Appendix List of the codes for entering the nationality or status of the holder of the residence permit in the machine-readable area
United Kingdom
| For residents of Hong Kong, the code HKG may be used. | ||
| Country | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| EUROPE | ||
| Albania | ALB | |
| Andorra | AND | |
| Armenia | ARM | |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | |
| Belarus | BLR | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | |
| Bulgaria | BGR | |
| Croatia | HRV | |
| Cyprus | CYP | |
| Czech Republic | CZE | |
| Estonia | EST | |
| Georgia | GEO | |
| Holy See (Vatican City State) | VAT | |
| Hungary | HUN | |
| Latvia | LVA | |
| Lithuania | LTU | |
| Malta | MLT | |
| Moldova, Republic of | MDA | |
| Monaco | MCO | |
| Poland | POL | |
| Romania | ROM | |
| Russian Federation | RUS | |
| San Marino | SMR | |
| Slovakia | SVK | |
| Slovenia | SVN | |
| Switzerland | CHE | |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | FRM | |
| Turkey | TUR | |
| Ukraine | UKR | |
| Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of | YUG | |
| AFRICA | ||
| Algeria | DZA | |
| Angola | AGO | |
| Benin | BEN | |
| Botswana | BWA | |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | |
| Burundi | BDI | |
| Cameroon | CMR | |
| Cape Verde | CPV | |
| Central African Republic | CAF | |
| Chad | TCD | |
| Comoros | COM | |
| Congo | COG | |
| Congo, the Democratic Republic of the | COD | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | |
| Djibouti | DJI | |
| Egypt | EGY | |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | |
| Eritrea | ERI | |
| Ethiopia | ETH | |
| Gabon | GAB | |
| Gambia | GMB | |
| Ghana | GHA | |
| Guinea | GIN | |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | |
| Kenya | KEN | |
| Lesotho | LSO | |
| Liberia | LBR | |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | LBY | |
| Madagascar | MDG | |
| Malawi | MWI | |
| Mali | MLI | |
| Mauritania | MRT | |
| Mauritius | MUS | |
| Morocco | MAR | |
| Mozambique | MOZ | |
| Namibia | NAM | |
| Niger | NER | |
| Nigeria | NGA | |
| Rwanda | RWA | |
| Sao Tome and Principe | STP | |
| Senegal | SEN | |
| Seychelles | SYC | |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | |
| Somalia | SOM | |
| South Africa | ZAF | |
| Sudan | SDN | |
| Swaziland | SWZ | |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | TZA | |
| Togo | TGO | |
| Tunisia | TUN | |
| Uganda | UGA | |
| Zambia | ZMB | |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | |
| AMERICA | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | ATG | |
| Argentina | ARG | |
| Bahamas | BHS | |
| Barbados | BRB | |
| Belize | BLZ | |
| Bolivia | BOL | |
| Brazil | BRA | |
| Canada | CAN | |
| Chile | CHL | |
| Colombia | COL | |
| Costa Rica | CRI | |
| Cuba | CUB | |
| Dominica | DMA | |
| Dominican Republic | DOM | |
| Ecuador | ECU | |
| El Salvador | SLV | |
| Grenada | GRD | |
| Guatemala | GTM | |
| Guyana | GUY | |
| Haiti | HTI | |
| Honduras | HND | |
| Jamaica | JAM | |
| Mexico | MEX | |
| Nicaragua | NIC | |
| Panama | PAN | |
| Paraguay | PRY | |
| Peru | PER | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | KNA | |
| Saint Lucia | LCA | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT | |
| Suriname | SUR | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | |
| United States of America | USA | |
| Uruguay | URY | |
| Venezuela | VEN | |
| ASIA | ||
| Afghanistan | AFG | |
| Bahrain | BHR | |
| Bangladesh | BGD | |
| Bhutan | BTN | |
| Brunei Darussalam | BRN | |
| Cambodia | KHM | |
| China | CHNf1 | |
| East Timor | TMP | |
| India | IND | |
| Indonesia | IDN | |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | IRN | |
| Iraq | IRQ | |
| Israel | ISR | |
| Japan | JPN | |
| Jordan | JOR | |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | |
| Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | PRK | |
| Korea, Republic of | KOR | |
| Kuwait | KWT | |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | LAO | |
| Lebanon | LBN | |
| Malaysia | MYS | |
| Maldives | MDV | |
| Mongolia | MNG | |
| Myanmar | MMR | |
| Nepal | NPL | |
| Oman | OMN | |
| Pakistan | PAK | |
| Palestine | * | |
| Philippines | PHA | |
| Qatar | QAT | |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | |
| Singapore | SGP | |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | SYR | |
| Tajikistan | TJK | |
| Thailand | THA | |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | |
| United Arab Emirates | ARE | |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | |
| Vietnam | VNM | |
| Yemen | YEM | |
| OCEANIA | ||
| Australia | AUS | |
| Fiji | FJI | |
| Kiribati | KIR | |
| Marshall Islands | MHL | |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | FSM | |
| Nauru | NRU | |
| New Zealand | NZL | |
| Palau | PLW | |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG | |
| Samoa | WSM | |
| Solomon Islands | SLB | |
| Tonga | TON | |
| Tuvalu | TUV | |
| Vanuatu | VUT | |
The following codes are also used:
| Stateless | XXA |
| Refugees (Convention of 28 July 1951) | XXB |
| Other refugees | XXC |
| International Committee of the Red Cross | CRC |
| UNHCR | UNR |
Annotations
Footnotes
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For residents of Hong Kong, the code HKG may be used.