US Certificates

Full Title

A partial list of the certificates issued to natural people by the US government with a focus on those that could be digitized.

This page considers certificates that are issued by the US Government as well as credentials that are created and signed by applicants.

Context

• Various components of the US Federal Government are actively investigating the advantages to be gained by digitized certificates that here-to-fore were only available in paper form.
• These components may have some forms that can be fill out online, but some require proof that they were submitted by the Subject or an authorized delegate. This function can be handled in the future by computer device that are able to attest to the presence of the user and affix a signature block to the signed application from the Subject.

Agencies addressed

This list is to establish codes that can be used in the table below.

• CIS = U.S. Customs and Immigration Service
• CBP - U.S. Customs and Border Protection
• PRIV = DHS Privacy Office

List of Certificates

Agency	Name	Code	Access	Notes
CIS	Permanent Resident Card	Green Card	live and work permanently in the United State	Images
CIS	travel authorization document	I-512T	Authorization for Travel by a Noncitizen to the United States	eindows
CIS	Application for Travel Document	I-131	sent to CIS for a I-512T
CIS]	Employment Eligibility	I9	employer send to CIS
CIS	database	kavi.com		member db is distinct
CIS	SMS or email -- Online OH:Y	Android	iPhone
CIS	word press	Early Adopter		separate trust zone
Showing currently known information

References

Other Material

• See the wiki page on Credential Aggregation for ways to aggregate several credentials into a single response.