From wallet to mobile: ID and driver’s license are now digital

The time when we were looking for wallets identity card and driver’s licenses becomes a thing of the past from today, Wednesday, as through the new application, the digital copies of these two documents will now be on the mobile phone.

The Minister of State and Digital Governance Kyriakos Pierrakakis presents this afternoon the application for the new digital copies of the Identity Card and the Driving License, with the Ministers of Citizen Protection Takis Theodorikakos and Infrastructure & Transport Kostas Karamanlis.

The Prime Minister will attend the event.

According to the Ministry of Transport, the goal of completing the process so that citizens’ IDs and driver’s licenses are inside a digital wallet appears to have been achieved.

Based on the amendment, the data that will be stored in said application will be able to be displayed by the owner of the mobile phone, for the purpose of identification, to public sector bodies within the meaning of paragraph a’ of article 14 of the law. 4270/2014 (A’143), judicial authorities and natural and legal persons of the private sector, who are legalized for identity verification and identification, in the context of exercising their powers and fulfilling their obligations”.

Data to be stored in digital format

ID card

• The ID number.
• The full name in Greek and Latin characters.
• The patronymic in Greek and Latin characters.
• The matronym in Greek characters.
• The date of birth.
• The place of birth.
• The date and authority of issuance of the identity card.
• The photo of the owner.

Driving License

• Your driver’s license number.
• The full name in Greek and Latin characters.
• The date of birth.
• The place of birth.
• The date and authority of issuance of the driver’s license.
• The expiry date of the driver’s licence.
• The tax registration number (A.F.M.).
• The vehicle category code.
• The vehicle category issue date
• The vehicle category expiry date.
• The photo of the owner.

It should be emphasized that the storage of the above data will be possible from a single mobile device of a natural person.

The goal, after the diploma and the identity card, is to “enter” the KTEO and the insurance on our mobile phones.

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