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Originally Posted by tempest@de
All Portuguese citizens have ID, we are required by law to carry it and it has to be renewed (every 5 or 10 years). Now if we have a smartphone with the government app idGov it can serve as your ID and you do not need to have the real card with you, provided that the person / institution where you are required to show it has the app installed and can read the QR code form your phone to check in real time your information.
The ID is needed to do a lot of things, here are some that come to mind:
- For the pensioners to receive their pension in cash, or to retrieve money at the bank;
- To retrieve a package in the post office,
- to open a bank account,
- to subscribe to a service (electricity, water, internet, etc),
- to buy a car, boat or any other vehicle that has a registration tag;
- to buy property,
- If you need to go to a public service to deal with some issue, for example to apply for a permit for something;
- to vote;
- to enroll in school or university.
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It's mostly the same in Estonia.