GOV.UK Wallet
GOV.UK Wallet lets users save and share digital versions of their government documents on their smartphone or device.
Issuing a document as a government service
If you work in a central government department, you can use GOV.UK Wallet to issue digital and verifiable versions of the physical documents you issue already as part of your service.
Before you can issue credentials to GOV.UK Wallet, you must already be using GOV.UK One Login in your service to log in your users or verify their identities. You should discuss using GOV.UK Wallet with your GOV.UK One Login Engagement Manager, or contact us.
This documentation helps people such as developers and product managers of services that are using GOV.UK One Login to:
- learn how to issue digitally verifiable credentials to GOV.UK Wallet as part of their service journey
- understand how GOV.UK Wallet works for credential issuers
- prepare your service to use GOV.UK Wallet
- understand how organisations and individuals can receive and validate digital credentials you have issued when presented by the holder
Using and consuming a document
You will be able to consume credentials from GOV.UK Wallet if you are:
- a public sector organisation (such as central government, the NHS, or a local authority)
- a certified Digital Verification Services (DVS) provider on the digital identity and attribute services register
This documentation helps developers and service teams in these organisations to:
- understand how GOV.UK wallet works for consuming credentials
- understand the open standards that will allow their service to consume and verify credentials and attributes
This documentation will be updated as new information and features become available.
Digital verification services should read the guidance about using GOV.UK Wallet in the digital identity sector to understand the different models available.
Documentation updates
These are the most recent changes to the GOV.UK Wallet technical documentation.
| Publication date | Update |
|---|---|
| May 14 2025 | Add Consuming and verifiying credentials section for credential consumer and verifier documentation. Update GOV.UK Wallet page with new introductory content for new section. |
| Apr 23 2025 | Restructure ‘What GOV.UK Wallet does, and how it works’ into a ‘GOV.UK Wallet’ introductory page and a ‘How GOV.UK Wallet works’ page. Remove ‘Understand GOV.UK Wallet’s credential exchange flow’ page, and move issuance flow diagram and steps into the new ‘How GOV.UK Wallet works’ page. |
| Apr 16 2025 | Begin recording changes in a changelog |