Where are we right now on the global timeline for moving from pilot projects to full border-to-border operational acceptance of DTCs?
Digital travel credentials, based off the e-passport, are a foundational credential for trust. In this interview with Dion Chamberlain, Chief Advisor for Traveller Identification, at Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand Government, we discussed how operational pilots to test the DTC are accelerating very quickly and creating useful insights to adjust global standards, as borders making worthwhile investments in interoperable technology.
The pressures of security at border touchpoints means the development of the DTC is happening at a slower, more cautious pace than other verifiable credentials, but still there are people being processed using the digital travel credential. Chamberlain says he expects that to grow over the next “5 to 10 years where it will become more and more used. But right now, we are very much in the learning stage”.
We explore how the standards environment tries to keep pace with all identity credentials issued by governments and accepted across international border checkpoints.
