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Finland Tests New Digital Travel Documents

The Finnish Border Guard has announced that all Finnish nationals on Finnair flights to and from the UK will be able to test a voluntary new digital travel document – Digital Travel Credentials (DTC).

From between 4 and 36 hours prior to a flight to the UK, interested candidates would have to download the FIN DTC Pilot digital travel document app, register with the police, and submit their data to the Finnish Border Guard.

By having their photo taken and comparing it to the one stored in their DTC, individuals can use the digital passport to verify their identity at Helsinki Airport.

‘The DTC is a digital version of the physical passport and is equally reliable. It allows smooth and fast border crossings without compromising security,’ the announcement from Border Guard states. ‘The European Commission, in cooperation with the member states, is developing the DTC as part of a broad digital identity policy package that includes a number of digital services.’