Notice of Adding Custom Country Codes for Organizations/Regions Without ISO Codes
Changes Background:
As ZOLOZ continues to expand its document coverage, certain international organizations or regions (such as APEC, ECOWAS, the European Union, and the African Union) do not have corresponding three-letter country codes in the ISO standard. To support the proper recognition and return of documents from these organizations, ZOLOZ will assign custom three-letter codes to these organizations/regions, which will be used in the same manner as standard country codes.
Change Time:
The rollout is expected to begin on November 15, 2026, with the effective date subject to the actual launch of each organization's document support.
Change Scope:
- Affected Products: Real ID & IDR
Change Details:
For the following organizations/regions without ISO country codes, ZOLOZ will use custom three-letter codes to identify these organizations/regions:
Organization/Region | Custom Code | Description |
APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) | APC | Derived from the initials of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) | ECW | Derived from the key initials of Economic Community of West African States |
European Union | EUN | Derived from the first two letters plus the last letter of European Union (avoiding the reserved code EUR) |
African Union | AFU | Derived from the first two letters plus the last letter of African Union |
MERCOSUR (Southern Common Market) | MCS | Derived from the key consonants of Mercosur |
East African Community (EAC) | EAC | Directly uses the official abbreviation |
COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) | CMS | Derived from the key consonants of COMESA |
Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) | IPL | Derived from the first letter plus core syllable of Interpol |
The above custom codes are used in exactly the same way as standard ISO country codes.
Change Impact:
When a document from the above organizations/regions is recognized, the returned country code will be the corresponding custom code. Please ensure that your system can properly handle non-ISO three-letter codes.
Special Notes:
- The above custom codes are used solely for used solely as internal identifiers within the ZOLOZ system within the ZOLOZ system and do not affect the normal use of ISO standard country codes.
- If additional organizations/regions without country codes are added in the future, ZOLOZ will continue to assign custom codes using similar rules. For details, please refer to: https://docs.zoloz.com/zoloz/saas/apireference/doctype_ocrresult
Please contact ZOLOZ's technical support team for assistance if you have any further questions, or email: help@zoloz.com