Puerto Rico adopts Apple Wallet for storage of driver’s license
- The San Juan Daily Star
- Dec 13, 2024
- 1 min read
By The Star Staff
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia announced on Thursday that Puerto Rico residents can now receive their driver’s license or official identifications with Apple Wallet, making Puerto Rico the 10th jurisdiction to adopt the tool.
“It pleases us to announce that after months of arduous work, Puerto Rico has become the 10th jurisdiction to offer the Apple Wallet and the 13th whose driver’s license is accepted by the United States Transportation Security Administration [TSA],” the governor said at a press conference. “This is another opportunity to guarantee that everyone can now add and store their official government ID in their Apple Wallet to validate their identity.
The Puerto Rico Innovation & Technology Service (PRITS) led the effort with the collaboration of the island Department of Transportation and Public Works.
“This is an additional alternative that we offer citizens to validate their identity in a secure way, since the information is protected and and requires approval from the citizen before being shared with the reader, such as the CESCO Digital and TSA,” PRITS Executive Director Antonio Ramos Guardiola said.
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