On March 15, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers implemented Decree #278, allowing for e-passports to equate to regular passports. E-passports are digital analogues of paper documents and are currently available in the government based app – "Dija".
According to officials, the main goal of "Dija" is to introduce a new "government in the smartphone" approach. The application offers a wide variety of services and allows for:
- the receipt of licences and allowances (development, medicine, logistics);
- the official establishment your business;
- one's registestration as a private entrepreneur with the favourable taxation regime in 15 minutes;
- the receipt of all certificates (Tax, VAT number, etc);
- social security obtainment and assistance;
- the use of digital documents and signatures;
- the participation in education programs;
- and much more.
"Ukraine is one of the first countries in the world who introduced a digital passport in a smartphone. Our goal is to make sure that all government documents and services would be available on a smartphone", the Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov assumed.
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