California mDL (CA DMV Wallet)

Overview

A California Department of Motor Vehicles app offering a digital version of state-issued IDs and driver's licenses. Desktop displays a QR, mobile deep‑links to the DMV Wallet; resident approves share, releasing AAMVA‑compliant driver data in seconds.

• ID: usa-california-dmv
• Type: eID (app)
• Verification Type: Presentation
• Regions: North America, United States
• Countries: US
• Subdivisions: US-CA
• Adoption: 2,100,000
• URL: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/ca-dmv-wallet/mdl-faqs/

Integration with Trinsic

• Permission required: No, this method is live by default for all Trinsic customers.
• Cost: Contact the Trinsic team.

User Flow

To see an example: watch this video

The CA DMV verification flow works on mobile and desktop. On desktop, users are presented a QR code which they scan in order to open the CA DMV Wallet application. On mobile, the user clicks a button which deep-links them to their CA DMV Wallet application. In both cases, the user is taken to their mobile app where they complete a FaceID authentication and consent to share the requested data.

Direct API Requirements

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Direct API is not a requirement.

You can integrate with this provider using the Hosted UI instead, with no additional integration requirements on your end.

What your integration must support in order to use this provider with the Direct Provider Sessions API.

• Supports Direct Provider Sessions: ✅
• Launch Method: DeeplinkToMobile — Launch the given URI on the user's mobile device.
• Collection Method: PollResult — Results arrive asynchronously; poll with the resultsAccessKey returned at session creation.
• Trinsic-Hosted UI: A Trinsic-Hosted Fallback UI exists for this provider, which may be invoked to cover gaps in your integration's capabilities.

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