Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior has revealed more details of an electronic ID card it plans to issue by 2019.The ministry said this week that is planning to integrate the chip-embedded national identification card and Citizen Digital Certificate into the card.It will also equip the resulting card with an optional "electronic purse" to give it payment functionality.With the help of a card reader, the card can also be used to file taxes online and to pay motorist fees and labor and farmer insurance premiums, according to the ministry.New services added in July included applying for household registration certificate transcripts and having national health insurance premium and national pension payment receipts printed out at convenience stores around the countryIn May, senior Taiwanese officials have confirmed that the country's first eID cards would be issued by 2019.Different agencies need to be integrated by 2017 before the card is rolled out in 2019, Chang Wan-yi, head of the ministry's Department of Household Registration, told local media.She noted that the card will have several applications, including as a national health insurance card and a citizen digital certificate. Chang also said personal information on one's income, medical record and household registration will only be accessible with more than one password.Deputy Minister of the Interior Chen Chun-ching has said the ministry would send a team to Estonia to see how e-ID cards and electronic voting are being employed.
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