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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
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• 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

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• USPVS Match Process –
• 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 –
• Enable the jurisdictions to send other identifying data

elements (such as Name, Issue Date, etc.) to be verified

• Include Photo Exchange

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• 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

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MONTHLY TRENDS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS (JUNE 2015 - MAY 2016)

Note: 18 states participating in Production

• 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.

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• 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)

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• 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

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• Working Group Accomplishments
• Reviewed future enhancements proposed by DHS
• Submitted a Recommendation Report -
• Future SAVE/VLS requirements should be a collaborative

effort between DHS, AAMVA and the Jurisdictions.

• Improve reliability of VIS and the components used by

VIS.

• New Queuing features should be made configurable
• Recommendation to receive Uptime Reports
• Component Level application availability report will be

shared on a monthly basis

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• Working Group Accomplishments
• Worked with DHS to improve systems availability
• Data Center maintenance scheduled for Sundays, 5:00 AM

– 6:00 PM, to ensure jurisdictions are not impacted

• Working Group to provide a report on outages on a

monthly basis in co-operation with DHS

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For More Information Contact: Nalini Rangaraju (AAMVA) nrangaraju@aamva.org

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