# Council Decision of 3 December 1998 on common standards relating to filling in the uniform format for residence permits (98/701/JHA), Appendix: List of the codes for entering the nationality or status of the holder of the residence permit in the machine-readable area

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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
CHN
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

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1998/701/annex/appendix (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-701/annex/appendix
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