Qatar ID and passport OCR: what to automate, what to confirm

Document extraction is most useful when it is treated as a prefill, not a verdict. The goal is to remove typing, not to remove judgement.

Automate the fields that are stable

Name, nationality, ID number and document number are good candidates. For passports, MRZ check digits provide a server-side validation that catches many misreads.

Confirm the fields that matter

The visitor confirms the extracted values, and the supervisor sees both the extracted and confirmed versions. Discrepancies are visible rather than silently overwritten.

Handle the long tail

Qatar ID and passports are the primary documents, but sites see licences and permits. A flexible schema keeps the flow working without forcing every document into the wrong shape.