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Mandatory Requirement
From September 1st 2022, the document_number KVP will be required for verification of licences issued by ACT, SA, Tas, NSW, WA and NT from 1 September 2022 in the document_number KVP.
From November 7th 2022, Queensland will also make it mandatory to provide a document_number.
From December 19th 2022, Victoria will make it mandatory to provide a document_number.
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Name: Requires given/primary and family names as shown on the licence.
Date of Birth: Always in YYYY-MM-DD format.
ID Type: idType = DRIVERS_LICENCE.
Country: AUS
State: region - one of: VIC/NSW/ACT/WA/SA/NT/QLD/TAS
Licence Number: idNumber = The licence number (not document number as given on some state licences - see below)
Document Number: extraData
- kvpKey: "document_number",
- kvpValue: "nnnnnnn…" This is the new document number being introduced from 2022 on Australian licences (already in NSW and SA).

Example JSON

{
  "identityDocs": [
            {
                "idType": "DRIVERS_LICENCE",
                "country": "AUS",
                "region": "NSW",
                "idNumber": "N49187",
                "extraData": [
                    {
                        "kvpKey": "document_number",
                        "kvpValue": "21631234"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
}

{
  "identityDocs": [
            {
                "idType": "DRIVERS_LICENCE",
                "country": "AUS",
                "region": "ACT",
                "idNumber": "0123456789"
            }
        ]
}

Formatting

The following images display the patterns for matching licence and card number formats for Australian jurisdictions.

Licence Number Formatting

Card Number Formatting

Sample Drivers Licences

The following images display where certain data points can be found on Drivers Licences across Australia.

Australian Capital Territory

Northern Territory

Post 1 November 2020

Pre 1 November 2020

Queensland

Post 12 June 2019

Pre 12 June 2019

New South Wales

New South Wales Digital Driver Licence sample

South Australia

South Australia Digital Driver Licence sample – Overview Tab

South Australia Digital Driver Licence sample – DetailsTab