Affinda's AI ID card processing platform can extract data from any field on an ID card or national identity document. Standard data fields include:

Core Identity Details

 
• Full Name / Given Names / Surname: Complete legal name as it appears on the identity document, including first, middle and last names.
 
• Date of Birth: The cardholder's birth date in any format or language.
 
• ID Number / National Identity Number: Unique government-issued identification number.
 
• Photo: Cardholder photograph extracted and preserved as an image file.
 
• Gender / Sex: Gender marker as recorded on the identity document.
 
• Nationality / Citizenship: Country of citizenship or nationality.

Document Information

 
• Document Type: Type of ID card such as national ID, driver's license or identity card.
 
• Document Number: Unique document identifier or serial number.
 
• Issue Date / Expiry Date: Date the ID card was issued and when it expires.
 
• Issuing Authority / Issuing Country: Government agency or country that issued the document.
 
• Place of Birth / Place of Issue: City, region or country where the cardholder was born or where the document was issued.

Additional Fields

 
• Address / Residence: Residential address or registered place of residence.
 
• Signature: Cardholder signature extracted as an image when present.
 
• Barcode / QR Code / MRZ Data: Machine-readable data embedded in barcodes, QR codes or machine-readable zones.
 
• Height / Eye Color / Blood Type: Physical descriptors when included on the document.
 
• Security Features / Watermarks: Visual security elements present on the card.

Need custom fields or working with unique ID card formats? Simply define them in the UI or describe them in natural language and Affinda will extract and structure them automatically.

Our AI agents can process any file type. Supported file types include PDF, JPG/JPEG, PNG, TIFF, DOC/DOCX (Word), XLSX (Excel), HTML and TXT/CSV.

Affinda's AI agents read, extract and validate ID card data. Our platform is intuitive to set up and easily integrates into your systems. Simply:

 
1. Upload your ID cards via drag-and-drop, email or API.
 
2. Configure business logic to match your organization's verification and compliance workflows.
 
3. Let Affinda check and validate extracted data against your business logic and KYC, HRIS, compliance or government systems to ensure accuracy.
 
4. Access structured ID card data directly within your systems.

The result? Faster, more accurate ID card processing with minimal manual input.

Yes. Our AI ID card processing platform combines OCR with retrieval augmented generation (RAG), LLMs, agentic workflows, proprietary reading order algorithms and more, to automatically detect and process data from scanned or photographed invoices (PDF, JPG, PNG). Even low-quality images are automatically enhanced for reliable data capture and processing.

Our AI ID card processing platform can automatically detect and process ID cards in 50+ languages, including multilingual ID cards containing more than one language. Supported languages include: Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic (Standard, Egyptian, Sudanese, Algerian, Moroccan, Levantine), Bahasa Indonesian, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Bulgarian, Burmese, Chinese (Mandarin [PRC/Taiwan], Cantonese, Wu, Min Nan, Jinyu, Xiang, Hakka), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Korean, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Norwegian, Odia, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi (Western and Eastern), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba.

Yes. Our ID card processing platform integrates seamlessly with KYC, HRIS, compliance and government systems. You can build no-code integrations using our AI integrations agent or connect via API – whatever suits your workflow best.

AI ID card processing helps automate and streamline identity verification workflows across functions such as:

• HR and Onboarding Teams: Accelerate employee verification and new-hire onboarding by automatically extracting identity details from national IDs and identity cards. Validate data against HRIS systems to reduce manual checks and speed up time-to-productivity.
• KYC and Compliance Teams: Support AML and regulatory compliance by extracting and validating identity data with 99%+ accuracy. Business-rule checks flag expired documents, mismatched details or missing fields before they reach your compliance systems.
• Government and Citizen Services: Process identity documents at scale while maintaining security and accuracy. Handle multiple languages, formats and ID types with AI that learns from each interaction and adapts to evolving document layouts.

An ID card optical character recognition (OCR) data extractor scans and accurately captures identity information from ID cards and national identity documents, regardless of format or language. Upload ID cards in PDF, JPG or PNG formats. The OCR technology first converts the documents into a text layer, ensuring all text (even from scans, photos or images) is captured. Affinda's AI models then identify and extract key fields such as name, ID number, date of birth, expiry, issuing authority and photo, transforming them into structured, usable data.

This automation eliminates manual data entry, reduces verification errors and saves time. Once the identity data is captured and structured, our AI ID card processing pipeline can apply machine validation and post-processing to enable seamless integration with KYC, HRIS, compliance and government systems.

Organizations across government, HR, financial services and compliance rely on Affinda's AI for their identity verification, employee onboarding and KYC/AML processes, streamlining workflows and improving overall accuracy.