A mobile driving licence is a driving licence issued as a signed digital credential under ISO/IEC 18013-5. It carries driving privileges, categories, expiry and issuing authority as structured data that a verifier checks against the issuer signature.
Technical standardReviewed 7 October 2026
Inside the wallet, which belongs to the user and is under their control.
Issuer
Signs credentials: a member state, university, bank or employer
Issuance
EUDI Wallet
Belongs to the user, who decides what to share
Presentation
Relying party
The service that requests and checks the data
Trust layer: who is allowed to sign, and is it still valid?
Rules: the law and technical framework behind it all
The mDL predates the EUDI Wallet and comes out of the ISO/IEC 18013 series rather than EU regulation, which is why it uses the mdoc format instead of SD-JWT VC. The wallet carries it as one of the priority attestation types.
Because driving privileges are a structured field rather than a printed code, a verifier can check whether a vehicle category is covered without knowing how each country prints its cards. Expiry and revocation get checked against the issuer instead of read off plastic.
It also carries derived age attributes, which makes it a practical age credential in places where a driving licence is the thing people actually have on them.
Defined in
ISO/IEC 18013-5, ARF mDL Rulebook
Right now a rental agent has to judge 27 card designs on sight. This turns that into a signature check.
Where you meet it
