Driving License

Service Tasmania revealed plans to link “discrete government identities to a single whole-of-government identifier” in its request for tender for the portal released on the weekend.

Saskatchewan is pausing the process to bring a new digital ID into the province, the government announced Thursday.

The announcement came a bit more than six months after Apple announced it was working with a handful of states to develop digital IDs that can be stored alongside airline tickets, credit cards, movie tickets and other passes.

The LEADS initiative aims to transform how residents access government services.

Digital photo cards were originally slated to become available to citizens alongside boat and recreational fishing licences in 2017.

Potentially, additional personal data such as a person’s sexuality, credit score, criminal record, gun license status, and vaccine status could be included in a digital ID.

A contract to deliver the Digital License App that is to be rolled out in Queensland in 2023 has been signed with Thales Australia & New Zealand.

Bahrain will introduce electronic driving license, car ownership cards and e-permit for other drivers via the etraffic smartphone app.

The free mobile app allows learner drivers to record their supervised driving hours in just a few taps and removes the need to bring along and maintain the old paper-based record.