Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) and mDL Reader Interoperability Testing Guidance

Publication Date: January 2026

With accelerating momentum in the U.S. Mobile Driver’s License (mDL) market to promote the issuance, adoption and use of mDLs, the Secure Technology Alliance Identity Access Forum (STA IAF) has established a framework to assess that technologies, which read and verify mDLs (“mDL Readers”), comply with the ISO/IEC 18013-5 and ISO/IEC 18013-7 mDL standards. Interoperability testing against mDL standards and related implementation guidelines will ensure that mDL Readers and mDLs will successfully interoperate across a wide range of use cases.

The STA IAF publishes and maintains current and comprehensive guidance for mDL ecosystem stakeholders on mDLConnection.com and Identity and Access Forum – Secure Technology Alliance. STA IAF Interoperability Test events will be promoted, and subsequent test-event results will be published on these STA IAF websites.