US Passport Verification Service (USPVS) Nalini Rangaraju
• Electronic application to verify Passport information • Developed in 2010 with funding from DHS to support REAL ID • 17 jurisdictions in production (6 additional jurisdictions authorized but non active) • Verification of Passport number and Date of Birth only • Verification is done using the Custom and Border Patrol Passport (CBP) Database • Three different options to access USPVS – AMIE - UNI Web Services Web Based Menu 2
• USPVS Match Process – o If values sent by jurisdiction (Passport number and DOB) match a record at CBP , a Match status returned If either or both values do not match a record, a No Match status is returned • USPVS does not – o Enable the jurisdictions to send other identifying data elements (such as Name, Issue Date, etc.) to be verified o Include Photo Exchange 3
Starting October 1, 2015, jurisdictions are • paying a fee of 9 cents per transaction for use of the USPVS service since the grant implementation funds ended on September 30, 2015 AAMVA’s new fee structure is to cover on- • going AAMVA O&M costs, future enhancements and technology refresh of the USPVS platform There is no additional fee from DHS to • access the application 4
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MONTHLY TRENDS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS (JUNE 2015 - MAY 2016) 100,000 87,468 84,780 90,000 81,900 78,086 80,000 73,274 72,775 71,902 72,225 70,172 70,331 68,565 70,000 61,310 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 - J U N - 1 5 J U L - 1 5 A U G - 1 5 S E P - 1 5 O C T - 1 5 N O V - 1 5 D E C - 1 5 J A N - 1 6 F E B - 1 6 M A R - 1 6 A P R - 1 6 M A Y - 1 6 Note: 18 states participating in Production 6
• Working Group created to: Provide guidance and recommendations on improvements, enhancements and changes to AAMVA verification services portfolio Address known limitations and Identify opportunities to support future growth and improvements. 7
• Working Group made up of : Driver Standing Committee representative Jurisdictional representatives (two users of each verification service and at least two per region) AAMVA staff Applications in Scope : • Social Security Online Verification (SSOLV) US Passport Verification System (USPVS) Verification of Lawful Status (VLS) 8
• Working Group Role: Periodic reviews & Assessments of services for adequacy between services functionality/ performance & user needs Identify priority issues to be addressed Develop recommendations for addressing priority issues Review service enhancements proposed by Federal agencies & provide feedback Monitor implementation of enhancements / recommendations Recommend strategies to increase number of participating jurisdictions 9
• Working Group Accomplishments Reviewed future enhancements proposed by DHS Submitted a Recommendation Report - o Future SAVE/VLS requirements should be a collaborative effort between DHS, AAMVA and the Jurisdictions. o Improve reliability of VIS and the components used by VIS. o New Queuing features should be made configurable Recommendation to receive Uptime Reports o Component Level application availability report will be shared on a monthly basis 10
• Working Group Accomplishments Worked with DHS to improve systems availability o Data Center maintenance scheduled for Sundays, 5:00 AM – 6:00 PM, to ensure jurisdictions are not impacted o Working Group to provide a report on outages on a monthly basis in co-operation with DHS 11
For More Information Contact: Nalini Rangaraju (AAMVA) nrangaraju@aamva.org 12
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