Blockpass application uses an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology to extract data from your Identification documents.
This means that when you are taking a picture of your Passport with the Blockpass app, it will extract all Machine Readable data from the document and fill in required fields, such as your Given Name, Family Name and Date of Birth, with the data extracted from the document.
If you changed your Given Name or Family Name after your Identity Document (ID) was scanned, this could result in your Given Name or Family Name being rejected by the service.
Tips for correct Given Name or Family Name:
- Given name in some countries is also known as First name or simply Name
- Family name may also be referred to as Last name or Surname
- Make sure your full name is specified:
- Given name field must include all (if multiple) Given names, as well as Middle names if used
- Family name field must include all (if multiple) Family names
- Every time you scan a document, it will replace the previous Given Name/Family Name values with the values extracted from the document.
- It is common in some Countries to not use Given Names or Family names. If that is the case, please specify N/A in the field that is not used (note that our OCR scan may do that for you in certain cases)
- N/A means not available
Other country-specific tips:
- In the Chinese name 毛泽东 (Mao Ze Dong), the Family name is Mao, i.e. the First name when reading (left to right). The given name is Ze Dong.
- In Vietnam, names such as Nguyễn Tấn Dũng follow the order Family Name - Middle Name - Given Name. The Family Name is Nguyễn, and the Given Name is Tấn Dũng.
- In the USA, it is quite common to only have the initials of your Middle name in your Identity Document (e.g. John J Johnson). In this case, the "J" initial shall be specified in the Given Name field.
- In the Philippines, the same middle initial would be considered a part of a Family Name (it represents the mother's name before marriage).
- Some countries, like Malaysia, may have a different passport format and may specify both Given Name(s) and Family Name(s) into one single line - Full Name. Depending on the MRZ format of the passport, your Full Name may be scanned into the Family Name (s) field or the Given Name(s) field.
- In such a case, please make sure you specify "N/A" in the unused field.
- In such a case, please make sure you specify "N/A" in the unused field.
Guide on name format:
Please put ‘N/A’ in the Family Name or Given Name field if it is not applicable
| Ethnicity | Particular case (if available) | Family Name (FN)/ Last Name/ Surname | Given Name (GN)/ First Name | Example |
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Chinese/ Taiwanese/ HongKong
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Normal name | 1st word | Remaining word(s) | Chen Xiao-ling Family name: Chen Given Name: Xiao-Ling |
| Name including Christian name | 1st word after Christian name | Remaining word(s) | Denise Foo Li Leen Family name: Foo Given name: Denise, Li Leen |
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| Malaysian | Remaining word(s) | 1st word | Washil Al Ahdab Family name: Al Ahdab Given name: Washil |
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| Japanese | 1st word | Remaining word(s) | 坂本冬美 (Sakamoto Fuyumi) Family name: 坂本/Sakamoto Given name: 冬美/Fuyumi |
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| Vietnamese | 1st word | Remaining word(s) | Nguyen Gia An Family name: Nguyen Given name: Gia An |
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Indian
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Remaining word(s) | 1st word | Vidya Tripathi Family name: Tripathi Given name: Vidya |
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| Words after “S/O or D/O” | Words before “S/O or D/O” |
Ishaan S/O Duttagupta (S/O and |
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Indonesian
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Name includes only 1 word/ 2 or more words but does not include FN/Surname | N/A | Full name | Sukarno Family name: N/A Given name: Sukano |
| Name including GN/Surname | 1st word | Remaining word(s) | Abul Haris Nasution Family name: Nasution Given name: Abul Haris |
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Bangladesh
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Name includes only 1 word | Name | N/A | Bakar Family name: Bakar Given name: N/A |
| Name includes 2 words | 1st word/ Full name | Remaining word(s)/ N/A | Md Ershad (1) Family name: Ershad Given name: Md (2) Family name: Md Ershad Given name: N/A |
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| Name includes 3 words | 1st word/ 2 first words | Remaining word(s) | Md Ali Ershad (1) Family name: Ershad Given name: Md Ali (2) Family name: Ali Ershad Given name: Md |
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| Name includes 4 words | 1st word/2 or 3 first words | Remaining word(s) | Md Ali Ershad Siddique (1) Family name: Siddique Given name: Md Ali Ershad (2) Family name: Ershad Siddique Given name: Md Ali (3) Family name: Ali Ershad Siddique Given name: Md |
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| Others (USA, GBR, etc) | Remaining word(s) | 1st word | Maggie Smith Family name: Smith Given name: Maggie |
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