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<p>The EU Settlement Scheme is streamlined, user-friendly and will be accessible to
all prospective applicants. To provide a simple user experience and to increase data
accuracy, we use technology to read data direct from the passport Machine Readable
Zone (MRZ) the text at the bottom of a passport and the passport chip.</p><p>Neither
the MRZ nor the chip in the document include special characters such as Cyrillic script.
This is in line with International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) standard for
passports that all EU passports adhere to. The ICAO standard provides translation
matrices for each marking to the English alphabet, and it is intended that the digital
status shown to individuals will follow the same format and display names in Latin
script only. However, in some cases, we are aware that Cyrillic characters are appearing
within the digital status name, and we are investigating why this is happening so
that this can be rectified.</p><p>The test phases have provided us with a useful opportunity
to prove various elements of the scheme functionality and we continue to refine the
handling of special characters, including how this could apply retrospectively to
any applicants who may want their data to be corrected</p>
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