Identity checks at airports and borders relied on visual inspection of paper passports, making queues and delays the norm. Forgery and impersonation were hard to detect, and identity verification was duplicated at each agency.
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Finish passport checks in secondsVisual checks cause queues and delays
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Prevent forgery and impersonationPaper proofs make tampering hard to detect
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Present contactlesslyPhysical passport handover required
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Reuse a single identity check across agenciesChecks duplicated per agency
Read the passport IC via NFC and verify identity with facial recognition. Issue and store a cryptographically signed Digital Travel Credential (VC) in the wallet; at airports and hotels, verifiers instantly match authenticity with just a QR presentation (OpenID4VP). A three-party trust model of issuer, holder, and verifier.