IBR-011-AE

PINT AE validation rule for UAE e-invoices

What it means

The buyer's passport issuing country must be a valid ISO 3166-1 country code.

How to fix it

Use a valid ISO 3166-1 country code for the buyer's passport issuing country.

The official wording of this rule is in the PINT AE specification published by OpenPeppol.

In Alya Books

Alya Books builds the invoice XML so this holds; the official rule files confirm it on our sample documents.

بالعربية

يجب أن يكون بلد إصدار جواز سفر المشتري رمز بلد صحيحاً وفق ISO 3166-1.

استخدم رمز بلد صحيحاً وفق ISO 3166-1 لبلد إصدار جواز سفر المشتري.

See this rule in the interactive reference, or pre-check an invoice file.

Create compliant e-invoices with Alya Books

Explanations are Alya Books's own. The PINT AE specification is published and owned by OpenPeppol. This page is a reading aid, not legal or tax advice. Checked against Schematron release 2026.5.