v5.15.2

5.15.2

• Fixed exposure of toSignedJson method

v5.15.1

Visual identity update

• We’ve updated Microblink logo and colors

v5.15.0

Newly added versions of documents for already supported documents

We’ve added 24 new documents to our list:

Europe

• Belgium - Driving License (front only)
• Croatia - ID Card
• France - ID Card
• France - Residence Permit (beta)
• Spain - ID Card
• Switzerland - Residence Permit
• UK - Residence Permit

Oceania

• Australia - Northern Territory - Driving License (front only, beta)

Middle East and Africa

• UAE - ID Card
• UAE - Resident ID

Northern America

• Honduras - ID Card (beta)
• USA - Colorado - ID Card
• USA - Minnesota - Driving License
• USA - Nevada - Driving License
• USA - Oklahoma - Driving License
• USA - Wyoming - Driving License

Changes to BlinkID(Combined) Recognizer

• No API changes

Improvements

• DataMatch functionality is now enabled for single side documents (Passports)
  • Added a special case to support DataMatch for UAE ID Card and Resident ID Card documents for the field personal_id_number
• We can now extract additional_personal_id_number on Ecuador ID Card
• Improvements for reading NRIC number on Malaysian documents that have an asterisk (*) character present
• Improved document detection and cropping of the document image

Changes to USDLRecognizer

• No API Changes
• Fixed magneticStripeParser crashing
• Calling originalString on dates coming from USDLRecognizer will now return exact actual strings dates were parsed from instead of custom reformatted strings

Changes to IDBarcodeRecognizer

• Added document type ArgentinaAlienID and parser for ArgentinaAlienID2012BarcodeParser

Changes to MRTDRecognizer

• Added support for parsing Dominican Republic ID Card, Senegal ID Card and Ecuador ID Card
• Renamed MRTDDocTypeSmallIDPakistan to MRTDDocTypeSmallIDPakistanConsular
• Bugfixes for parsing:
  • Mexico Professional ID
  • Croatia Driving License

v5.14.0

Back side support added:

• Thailand - ID Card

Changes to BlinkID(Combined) Recognizer

• Added new result members - fathersName and mothersName both in BlinkID and BlinkIDCombined Recognizers, as well as in VIZ result

Improvements

• We can now extract fathers_name and mothers_name from Mexico Voter ID Card
• Australian Driving Licenses for New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia now have the driver license unique card number field extracted as document_additional_number

Changes to BarcodeRecognizer

• We’ve removed support for aztec and dataMatrix barcode formats from BarcodeRecognizer

Changes to MRTDRecognizer

• Added MRTD_TYPE_BORDER_CROSSING_CARD to MRTD enum

v5.13.0

New additions to our supported document list

We’ve added 61 new documents:

Europe

• Austria - Paper Passport
• Belarus - Paper Passport
• Belgium - Paper Passport (beta)
• Bulgaria - Paper Passport
• Estonia - Paper Passport
• France - Paper Passport (beta)
• Georgia - Paper Passport (beta)
• Germany - Paper Passport
• Greece - Paper Passport
• Hungary- Paper Passport
• Italy - Paper Passport (beta)
• Kosovo - Paper Passport
• Moldova - Paper Passport (beta)
• Poland - Paper Passport
• Portugal - Paper Passport
• Spain - Paper Passport
• Switzerland - Paper Passport
• UK - Paper Passport

Middle East and Africa

• Algeria - Paper Passport (beta)
• Egypt - Paper Passport (beta)
• Eswatini - Paper Passport
• Ghana - Paper Passport
• Iran - Paper Passport (beta)
• Iraq - Paper Passport (beta)
• Israel - Paper Passport (beta)
• Jordan - Paper Passport (beta)
• Kenya - Polycarbonate Passport
• Libya - Polycarbonate Passport (beta)
• Morocco - Paper Passport (beta)
• Nigeria - Paper Passport
• Nigeria - Polycarbonate Passport (beta)
• Qatar - ID Card (front only, beta)
• Saudi Arabia - Paper Passport
• Syria - Paper Passport
• Tanzania - ID Card (beta)
• Tanzania - Voter ID (front only, beta)
• Tunisia - Paper Passport
• Turkey - Paper Passport
• Zimbabwe - Paper Passport

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Argentina - Paper Passport
• Brazil - Paper Passport (beta)
• Guatemala - Paper Passport
• Haiti - Paper Passport
• Honduras - Paper Passport (beta)
• Mexico - Paper Passport (beta)
• Mexico - Nayarit - Driving Licence (beta)

Asia

• Bangladesh - Paper Passport
• China - Paper Passport (beta)
• India - Paper Passport
• Indonesia - Paper Passport
• Japan - Paper Passport
• Nepal - Paper Passport
• Pakistan - Paper Passport
• Philippines - Paper Passport
• South Korea - Paper Passport (beta)
• Sri Lanka - Paper Passport
• Uzbekistan - Paper Passport

Oceania

• Australia - Paper Passport

Northern America

• Canada - Paper Passport
• Canada - Weapon Permit (front only, beta)
• USA - Paper Passport (beta)

Back side support added:

• Greece - ID Card
• Burkina Faso - ID Card
• Democratic Republic of the Congo - Driving Licence
• Mexico - Veracruz - Driving Licence
• Canada - Citizenship Certificate

No longer BETA:

• Belarus - Driving Licence
• UK - Polycarbonate Passport
• Argentina - Alien ID
• Bahamas - Driving Licence
• Mexico - Durango - Driving Licence
• Venezuela - ID Card
• USA - Kansas - ID Card

Changes to BlinkID(Combined) Recognizer

• We’ve renamed the Swaziland country to Eswatini in results and ClassInfo
• Improved result validation
  • FieldIdentificationFailed processing status is used to indicate if unexpected fields are present on the document. Those fields are then deleted from the result
• We are filling out COUNTRY and REGION fields in ClassInfo, without the field TYPE of document, when using BarcodeID mode for scanning documents where the Front side is not supported, and back side results are extracted from AAMVA compliant barcodes
  • This applies only if ClassInfo isn’t already prepopulated in some other way and when you’re not in FullRecognition mode

ImageCapture

• Added support for including or excluding groups of documents supported by the current license with the captureModeFilter setting
  • Scanning of documents with AAMVA compliant barcodes with BarcodeID mode
  • Scanning of all licensed documents in BlinkID FullRecognition mode

Improvements

• We can now extract the date of birth from the document number on the South Korean identity card and from the personal identification number on the driving licence

Anonymization

• We’ve added anonymization support for new documents:
  • Document number on Germany paper bio-data page Passport
  • Document number on South Korea Identity Card
  • Personal identification number on South Korea driving licence
  • Personal identification number on South Korea paper bio-data page Passport

Fixes

• We've fixed the orientation of an image obtained via captureHighResImage
• We've fixed minor UI/layout issues on phones with the notch

v5.12.0

We've added 15 new documents to our list of supported documents:

Europe

• North Macedonia - Polycarbonate Passport

Middle East and Africa

• Botswana - ID Card
• Sudan - Polycarbonate Passport

Mexico

• Baja California Sur - Driving License (beta)
• Campeche - Driving License (beta)
• Colima - Driving License (beta)

Oceania

• Australia - Health Insurance Card (front only, beta)

Asia

• Azerbaijan - Polycarbonate Passport (beta)
• Tajikistan - Polycarbonate Passport (beta)

Northern America

• Canada - Citizenship Certificate (front only, beta)
• Canada - Ontario - Health Insurance Card (front only)
• Canada - Quebec - Health Insurance Card (front only, beta)
• USA - Military ID Card
• USA - Rhode Island - ID Card
• USA - South Carolina - ID Card

Back side support added:

• Ireland - Passport Card
• Mexico - Puebla - Driving License
• Singapore - S PASS

No longer BETA:

• Finland - Polycarbonate Passport
• Ireland - Passport Card
• Ireland - Polycarbonate Passport
• Kosovo - Driving License
• Latvia - Polycarbonate Alien Passport
• Latvia - Polycarbonate Passport
• Poland - Polycarbonate Passport
• Cameroon - ID Card
• Ghana - ID Card
• Iraq - ID Card
• Tanzania - Driving License
• Turkey - Polycarbonate Passport
• Uganda - Driving License
• Bolivia - Minors ID
• Chile - Driving License
• Ecuador - Driving License
• Haiti - Driving License
• India - Karnataka - Driving License
• India - Maharashtra - Driving License
• Pakistan - Punjab - Driving License
• USA - Global Entry Card
• USA - New Mexico - ID Card
• USA - Wisconsin - ID Card

Changes to BlinkID(Combined) Recognizer

• We've added the parameter maxAllowedMismatchesPerField to settings. When this is set to a non-zero value, DataMatch will be successful as long as the number of mismatched characters doesn't exceed the specified value.
• We've added the parameter allowUncertainFrontSideScan to settings. When this parameter is set to true, the Recognizer will proceed scanning the back side of the document even if the front side scanning result State is Uncertain.
• We've enabled the return of image and back side data results, even when the State is Uncertain. Keep in mind that returned images, in this case, might be blurry or low quality.
  • This applies to all image types: full document image, face and signature image.
• We've added two separate fields for the processing status in the Recognizer Result: frontProcessingStatus and backProcessingStatus. They indicate the status of the last recognition process for each side.

Improvements

• We added support for the Malaysian NRIC numbers that hold an asterisk (*) character.

• While using FullRecognitionMode for scanning unsupported Passports, we are now extracting ClassInfo from MRZ

• Improved quality of fully cropped vertical images

• Better parsing of Bermuda Driving License AAMVA-compliant barcode dates

• Fix for correct calculation of check digit for Saudi Arabia ID Card MRZ

• We are splitting first and last name from the additional name information (e.g., Nom d’ usage, Epouse, Geb. etc.) into two different results. The additional name info will be a part of the name_additional_info field. This applies to the following documents:

  • France
    • ID Card
    • Residence Permit
  • Germany
    • ID Card
  • Luxembourg
    • ID Card
  • Netherlands
    • Driving License
    • Polycarbonate Passport

• We are removing title prefixes (e.g., Mrs., Mr., Ing., etc.) from full_name, first_name and last_name for these documents:

  • Austria
    • Driving License
    • ID Card
  • Czechia
    • Driving License
  • Germany
    • ID Card
  • Thailand
    • ID Card
  • UK
    • Driving License

Anonymization

• We've added anonymization for new documents:
  • Document number on Germany Polycarbonate Passport
  • Document number on Hong Kong Polycarbonate Passport
  • Document number and personal ID number on Singapore Polycarbonate Passport

v5.11.0

Newly supported identity documents:

We’ve added 98 new documents:

Europe

• Albania - Driver Card (front only)
• Albania - Professional Driver License (front only)
• Belarus - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Belgium - Minors ID (beta)
• Czechia - Residence Permit
• Finland - Alien ID
• Finland - Residence Permit (beta)
• Georgia - Driver License (front only)
• Greece - Residence Permit
• Ireland - Passport Card (beta)
• Ireland - Public Services Card (beta)
• Kosovo - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Latvia - Alien ID
• Luxembourg - ID Card
• Moldova - ID Card (beta)
• North Macedonia - Driver License (front only)
• North Macedonia - ID Card
• Poland - Passport (beta)
• Slovenia - Residence Permit (beta)
• Spain - Alien ID
• UK - Passport (beta)

Middle East and Africa

• Algeria - Driver License
• Burkina Faso - ID Card (front only)
• Cameroon - ID Card (beta)
• Democratic Republic Of The Congo - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Egypt - Driver License (beta)
• Ghana - ID Card (beta)
• Iraq - ID Card (beta)
• Ivory Coast - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Ivory Coast - ID Card
• Lebanon - ID Card (beta)
• Morocco - Driver License
• Mozambique - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Oman - Driver License (beta)
• Rwanda - ID Card (front only)
• Senegal - ID Card
• Tanzania - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Tunisia - Driver License (front only)
• Uganda - Driver License (front only, beta)

Latin America & the Caribbean

• Argentina - Alien ID (beta)
• Bahamas - ID Card (front only, beta)
• Bolivia - Minors ID (beta)
• Jamaica - Driver License
• Mexico - Residence Permit (beta)
• Mexico - Chiapas - Driver License (front only)
• Mexico - Coahuila - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Durango - Driver License(front only, beta)
• Mexico - Guerrero-cocula - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Guerrero-juchitan - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Guerrero-tepecoacuilco - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Mexico - Guerrero-tlacoapa - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Mexico - Hidalgo - Driver License
• Mexico - Mexico - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Morelos - Driver License (front only)
• Mexico - Oaxaca - Driver License
• Mexico - Puebla - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Mexico - San Luis Potosi - Driver License (front only)
• Mexico - Sinaloa - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Mexico - Sonora - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Tabasco - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Yucatan - Driver License (beta)
• Mexico - Zacatecas - Driver License (beta)
• Panama - Temporary Residence Permit (beta)
• Peru - Minors ID (beta)
• Trinidad And Tobago - Driver License (front only, beta)
• Trinidad And Tobago - ID Card

Oceania

• Australia - South Australia - Proof Of Age Card (front only, beta)

Asia

• Armenia - ID Card
• Bangladesh - Driver License (beta)
• Cambodia - Driver License (front only, beta)
• India - Gujarat - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Karnataka - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Kerala - Driving Licence (beta)
• India - Madhya Pradesh - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Maharashtra - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Punjab - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• India - Tamil Nadu - Driving Licence (beta)
• Kyrgyzstan - ID Card
• Malaysia - Mypolis (beta)
• Malaysia - Refugee ID (front only)
• Myanmar - Driver License (beta)
• Pakistan - Punjab - Driving Licence (front only, beta)
• Sri Lanka - Driving Licence (front only)
• Thailand - Alien ID (front only)
• Thailand - Driver License (beta)
• Uzbekistan - Driver License (front only, beta)

Northern America

• Canada - Tribal ID (beta)
• Canada - Nova Scotia - ID Card (beta)
• Canada - Saskatchewan - ID Card (beta)
• USA - Border Crossing Card (front only)
• USA - Global Entry Card (beta)
• USA - Nexus Card (beta)
• USA - Veteran ID (front only)
• USA - Work Permit
• USA - Mississippi - ID Card (beta)
• USA - Montana - ID Card
• USA - New Mexico - ID Card (beta)
• USA - Wisconsin - ID Card (beta)

Back side support added:

• Hungary - Residence Permit
• Luxembourg - Residence Permit (no longer beta)
• Mauritius - ID Card
• Colombia - Alien ID (no longer beta)
• Mexico - Baja California - Driver License
• Mexico - Chihuahua - Driver License
• Mexico - Guanajuato - Driver License
• Mexico - Michoacan - Driver License
• Malaysia - MyKid
• Malaysia - MyPR

No longer beta:

• Albania - Passport
• Malta - Residence Permit
• Switzerland - Residence Permit
• Bolivia - Driver License
• Chile - Passport
• El Salvador - ID Card
• Peru - ID Card
• Singapore - S Pass (front only)

Changes to the BlinkId(Combined)Recognizer

• You can now retrieve an image of the document owner along with cropped images of the document itself whenever you’re scanning an AAMVA-compliant ID:

  • Using BarcodeId as a RecognitionMode lets you scan US driver licenses and IDs that BlinkID can’t read from the Visual Inspection Zone (VIZ) alone. Use it to extract:
    • A face image from the front side
    • Barcode data from the back side
    • Cropped document images of both sides
  • You can disable this RecognitionMode by setting enableBarcodeId to false in the RecognitionModeFilter.

• We've improved data extraction through the MRZ:

  • We now allow standard M/F values for gender on Mexican documents (along with localized H/M values)

• We're now converting dates to the Gregorian calendar for:

  • Taiwan documents with Republic of China (ROC) calendar dates
  • Saudi documents with Islamic calendar dates

• We're now auto-filling all ‘partial’ dates found on identity documents (showing year or month-year only):

  • Date of issue will be converted to the first day of the (first) month
    • E.g. '1999' will be converted to '01.01.1999.'
    • E.g. '03.1999.' will be converted to '01.03.1999.'
  • Date of expiry will be converted to the last day of the (last) month
    • E.g. '1999' will be converted to '31.12.1999.'
    • E.g. '03.1999.' will be converted to '31.03.1999.'

Minor API changes:

• Renamed MicroblinkApp instance to sharedInstance (Objective C) / shared (Swift)

Fixes

• We've fixed missing CFBundleVersion and CFBundleVersionShort from frameworks Info.plist
• We've fixed a crash when switching to the front camera

v5.10.0

New features:

• We have full support for Apple Silicon!

Framework formats and architectures:

• Use .xcframework as we now have full Apple Silicon and Intel support.
• We are still supporting fat binary .framework format, but we’ve removed simulator slices from it.

Carthage:

• Carthage still doesn't support binary .xcframework, so there is no support for simulator slices anymore.

Improvements:

• Newly supported identity documents

  • Saudi Arabia - DL (front)
  • Saudi Arabia - Resident ID (front)

Changes to the BlinkId(Combined)Recognizer:

• We're now able to extract the additional address on Hungary Address Cards
• We've improved data extraction through the MRZ:
  • We now return the document type through MBClassInfo, regardless of the MBRecognitionMode you're using (MrzId, MrzPassport or MrzVisa).
  • This means you can now use MBClassFilter to filter these documents by their type.
  • We now return the document number on Nigeria IDs complete with its check digit.
  • We now support Italy Residence Permits with a CR document code.
• We've extended the ClassInfo structure with new properties so you can filter documents by country more easily:
  • Use countryName, isoNumericCountryCode, isoAlpha2CountryCode and isoAlpha3CountryCode to get the full country names or their representative codes defined by ISO.
• We've extended the MBBarcodeResult structure with extendedElements
  • You can find all data from AAMVA-compliant barcodes under their respective MBBarcodeElementKey in the MBBarcodeElements structure
  • For a full list of keys please see MBBarcodeElementKey enum
• We've added another ProcessingStatus called AwaitingOtherSide
  • This status is triggered once BlinkID has finished with the first side of a document and expects the other side, too.
• We're now able to extract the date of birth from the CURP field on Mexico Voter IDs
• Direct API:
  • We've added a new recognition mode for recognizing still images of documents that have already been cropped:
    • Set the scanCroppedDocumentImage to true when you're feeding BlinkID images of documents that have already been cropped and don't require detection.
    • Keep in mind that this setting won't work on document images that haven't been properly cropped.

Changes to the IdBarcodeRecognizer:

• We've extended the results with extendedElements
  • You can find all data from AAMVA-compliant barcodes under their respective MBBarcodeElementKey in the MBBarcodeElements structure
  • For a full list of keys please see MBBarcodeElementKey enum

Minor API changes

• We've replaced Using time-limited license! warning with Using trial license! warning. The warning message is displayed when using a trial license key. To disable it, use showTrialLicenseWarning on MBMicroblinkSDK.

v5.9.0

5.9.0

New features

• We’ve added a new feedback message to users, prompting them to keep a document fully visible in cases when they accidentally cover a part of it with their finger or an object:
  • It appears while scanning the document using MBBlinkIdOverlayViewController
  • It will display an error message "Keep the document fully visible".
  • It is displayed only if you’re using MBBlinkIdRecognizer or MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer for scanning.
• We added Carthage support
  • For now, Carthage is supported for fat binaries, .framework. We will support .xcframework as soon Carthage is updated.
  • Please check out our guide for implementation
• We added Swift Package Manager support
  • Please check out our guide for implementation.
• We’ve introduced a new MBFrameRecognitionRecognizerRunnerViewControllerDelegate protocol which is invoked each time a camera frame from a video stream is recognized.

Note on ARM Macs

• We are supporting ARM64 Device slice through our .xcframework format.
• We are still working on supporting the ARM64 Simulator slice for newly released ARM Macs. We will update our SDK with ARM64 Simulator support as soon as it’s out.

iOS Version support change:

• We are no longer supporting iOS 8.

Cocapods support change:

• We are updating our Cocoapods with .xcframework format from now on. Please download Cocoapods 1.10.0 or newer to use our SDK.

Newly supported identity documents

• 53 documents added:

  • ALBANIA - DL (front)
  • BELGIUM - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • BOLIVIA - ID (front, back)
  • BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA - PASSPORT
  • CAMBODIA - PASSPORT
  • CANADA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • CANADA - MANITOBA - ID (front)
  • CANADA - ONTARIO - HEALTH INSURANCE CARD (front)
  • CHILE - ALIEN ID (front, back)
  • CHINA - ID (front, back)
  • COLOMBIA - MINORS ID (front, back)
  • CYPRUS - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • CZECHIA - PASSPORT
  • GREECE - ID (front)
  • HAITI - ID (front, back)
  • ITALY - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • LATVIA - DL (front)
  • LATVIA - PASSPORT
  • LITHUANIA - PASSPORT
  • LUXEMBOURG - DL (front)
  • MONTENEGRO - DL (front)
  • MONTENEGRO - ID (front, back)
  • MONTENEGRO - PASSPORT
  • NETHERLANDS - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • NICARAGUA - ID (front, back)
  • NIGERIA - ID (front, back)
  • NORWAY - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • OMAN - RESIDENT ID (front, back)
  • PARAGUAY - DL (front, back)
  • PERU - DL (front, back)
  • PHILIPPINES - SOCIAL SECURITY CARD (front)
  • ROMANIA - PASSPORT
  • RUSSIA - PASSPORT
  • SERBIA - PASSPORT
  • SLOVAKIA - PASSPORT
  • SLOVENIA - PASSPORT
  • SOUTH KOREA - DL (front)
  • SPAIN - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • SWEDEN - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • THAILAND - PASSPORT
  • UKRAINE - DL (front)
  • UKRAINE - PASSPORT
  • USA - ARKANSAS - ID (front, back)
  • USA - CONNECTICUT - ID (front, back)
  • USA - GREEN CARD (front, back)
  • USA - MARYLAND - ID (front, back)
  • USA - MINNESOTA - ID (front, back)
  • USA - NEVADA - ID (front, back)
  • USA - NEW YORK CITY - ID (front, back)
  • USA - TEXAS - WEAPON PERMIT (front)
  • USA - VIRGINIA - ID (front, back)
  • VENEZUELA - DL (front)
  • VENEZUELA - PASSPORT

• Beta support added for 46 documents:

  • ALBANIA - PASSPORT
  • BAHAMAS - DL (front)
  • BERMUDA - DL (front)
  • BOLIVIA - DL (front)
  • CHILE - DL (front)
  • COLOMBIA - ALIEN ID (front)
  • DENMARK - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - DL (front, back)
  • ECUADOR - DL (front)
  • EL SALVADOR - DL (front, back)
  • ESTONIA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • GUATEMALA - DL (front, back)
  • HAITI - DL (front)
  • HONDURAS - DL (front, back)
  • HONDURAS - ID (front, back)
  • HUNGARY - ADDRESS CARD (front, back)
  • HUNGARY - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front)
  • ICELAND - DL (front)
  • ISRAEL - ID (front, back)
  • JAPAN - DL (front)
  • JORDAN - DL (front)
  • LATVIA - ALIEN PASSPORT
  • LATVIA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • LUXEMBOURG - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front)
  • MALTA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • MEXICO - BAJA CALIFORNIA - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - CHIHUAHUA - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - CIUDAD DE MEXICO - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - PROFESSIONAL DL (front)
  • MEXICO - GUANAJUATO - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - MICHOACAN - DL (front)
  • MEXICO - TAMAULIPAS - DL (front, back)
  • MEXICO - VERACRUZ - DL (front, back)
  • PHILIPPINES - TAX ID (front)
  • PHILIPPINES - VOTER ID (front)
  • POLAND - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • PORTUGAL - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • PUERTO RICO - VOTER ID (front)
  • SLOVAKIA - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • SOUTH KOREA - ID (front)
  • SWITZERLAND - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front, back)
  • TAIWAN - TEMPORARY RESIDENCE PERMIT (front)
  • TURKEY - RESIDENCE PERMIT (front)
  • USA - KANSAS - ID (front, back)
  • VENEZUELA - ID (front)
  • VIETNAM - DL (front)

• Added back side support for 7 documents:

  • ARGENTINA - ID
  • ECUADOR - ID
  • FINLAND - ID
  • NIGERIA - DL
  • QATAR - RESIDENCE PERMIT
  • URUGUAY - ID
  • USA - NEW YORK - DL

• 9 documents are no longer beta:

  • BRAZIL - DL
  • CANADA - ALBERTA - ID
  • MALAYSIA - MyKAS
  • MEXICO - NUEVO LEON - DL
  • PANAMA - DL
  • PORTUGAL - DL
  • SAUDI ARABIA - ID
  • SRI LANKA - ID
  • USA - IDAHO - ID

New features and updates to the BlinkId(Combined)Recognizer

• We’re now able to read partial MRZ formats (2.5 lines), like the ones found on Switzerland and Liechtenstein DLs.
• We’ve added **documentOptionalAdditionalNumber** to the main part of the result, as well as front and back side VIZ results.
• We’ve expanded the set of possible recognizer states with **StageValid**. This state fixes MBBlinkIdCombinedRecognizer timeout issues, and enables better control of the Combined scanning pipeline. It activates when the first side of a document has been successfully scanned and scanning of the second side is required.

Major API changes:

• We've added an error callback when setting license keys on MBMicroblinkSDK
  • You will be getting error callback containing the reason why you could not unlock the SDK - see MBLicenseError

Minor API changes:

• Swift:
  • All unsigned integers are now Int

Fixes

• We’ve fixed an uncommon bug where you’d get incomplete results upon scanning of the MRZ with the allowUnparsed setting enabled.
• We've fixed some camera session issues
• We are now handling camera session interruption

v5.8.0

New features:

• We added user feedback when turning on the flashlight on MBBlinkIdOverlayViewcontroller:
  • It prompts user to watch out for flashlight glare
  • It can be disabled by setting showFlashlightWarning property to NO/false on MBBlinkIdOverlaySettings
• We added MBBlinkIdOverlayViewController customization:
  • Set font, text color, corner radius and custom images
  • Use MBBlinkIdOverlayTheme

New additions to our supported documents list

Plastic page passports

We added support for scanning the visual inspection zone - VIZ includes everything except MRZ or barcode. Keep in mind that BlinkID scans and extracts data only from the VIZ that is on the first plastic page found in the passport list below:

• Chile Passport (BETA)
• Colombia Passport
• Croatia Passport
• Denmark Passport
• Finland Passport (BETA)
• Germany Passport
• Hong Kong Passport (BETA)
• Ireland Passport (BETA)
• Malaysia Passport
• Netherlands Passport
• New Zealand Passport
• Norway Passport
• Singapore Passport
• South Africa Passport
• Sweden Passport
• Turkey Passport (BETA)

If you need to scan the MRZ only, you can always set the "MRZ Passport" recognition mode.
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Vertical US documents

• California ID
• Illinois ID
• New York ID
• North Carolina ID
• Texas ID

Other documents

• Canada Newfoundland and Labrador DL
• Croatia Residence Permit (BETA)
• Guatemala Consular ID
• Malaysia MyKAS (BETA)
• Mexico Jalisco DL / front side only
• Mexico Nuevo Leon DL (BETA)
• Peru ID (BETA)
• Singapore S Pass (BETA)
• Uruguay ID / front side only
• USA Missouri ID
• USA Texas ID

European DLs with a single line MRZ

BlinkID extracts data from driver’s licenses that contain single line MRZ:

• Croatia DL
• Estonia DL
• France DL
• Ireland DL
• Netherlands DL
• Slovakia DL

Back side supported on:

• Azerbaijan ID
• Singapore DL
• Singapore Employment Pass

No longer BETA

• Slovakia DL

New features and updates in MBBlinkID(Combined)Recognizer

• We added signatureImage to the result. Extract signature image from the documents below:

  • Australia Victoria DL
  • Austria ID
  • Austria DL
  • Brunei Military ID
  • Colombia ID
  • Croatia ID (on 2013 and 2015 versions)
  • Cyprus ID
  • Czechia ID (on the 2012 version)
  • Germany ID (2010 version)
  • Germany DL (2013 version)
  • Indonesia ID
  • Ireland DL
  • Italy DL
  • Mexico Voter ID
  • New Zealand DL
  • Slovenia ID
  • Spain DL
  • Sweden DL
  • Switzerland ID
  • UAE ID
  • UAE Resident ID

• We enabled extraction of the date of birth from the NRIC from Malaysian documents:

  • MyKad
  • MyKas
  • MyKid
  • MyPR
  • MyTentera

• We added anonymization support for:

  • MRZ (OPT2 containing the ID number) on China Mainland Travel Permit Hong Kong
  • MRZ (Document number) on Germany Alien Passport
  • Document number, MRZ (Document number) on Germany ID
  • MRZ (Document number) on Germany Minors Passport
  • MRZ (Document number) on Germany Passport
  • Document number on Hong Kong ID
  • MRZ (Document number, OPT1 containing the passport or ID number) on Hong Kong Passport
  • Personal ID number on Netherlands DL
  • Personal ID number, MRZ (OPT1 containing the BSN) on Netherlands ID
  • MRZ (OPT1 containing the BSN) on Netherlands Passport
  • Document number on Singapore DL
  • Personal ID number on Singapore Employment Pass
  • Document number on Singapore FIN Card
  • Document number on Singapore ID
  • MRZ (Document number, OPT1 containing the NRIC) on Singapore Passport
  • Document number on Singapore Resident ID
  • Document number on Singapore S Pass
  • Personal ID number on Singapore Work Permit
  • MRZ (OPT1 containing the resident registration number) on South Korea Diplomatic Passport
  • MRZ (OPT1 containing the resident registration number) on South Korea Passport
  • MRZ (OPT1 containing the resident registration number) on South Korea Residence Passport
  • MRZ (OPT1 containing the resident registration number) on South Korea Service Passport
  • MRZ (OPT1 containing the resident registration number) on South Korea Temporary Passport

• We improved MRZ data extraction on:

  • Russia Passport

Other features and updates

• We added the field middleName to MBBlinkID(Combined)Recognizer, MBIdBarcodeRecognizer and MBUsdl(Combined)Recognizer results. This field is extracted from AAMVA standard compliant barcodes, whenever available.

Deprecated recognizers

• We have deprecated following recognizers:
  • MBDocumentFaceRecognizer
  • MBMrtdRecognizer
    • Use MBBlinkIdRecognizer instead
  • MBMrtdCombinedRecognizer
  • MBPassportRecognizer
  • MBVisaRecognizer
    • Use MBBlinkIdRecognizer or MBBlinkIdCombinedRecongizer instead
  • MBUsdlRecognizer
    • Use MBIdBarcodeRecognizer instead

Major API change:

• We added errorCallback on MBMicroblinkSDK methods which needs to be implemented for properly setting up the license key.

Fixes

• We improved the data match logic for Guatemala Consular ID in MBBlinkID(Combined)Recognizer.
• We fixed race conditions and camera asserts that could sometimes cause crashes.
• We fixed camera reticle animation on MBBlinkIdOverlayViewController when user would go to the background.
• We fixed SDK localization that was broken when device language is set to Chinese Simplified.