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Civil / National ID

Civil ID is used to identify or verify the identity of individuals when interacting with governments, though increasingly it is also used for regulated private industries, such as mobile phone accounts. Government examples of civil ID use could include document issuance, border management, voter registration or employment background checks. Find Civil ID solutions here.

 

Mobile driver’s license bill sent to New Jersey Senate

A committee in the U.S. state of New Jersey has sent a mobile driver’s license bill on to the full…

 

Govt source says Kenya’s biometric national ID card chip expiry protects security

Kenyans, a local news portal has cited a government official as confirming that new national ID cards to be issued…

 

Biometrics to be collected from 1M poor Indians for Dharavi slum redevelopment scheme

Poor Indians living in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai for the past 24 years will next month be biometrically registered…

 

Regula introduces test service to help customers scan ID documents’ NFC chips

The introduction of ID documents with integrated NFC chips in countries around the world has made remote identity verification easier…

 

Bhutan boosts digital ID sign-ups, Philippines and Barbados face struggles

Bhutan is steadily boosting the number of its digital ID users while the Philippines struggles with delays and Barbados with…

 

Nepal wants single biometric database for ID cards, CRVS, passports

Nepalese government officials have announced that biometrics will not be collected anew from passport applicants whose personal data is already…

 

Canada’s IDLab recommends ‘registry of registries’ to clarify foreign ID checks

The Digital Identity Laboratory of Canada (IDLab) has released a comprehensive final report on the Pan-Canadian Trust Registry from its…

 

Australian Digital ID Bill draws feedback from finance, business, civil rights groups

First introduced to Parliament in November after being in the works for over three years, a parliamentary inquiry on Australia’s…

 

Mobile driver’s license, vehicle registration coming to West Virginia

The U.S. state of West Virginia has hired Idemia I&S and Tyler Technologies to help create mobile driver’s license and…

 

Digital ID enrollment app rolls out soon for Nigerians abroad

A self-service app meant to enable Nigerians living abroad to easily register for the National Identification Number (NIN) is set…

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