Transliteration Guide

The following table is from Document 9303. It is a guide used by countries to convert names containing special characters that are not allowed in the MRZ.

SEVP recommends using the same transliteration for names with the following exceptions:

Sequence Number	National character	Description	MRZ Recommended transliteration
1	Á	A acute	A
2	À	A grave	A
3	Â	A circumflex	A
4	Ä	A diaeresis	AE
5	Ã	A tilde	A
6	Ă	A breve	A
7	Å	A Ring	AA
8	Ā	A macron	A
9	Ą	A ogonek	A
10	Ć	C acute	C
11	Ĉ	C circumflex	C
12	Č	C caron	C
13	Ċ	C dot accent	C
14	Ç	C cedilla	C
15	Ð	Eth	D
16	Ď	D caron	D
17	É	E acute	E
18	È	E grave	E
19	Ê	E circumflex	E
20	Ë	E diaeresis	E
21	Ě	E caron	E
22	Ė	E dot accent	E
23	Ē	E macron	E
24	Ę	E ogonek	E
25	Ĕ	E breve	E
26	Ĝ	G circumflex	G
27	Ğ	G breve	G
28	Ġ	G dot accent	G
29	Ģ	G cedilla	G
30	Ħ	H bar	H
31	Ĥ	H circumflex	H
32	ı	I without dot (Turkey)	I
33	Í	I acute	I
34	ì	I grave	I
35	î	I circumflex	I
36	ï	I diaeresis	I
37	Ĩ	I tilde	I
38	İ	I dot accent	I
39	Ī	I macron	I
40	Į	I ogonek	I
41	Ĭ	I breve	I
42	Ĵ	J circumflex	J
43	Ķ	K cedilla	K
44	Ł	L slash	L
45	Ĺ	L acute	L
46	Ľ	L caron	L
47	Ļ	L cedilla	L
48	Ŀ	L dot	L
49	Ń	N acute	N
50	Ñ	N tilde	N
51	Ň	N caron	N
52	Ņ	N cedilla	N
53	Ŋ	Eng	N
54	Ø	O slash	O
55	Ó	O acute	O
56	Ò	O grave	O
57	Ô	O circumflex	O
58	Ö	O diaeresis	OE
59	Õ	O tilde	O
60	Ő	O double acute	O
61	Ō	O macron	O
62	Ŏ	O breve	O
63	Ŕ	R acute	R
64	Ř	R caron	R
65	Ŗ	R cedilla	R
66	Ś	S acute	S
67	Ŝ	S circumflex	S
68	Š	S caron	S
69	Ş	S cedilla	S
70	Ŧ	T bar	T
71	Ť	T caron	T
72	Ţ	T cedilla	T
73	Ú	U acute	U
74	Ù	U grave	U
75	Û	U circumflex	U
76	Ü	U diaeresis	UE
77	Ũ	U tilde	U
78	Ŭ	U breve	U
79	Ű	U double acute	U
80	Ů	U ring	U
81	Ū	U macron	U
82	Ų	U ogonek	U
83	Ŵ	W circumflex	W
84	Ý	Y acute	Y
85	Ŷ	Y circumflex	Y
86	Ÿ	Y diaeresis	Y
87	Ź	Z acute	Z
88	Ž	Z caron	Z
89	Ż	Z dot	Z
90	Þ	Thorn (Iceland)	TH
91	Æ	Ligature A E	AE
92	Ĳ	Ligature IJ	IJ
93	Œ	Ligature OE	OE
94	ß	Double s (Germany)	SS