We facilitate private, secure and fast services
The Identity Verification Services help organisations to verify your identity in a way that is secure, fast and private.
This makes it easier and more convenient for you to access government and other services, and means that more and more services can be provided completely online.
Most organisations using the Identity Verification Services will not need to keep copies of your identity documents, which helps to protect your privacy.
The Document Verification Service (DVS) checks whether the biographic information on your identity document matches the original record. The result will simply be "yes" or "no". The Document Verification Service does not check facial images. There are currently 14 different identity documents that can be verified through the Document Verification Service, including birth certificates, driver licences and Medicare cards.
Currently the Face Verification Services (FVS) can only be accessed for immigration documents (visa and citizenship) and passports.
States and territories have agreed to provide driver licence images under an intergovernmental agreement signed by the Council of Australian Governments in 2017.
Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia are the first states to provide their data, with others to follow in a phased roll-out over the next two years.
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