Estonia paved the way for e-government

Posted by ZacnyLos on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @11:00AM
from the venturebeat.com dept.

https://venturebeat.com/automation/how-estonia-paved-the-way-for-e-government/

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Re:Estonia paved the way for e-government by Kinrany on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @03:10PM (#33266570)

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Re:Estonia paved the way for e-government by constantlm on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @03:35PM (#33266909)

I dealt with Estonia’s e-resident system in the past, and it’s absolutely fantastic. A model all governments should look to.

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Re:Estonia paved the way for e-government by MichaelZuo on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @03:45PM (#33267046)

> As a result, Estonia has eliminated virtually all physical paper documents from government processes. Today, the only reasons a citizen needs to show up in person are to get married, divorced or exchange property. Everything else can be done online.

This seems a bit difficult to believe.

For example, getting a passport, naturalizing as a citizen, or renouncing citizenship, etc., doesn't require anyone to show up?

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Re:Estonia paved the way for e-government by tterras on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @04:28PM (#33267551)

If your fingerprints are not too old (i think it was 12 years but others can correct me) you can take picture for the document at home and only show up when the document is ready for pick up.

Source: from Estonia and just renewed ID, mobile ID and passport from home :)

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Re:Estonia paved the way for e-government by MichaelZuo on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @09:01PM (#33269706)

How are oaths of citizenship handled, if Estonia has one?

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