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Gov. Patrick Morrisey declares a brand new digital ID choice for customers of Apple Wallet throughout a press convention Thursday on the State Capitol Building in Charleston.

CHARLESTON — West Virginia has taken the subsequent step in its Mobile ID program by making it out there by Apple Wallet.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey — joined by officers with the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles, and members of the Legislature — introduced residents can now entry a digital model of their drivers’ licenses and picture IDs, becoming a member of 12 states.

“Everyday things, such as going to the store and you need an ID. You’re able to show something and it’s convenient for you,” Morrisey mentioned. “This is what the future is going to look like, and West Virginia always needs to get out in front and define that future.”

Last 12 months, the DMV partnered with IDEMIA Public Security North America to launch the brand new cell ID that West Virginia residents can entry on their smartphones and current for ID checks by legislation enforcement, airport safety or buying age-restricted merchandise.

West Virginians can go to their Apple or Android app shops and obtain the “West Virginia Mobile ID” app. After agreeing to phrases of use and different statements, the consumer can choose their drivers’ license or ID card. The consumer scans the back and front of their bodily drivers’ license/ID card and takes a photograph of their face. Once accredited, customers can entry the WV Mobile ID app.

Now, with entry to Apple Wallet, residents can open up their Apple Wallet app, faucet the “+” button on the top-right of the display screen, open up a menu for driver’s license and ID playing cards, choose West Virginia, and scan their driver’s license or picture ID to validate the digital ID. Users can select to additionally add their digital ID to their Apple Watch.

“Starting today, West Virginians can securely add their driver’s license or state ID to their phone or to their Apple Watch and begin using their mobile IDs to present at select locations here in West Virginia and across the country,” Morrisey mentioned.

IDEMIA has mentioned each their app and the Apple Wallet choice are safe. Residents can use each the app or Apple Wallet ID at TSA PreCheck at collaborating airports or different locations to streamline interactions with authorities companies, legislation enforcement, and companies.

“Literally, it only took me a few minutes to put this on my phone,” mentioned Del. Wayne Clark, R-Jefferson. “Imagine going to a fair or festival within the state, and all you have is your phone. Your wallet and everything else…are all secure in your vehicle. You’re able to have a verification of your identification, you have your Apple Pay to pay for everything conveniently on one (phone).”

DMV first introduced it was creating a cell ID that may be saved on smartphones in January 2024. West Virginia residents renewing their motorcar registrations on-line can already request a safe digital registration that may be saved on smartphones. Residents can obtain instructions on-line or by way of DMV kiosks on learn how to down the digital registration.

While the digital registration and cell ID just isn’t meant to interchange bodily registrations and drivers’ licenses, officers mentioned the digital registration and cell ID will present residents with larger comfort. Morrisey urged endurance as the brand new program rolls out.

“This is not a rollout project where everything’s ready on day one. … It’s going to take a lot of time to get that done,” Morrisey mentioned. “But we are able to report that if you happen to’re going to go to the airport, we consider that TSA goes to acknowledge that. That’s fairly important for air vacationers, and really, very optimistic.

“We’re having interactions with our law enforcement and with our ABCA (Alcohol Beverage Control Administration) and many others, and agencies that interact with a lot of the businesses that we have in West Virginia to help facilitate the development of this,” Morrisey mentioned. “This is a technological leap forward, and West Virginia becomes the 12th state in the nation to partner with Apple to bring this technology to your iPhone and to your Apple Watch.”