---
id: "egpassport"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
country: ["EG"]
langs: ["ar"]
quality: 83
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/egpassport"
---

# Egyptian Passport Number (`egpassport`)

Egyptian passport number used for international travel identification

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: Egypt (EG)
- Languages: Arabic (ar)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-Z0-9]{8,9}$
```

## Examples

- `A12345678` — Example Egyptian passport number

## Mappings

- dpv: `pd:Passport`
- fhir: `http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/passport-EGY`

## Metacrafter rules

4 rules: 2 match the field name, 2 match values.

- `egpassportfield` (field, `eg/eg_persons.yaml`)
- `egpassportvalue` (data, `eg/eg_persons.yaml`)
- `eg_pii_egpassportfield` (field, `pii/eg/eg_pii.yaml`)
- `eg_pii_egpassportvalue` (data, `pii/eg/eg_pii.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `metacrafter`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_passport>

## Quality

Score 83/100. Missing: second example, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/egpassport.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/EG/persons/egpassport.yaml>