Profession
ARCHIVIST
Date of birth
14 MAY 1991
Sex
F
Place of birth
ALDORA CITY
Date of issue
05 OCT 2022
Date of expiry
09 SEP 2031
Authority
ALDORA CITY
P<ALDASHCOMBE<<MARA<ELISE<<<<<<<<<<<<
P77109344ALD9105144F31090937710934<02
A scan restores the card top to bottom. Drag to compare - every job keeps the untouched original.
Every kind of travel documents we restore
1D+2D
barcodes verified
MRZ
check-digit read
stamps
un-overlapped
thermal
print recovered
What goes wrong with these documents
The survey vocabulary is specific to this document family, because the damage is. Recording it is what produces the restoration instruction - there is no prompt box.
- Smudged and overlapping entry stamps
- Faded thermal boarding passes
- Damaged or partial barcodes
- Visa foil glare and security overprint
- Water damage from travel wear
- Creases through the MRZ
Four stages, and none of them a text box
Every restoration follows the same path a records office would: survey, capture, treat, verify. Each treatment lands as its own revertible version.
Survey the page
Log smudged stamps, foil glare, thermal fade and creases through the code. The recorded survey drives the treatment.
Flatten & capture
Photograph the whole page; capture correction removes spine curl and distortion so the MRZ is not warped before restoration.
Recover the codes
Overlapping stamps are separated, 1D and 2D barcodes rebuilt, and thermal boarding-pass print pulled back to readable.
Verify by checksum
A recovered barcode is only accepted when it passes the symbology's checksum, and MRZ lines are check-digit verified.
What this console can do to a page
Any treatment can run on a single page or down the whole document, and each lands as its own revertible version.
Travel copy
A clean, legible copy of the page or pass.
Stamp separation
Untangles overlapping entry and exit stamps.
Barcode recovery
Rebuilds and verifies 1D and 2D codes by checksum.
MRZ recovery
Reads and check-digit verifies machine-readable lines.
Thermal recovery
Pulls faded boarding-pass printing back to readable.
Detail recovery
Resolution for visa applications and travel records.
A recovered code is one that actually scans
Travel paper carries its own maths - MRZ check digits and barcode checksums. We use it instead of guessing, which beats a second opinion.
- 1D and 2D barcodes are rebuilt only when the symbology checksum passes.
- MRZ lines carry check digits that are recomputed after every treatment.
- A symbol too damaged to verify is reported unrecoverable, never delivered broken.
- Every job keeps the untouched original for comparison.
Machine-readable zone
P<ALDASHCOMBE<<MARA<ELISE<<<<<<<<
P77109344ALD9105144F3109093✓
Passport number
P7710934
Date of birth
910514
Expiry
310909
Signature
withheld
10 document types
Everything this console takes in
Pick the type before you upload and the uploader, format rules and checks follow from it.
Captured as data
What is read back off the page
Every field carries its confidence and its source crop, and anything that fails a check is withheld into its own export column rather than delivered.
Capture guidance
Get this right and everything downstream is easier
- 1Photograph the whole passport page, not just the stamp.
- 2Keep the page flat so the MRZ is not distorted by the spine.
- 3Avoid flash on foils and holographic overlays.
The jobs this console is built for
Real reasons people restore these documents - a renewal, an application, an archive before the paper gives out.
A stamped page for a visa pack
Overlapping entry stamps separated and the page cleaned so an officer can read your travel history at a glance.
A faded boarding pass for expenses
A thermal pass that has gone blank in a wallet pulled back to a legible receipt for a claim.
A water-damaged itinerary
Travel wear lifted off an itinerary or insurance page so the booking references scan and file cleanly.
What runs behind this console
A legible copy of a document you already hold
Restoration is a reading aid and an archival tool. Being plain about the line it does not cross is part of the product.
- Produces legible copies of travel documents you hold
- Separates overlapping entry and exit stamps
- Rebuilds and verifies barcodes and MRZ lines
- Pulls faded thermal boarding passes back to readable
- Issue, alter or reissue any travel document
- Create a stamp, visa or code that was never there
- Change dates, ports or durations of stay
- Produce anything intended to pass as an original
Travel Documents, answered
The questions people ask before sending us this kind of document.
Have a document you are not sure about?
Send us a photograph of it. We will tell you honestly whether it is recoverable before you spend anything.
Ask usBecause there is something better. Travel documents carry their own checks - MRZ check digits and barcode checksums. A value that satisfies its own checksum is verified arithmetically, which beats a second opinion.
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Try it on your worst travel document
Free to start, no card. The untouched original is always delivered alongside the restored file.