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The passport application is really odd, it is still essentially a paper based process, with a fake web frontend that basically just prints out paperwork.
by justincormack 12y ago
The passport application is really odd, it is still essentially a paper based process, with a fake web frontend that basically just prints out paperwork.
- gmac 12y agoYes. I wonder if there's old legislation somewhere that mandates the form a passport application will take, and they've gone as far as they can without changing the legislation itself?
- justincormack 12y agoPerhaps. Thats why government digital policy needs to be joined up end to end, ie can make legislation to fix dev issues.
- UnoriginalGuy 12y agoThat was my experience. 1) Fill out web-form 2) They print it for you and mail it to you 3) You sign it. 4) You do the Post Office's "Check and Send" which is pointless. 5) You eventually get a passport. It is from the dark ages.
- Lawtonfogle 12y agoI've seen this design before and the reasoning is that your physical signature is needed per policy (at least in the areas of US law I've worked in). We can only replace a physical signature with a two-factor authentication, and you can imagine the nightmare that is to set up in a way that is any bit usable to the general public.