Identification and onboarding
The wallet carries Person Identification Data (PID) issued by the relevant authority of a Member State, at assurance level high. A service can request it to establish who the user is, and the user approves exactly which attributes leave the wallet. For the service provider it replaces the document photo, the selfie and the video call in most remote identification flows.
Examples
- Opening a bank account
- SIM card registration
- e-government services
- Insurance onboarding
- Car rental pick-up
- Age-restricted account creation
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How it works
The relying party sends a presentation request, either on the same device through the browser's credential API or across devices with a QR code. The wallet shows who is asking, what they registered themselves to ask for, and which attributes the request covers. After the person approves, the wallet returns signed attributes bound to a key held in the device's secure hardware, so the response cannot be replayed by anyone else.
For the person
No uploading of document scans, no waiting for a manual review. Selective disclosure means an age check does not have to reveal an address, and a delivery service does not have to learn a date of birth. Every request names the requester, and it can be refused.
For the organisation
Identification becomes a request rather than a process to build and maintain. The attributes arrive already verified, which shortens onboarding and removes a large part of document fraud risk. In return, the relying party has to register in its Member State, declare the attributes it intends to request and the purpose, and ask for nothing beyond that registration.
Standards and rules: PID rule book, OpenID4VP for presentation, SD-JWT VC and ISO mdoc credential formats, relying party registration under the implementing acts.

