Passport registration starts with document capture and continues through verification, visitor records, visit status, and optional secure custody. A successful read is not a completed registration, and a screening feature does not grant unrestricted database access.
FunctionWhen to use itWhat users and systems doResult
MRZ and chip-data capture
Reduces repeated manual transcription at reception.
Use the appropriate reader to scan the machine-readable zone and read supported chip data, then review the captured fields with the visitor.
Document data enters a consistent record, with incomplete capture referred for manual checking.
Document and identity checks
Checks the document data, chip result, and document holder.
Review results from configured document rules and authorised face comparison, referring unreadable or inconsistent information to reception staff.
Verification has a human-review path rather than treating a single device read as final identity confirmation.
Visitor registration and visit status
Maintains reception records for international hotel guests, event visitors, or business-park visitors.
Associate reviewed document information with the visit and follow the reception workflow for approval, sign-in, and sign-out, retaining the relevant records.
Reception can distinguish registration information from current visit status and retrieve the relevant visit.
Authorised source and rule screening
Supports document-source or list checks where a lawful operational basis exists.
Connect only to lawfully authorised sources, query within permitted rules, and present results for authorised staff to review and act on.
Source access and query responsibility are defined without promising unconditional access to external databases.
Secure custody and audit review
For reception procedures requiring temporary document custody and traceable collection.
Use the configured locker and authorised access process for deposit, collection, and identity confirmation, with registration, operations, and access managed through records and retention controls.
Custody and collection have associated records, with permissions and retention aligned to the reception responsibility.
ComponentRole in the workflowDependencies and integration
Passport reader and chip module
Captures the machine-readable zone and supported document information.
Verify supported documents, reading methods, and exceptions rather than inferring universal compatibility from a passport image.
Visitor-registration console
Organises review, registration, approval, and visit status.
Match the reception workflow and role permissions to the operating location.
Verification rules and authorised sources
Provides document rules, face comparison, or permitted source checks.
Use external sources only within lawful authorisation, with results handled by authorised staff.
Document custody and audit records
Provides optional lockers, collection checks, and record review.
Implement notice, custody rules, collection responsibility, and retention policy together; hardware does not replace these obligations.