USCIS: Blockchain-based Green Cards

30/11/2020 51 min
USCIS: Blockchain-based Green Cards

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Episode Synopsis

US Citizenship and Immigration Services is working with private industry to develop digital verifiable credentials, starting with the permanent resident card. The new credentials would be issued and usable on smartphones using blockchain technologies. Jared Goodwin, Chief of the Document Management Division at USCIS, reveals how they are creating capabilities that other federal agencies will be able to take advantage of.