Greek citizens will be able to download a digital version of the full identity card and their driving license to their mobile phones by next Easter, Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis revealed on January 6.
Pierrakakis told SKAI TV that, “We aim to have the biggest part of this work at the end of the first quarter of 2022, surely before Easter we will have these changes in terms of the new identity card … and in terms of the driving license.”
Currently, only part of the ID can be put on cell phones now to help people get into stores easier where showing a vaccination certificate or proof of recovery from the Coronavirus is required.
The new service will allow citizens to use their digital ID in any transaction with the state or institution requiring identification.
The launch follows the success of a COVID-19 free GR Wallet App which lets people put certificates of vaccination and other identification on their cell phones, which saw more than one million responses shortly after it was launched.
