Al-Based Fake Identity & Document Screening System

Background Common challenges faced at border checkpoints:
Fake passports and visas
Altered photographs
Modified dates of birth
Tampered visa stamps
Identity impersonation
Multiple identities used by the same person Expired or blacklisted travel documents
High passenger volume causing delays Current verification methods rely heavily on human inspection and basic database lookups.
Detailed Description Border checkpoints process thousands of identity documents every day,including passports, visas, national identity cards, permits, and travel authorizations. Manual verification is time-consuming, prone to human error, and often unable to detect sophisticated forgeries, tampering, or identity fraud.Develop an Al-powered document screening platform that automatically analyzes identity and travel documents, detects signs of tampering or forgery, validates information against rules and databases,and generates a risk score to assist border security personnel in making faster and more accurate decisions.
Expected Solution
Module 1: OCR Extraction
Module 2: Document Validation
Module 3: Tampering Detection
Module 4: Face Detection Module 1: OCR Extraction Objective: Automatically extract all relevant information from identity documents.

Inputs:

Passport image
Visa image
National ID image
Driving license
Permit documents Extracted Fields:

Passport

Name
Passport Number
Nationality
Date of birth
Date of expiry
Gender Visa
Visa Number
Visa Type
Entry Validation
Stay Duration Module 2: Document Validation Objective: Verify whether the extracted information follows official document standards.

Module 3: Tampering Detection (Core AI Innovation)

Objective

Detect digitally or physically altered documents.

Use Cases:

Photo Replacement
Text Manipulation
Stamp Forgery Detection
Image Metadata Analysis Module 4: Face Verification Objective: Ensure document owner matches the presented individual.
Expected Impact
Reduce document verification time from several minutes to a few seconds.
Improve detection of forged and tampered documents.
Standardize screening decisions across checkpoints.
Enable data-driven risk assessment instead of purely manual inspection.
Create a digital trail for investigations and intelligence analysis.

Possible Project Name Al-Based Fake Identity & Document Screening System.

Source: this problem statement was published by Ministry of Home Affairs and is reproduced here in full, unedited. Aggregation and presentation by E-Cell, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Nagercoil Campus.