This is something that has been used in many countries already. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_identity_card http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_i

This is something that has been used in many countries already. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_identity_card http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_identity_card Maybe the main difference is that they will issue it also to non-residents. By the way, I don't know in other countries but in Spain it was a complete failure due to a really bad implementation: only worked with Internet Explorer, reader with proprietary drivers, etc...