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Checks whether the details of a Korean passport match the records of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and whether the passport is still valid.
  • Once the source answers, the call is billed whatever the verdict. Calls that do not produce a verdict return 4xx or 5xx and are not billed.
Some input mistakes return MISMATCH and are still billed. Check these before calling.
  • Only Korean passports can be checked. Passports issued by other countries are not in the source’s records and return MISMATCH.
  • Send the Korean (Hangul) name on the passport in fullName. An English name returns MISMATCH even when the details are correct.
  • Send the passport number in uppercase. Example: M12345678
Values can be added to verdict and verdictReason. Reading verdicts

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Billing

The billing unit is response, and each call has a count of 1. MISMATCH and REJECTED are also billed.

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Specification

GC-KOR-PASS specification

Check the endpoint, request and response fields with examples, and errors.
For errors that apply to all APIs, see Error Codes.