--- title: "Government · iDen2" description: "Issue national IDs, benefits, licenses, and permits as verifiable credentials. Citizens present them anywhere. Agencies verify without a call to the source." last_updated: 2026-10-10 canonical: https://www.iden2.com/use-cases/government --- Government # Civic identity that citizens carry with them. Issue national IDs, benefits, licenses, and permits as verifiable credentials. Citizens present them anywhere. Agencies verify without a call to the source. [See the platform](https://www.iden2.com/platform/phenix) In practice ## See the credentials in this industry. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Passport Verified Subject Alex Larsen Nationality Bhutan Date of birth •••••• Passport no. •• 1842 Expires 2030-04-18 Signed · SD-JWT VCdid:web:iden2 Department of Transport Driver's License Verified Subject Alex Larsen Class B Date of birth •••••• License no. •• 7720 Expires 2028-11-02 Signed · SD-JWT VCdid:web:iden2 Ministry of Interior National ID Verified Subject Alex Larsen Nationality Bhutan Date of birth •••••• ID number •• 4291 Issued 2025-04-18 Signed · SD-JWT VCdid:web:iden2 Industry problem ## Every agency keeps its own identity, and none of them can trust the others. Today's civic identity is a stack of silos. Each ministry, benefit program, and licensing desk rebuilds the same check, then cannot reuse anyone else's. * No shared credential, so every agency re-collects the same identity from scratch. * Registries do not speak to one another. A proof issued by one ministry is useless at the next window. * The same person is a different record in each system, and those records drift apart. * A change of address, status, or revocation in one silo never reaches the others. * Citizens carry paper, PDFs, and screenshots that cannot be checked at the source. * Cross-agency checks wait on phone calls, faxes, and manual lookups. * Fraud slips through the gaps between systems that cannot see each other. * Each program is locked to its own vendor, so identity cannot travel with the citizen. * Rural and offline windows cannot check a credential that lives in another agency's database. Real use cases ## How a shared civic credential is used. National identity A citizen presents a signed national ID instead of a physical card or a photocopy. Benefits eligibility Prove income, household, and residency for support without opening the full record. Licensing Driver, professional, and trade licenses issued once and checked at the counter. Permits Building, operating, and business permits any agency can verify without a call back. Insurance entitlement Prove coverage and benefits at the point of care without opening the full policy file. Civil registry Birth, marriage, and residency certificates presented as signed credentials, not sealed paper. Tax and residency Prove tax status and residency without resubmitting the same documents each year. Border and travel A visa or travel credential a border post can check, online or offline. Housing and municipal services Qualify for social housing, utilities, and local services with one presentation. Age-restricted services Prove age to a regulated service without revealing the rest of the identity record. Emergency relief Disburse disaster benefits against a verified identity when registries are unreachable. Public employment Onboard civil servants across ministries without a new identity check each time. Outcomes ## What a government is buying. Lower cost to serve One check replaces a verification at every window. Economic benefit Less leakage Benefits are paid against a signed, revocable credential. Program integrity Better citizen experience People present once, instead of repeating the same documents. Service delivery Faster time to benefit Eligibility is settled at the counter, not weeks later. Access Less administrative load Ministries stop rebuilding the same identity check. Operating cost Fewer in-person visits A remote presentation can complete a step that used to require a queue. Citizen experience Rural reach Services still verify where connectivity is poor. Inclusion Less oversharing Citizens prove a fact without opening the full record. Privacy Next ## Bring iDen2 to your government stack. See a live workflow tailored to your systems, or explore the developer sandbox. [Developer docs](https://docs.iden2.com/)[All applications →](https://www.iden2.com/use-cases) ## Sitemap - [Sitemap](https://www.iden2.com/sitemap.md) - [llms.txt](https://www.iden2.com/llms.txt) - [HTML version](https://www.iden2.com/use-cases/government)