Ukraine is closer to introducing digital visa-free travel with the European Union. Diya Wallet successfully passed international testing in Moldova, confirming compatibility with the digital infrastructures of five European countries, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine reported.

Moldova, France, the Netherlands, Croatia and Romania took part in the testing. According to its results, Diya Wallet demonstrated full compatibility - the application exchanged data with the digital systems of all participants without failures.

We separately checked the offline transfer of documents: the technology allows you to share data directly between devices via Bluetooth or NFC without an Internet connection. This complies with EU standards and can be applied in particular at checkpoints.

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Testing was carried out in preparation for compliance with eIDAS 2 regulations. 0 - common European standard for digital identification. The next step is to provide electronic documents in the EU with legal force in the EU equivalent to what they have in Ukraine.

Now, if a Ukrainian travels to Poland or Germany, his electronic passport in Germany is not legally valid there - a physical document is needed. The goal of all this work is to change that. When will Diya Wallet be recognized in the EU under the eIDAS 2 regulation?. 0, a smartphone with a document will actually become a full-fledged document in any EU country.

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A precedent already exists: in March 2023, Ukraine became the first country outside the EU whose electronic signature (Diya. Signed) recognized in the European Union. Diya Wallet is the next step in the same direction. Read how Ukraine is working to implement the European digital wallet and identification systems in the ZN article. UA \? "