# Verification record — `us/dos/international-driving-permit-aaa` v1.0.0 This file is the **source-review record** for this document version, per the [`manual-source-review-v1`](../../../../../practices/manual-source-review-v1.md) practice. It documents the provenance of the published fields and flow and states the current verification claim honestly. ## Current claim - **`status`:** `draft` - **`verification.method`:** `manual-source-review-v1` - **`verification.lastVerifiedAt`:** `2026-07-02` The document was derived directly from AAA's own printed application form (a primary source, not a secondary description of one), so field coverage is higher-confidence than a typical first-pass schema. It remains `draft` because the live AAA-IDP.com online channel's own screens were not independently walked through. ## Source examined - **Document `(id, version)`:** `us/dos/international-driving-permit-aaa` / `1.0.0` - **Spec version:** GovSchema `0.3.0` - **Authority:** U.S. Department of State (DOS), operated by the American Automobile Association (AAA) per [GSP-0020](../../../../../spec/proposals/0020-treaty-authorized-third-party-issuers.md) - **Primary sources:** - — AAA's own two-page IDP/IADP application PDF, retrieved and read in full (both the applicant form page and the participating-country list page). - — overview page describing the three application channels and their distinct fees/processing times. - **Retrieved / reviewed:** 2026-07-02 (both sources fetched live at authoring time) - **Reviewer:** GovSchema Engineering (Founding Engineer, initial authoring source-review) ## What was confirmed against the source | Source element | Field(s) | |---|---| | **Applicant qualifications** — 18+, valid U.S./territorial license, not suspended/revoked | `applicantIsAtLeast18`, `holdsValidUSOrTerritorialLicense`, `certifiesInformationTrueAndLicenseNotSuspendedOrRevoked` | | **Three application channels** (in-person, mail, online) with distinct requirements/fees | `applicationMethod`, `mailApplicationLicensePhotocopyAttached`, `onlinePhotoFeePaid` | | **Identity block** — name (must match license), email, phone, license number/state/expiration, birthplace, DOB | `firstName`…`dateOfBirth` | | **Address and travel** — home address, foreign address if known, departure date, permit effective date (within 6 months) | `homeAddressStreet`…`permitEffectiveDate` | | **Permit type** — IDP (Geneva 1949) vs. IADP (Inter-American 1943, Brazil/Uruguay) | `desiredPermitType` | | **Vehicle class** the permit is issued for, matching the underlying license | `licensedVehicleType` | | **Requirements** — 2 signed 2"x2" passport photos, $20 fee, mail-only license photocopy, optional expedited postage | `passportPhotosAttached`, `permitFeePaid`, `mailApplicationLicensePhotocopyAttached`, `expeditedReturnPostageAmount` | | **Certification and signature**, mandatory for issuance | `certifiesInformationTrueAndLicenseNotSuspendedOrRevoked`, `signature`, `signatureDate` | | **Mail return address** as the physical shipping label | `mailReturnAddress` | | Online channel's **distinct $10 photo fee** (idpf.html, not on the printed form) | `onlinePhotoFeePaid` | ## Scope boundary This document models AAA's own paper application (channel-agnostic apart from the two mail/online-specific fields called out above) and ends at submission. It does not model AAA-IDP.com's own online-only screens field-by-field, since those were not independently examined; `onlinePhotoFeePaid` is the one online- specific fact confirmed from idpf.html. It does not submit the application or issue the permit — AAA prints and mails/hands over the physical IDP; the live aaa.com source is always authoritative. ## What is NOT yet independently verified - The **online channel's own field set** (AAA-IDP.com) was not walked through live; this schema assumes it collects the same substantive data as the paper form plus the photo fee, which was confirmed from idpf.html but not cross-checked field-by-field against the live online form. - **Processing times and channel-specific fees** (in-person same-day, online 5 business days + shipping, mail 5-7 weeks) are documented in field `description`s/notes only, not encoded as schema data, since they change. - The **participating-country list** (IDP vs. IADP eligibility per country) is real and current as of the source PDF (May 2015 IDP list / January 2009 IADP list, both reprinted unchanged on the current form) but is not reproduced as schema data — `desiredPermitType`'s two enum values are the permit categories, not a per-country lookup. ## Path to a `verified` claim (next step) To advance to `status: verified`, a reviewer applies `manual-source-review-v1` (Procedure step 2 field-by-field against the live AAA-IDP.com online channel, step 3 flow), confirms the source is authoritative, resolves any discrepancy by shipping a **new schema version** (immutability — VERSIONING §3, practice Procedure step 5), and records the outcome here plus sets `status: verified` with a current `verification.lastVerifiedAt`/`nextReviewBy`. This v1.0.0 record stays as the authoring provenance. ## Re-verification Per the practice's **Cadence**, `nextReviewBy` is set to **2027-01-02** (6 months): fees, photo requirements, and channel processing times on this surface change periodically. Re-check the source on or before that date and on any `source.url` change.