{
  "$schema": "https://govschema.org/spec/v0.3/govschema.schema.json",
  "govschemaVersion": "0.3.0",
  "id": "us/dos/international-driving-permit-aata",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "title": "United States International Driving Permit (IDP), issued by AATA",
  "description": "Apply for a U.S. International Driving Permit (IDP) — a translation document recognized in over 150 countries under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, valid only alongside a current U.S. driver's license — through the American Automobile Touring Alliance (AATA), the second of the two entities the U.S. Department of State authorizes to issue IDPs (the other is the American Automobile Association, see us/dos/international-driving-permit-aaa). Unlike AAA, AATA operates an online-only channel (aataidp.com) with no mail-in or in-person option. This document models AATA's publicly documented application steps and eligibility requirements and ends at submission; the live aataidp.com source is always authoritative (see VERIFICATION.md).",
  "status": "draft",
  "jurisdiction": {
    "country": "US",
    "level": "national"
  },
  "authority": {
    "name": "U.S. Department of State",
    "abbreviation": "DOS",
    "url": "https://travel.state.gov",
    "operatedBy": {
      "name": "American Automobile Touring Alliance",
      "abbreviation": "AATA",
      "url": "https://www.aataidp.com/",
      "basis": "Designated issuer of International Driving Permits under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic and U.S. Department of State authorization (GSP-0020)."
    }
  },
  "process": {
    "type": "application",
    "language": "en-US"
  },
  "source": {
    "url": "https://www.aataidp.com/idp-steps",
    "retrievedAt": "2026-07-02",
    "documentRef": "AATA IDP Steps, FAQ, Application & Shipping, and Payment Methods pages (aataidp.com)"
  },
  "verification": {
    "method": "manual-source-review-v1",
    "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-02",
    "verifiedBy": "GovSchema Engineering (Founding Engineer)",
    "nextReviewBy": "2027-01-02",
    "notes": "Source-derived reference schema authored from AATA's public informational pages (aataidp.com/idp-steps, /faq, /application-and-shipping, /payment-methods): the three-step process (digital passport photo, digital driver's-license images, online application), the 18+/valid-US-license eligibility rule (identical to the federal/treaty requirement documented on AAA's own printed form, since both are authorized issuers of the same underlying permit), the online-only channel with no mail or in-person option, the $20 permit fee plus $9 photo-processing fee, shipping tiers, and the one-year validity with mandatory annual reapplication. AATA's actual application form at aataidp.com/application is a client-rendered page that could not be captured field-by-field (a plain fetch returns only the informational shell, not the live form's field set), so this document is scoped to the process/requirement level the informational pages document, not a verbatim transcription of the live form's field names or ordering — a coarser granularity than the companion us/dos/international-driving-permit-aaa schema, which was derived from AAA's own printed application PDF. Authored per GSP-0020 (accepted 2026-07-02), the second authority.operatedBy schema, resolving GOV-587 alongside the AAA schema. Status remains 'draft'. See VERIFICATION.md."
  },
  "maturity": {
    "level": "structural-reference",
    "criteria": {
      "structuralReference": true,
      "verifiedSchema": false,
      "agentReadySchema": false,
      "executionTestedSchema": false
    },
    "method": "maturity-self-assessment-v1",
    "assertedBy": "GovSchema Engineering (Founding Engineer)",
    "assertedAt": "2026-07-02"
  },
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "applicantIsAtLeast18",
      "label": "Applicant is eighteen years or older",
      "type": "boolean",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Issuance is restricted to applicants 18 years or older who hold a valid U.S. driver's license.",
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/faq — eligibility requirements"
    },
    {
      "name": "holdsValidUSLicense",
      "label": "Holds a valid U.S. driver's license",
      "type": "boolean",
      "required": true,
      "description": "U.S. citizenship is not required, but a foreign driver's license does not qualify. The IDP is valid only when used together with this current license.",
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/faq — eligibility requirements; validity period"
    },
    {
      "name": "fullNameMatchingLicense",
      "label": "Full name (must match driver's license)",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/idp-steps — application step",
      "validation": { "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 200 },
      "classification": "pii"
    },
    {
      "name": "dateOfBirth",
      "label": "Date of birth",
      "type": "date",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data.",
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/idp-steps — application step",
      "classification": "sensitive-pii"
    },
    {
      "name": "driversLicenseNumber",
      "label": "Driver's license number",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/idp-steps — 'Scan or Take Photos of the Front and Back of Your Current Driver's License' step",
      "validation": { "maxLength": 30 },
      "classification": "sensitive-pii"
    },
    {
      "name": "driversLicenseExpirationDate",
      "label": "Driver's license expiration date",
      "type": "date",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/idp-steps — 'Scan or Take Photos of the Front and Back of Your Current Driver's License' step"
    },
    {
      "name": "driversLicenseFrontImageProvided",
      "label": "Digital image of driver's license, front",
      "type": "boolean",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/idp-steps — Step 2, front and back of current driver's license"
    },
    {
      "name": "driversLicenseBackImageProvided",
      "label": "Digital image of driver's license, back",
      "type": "boolean",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/idp-steps — Step 2, front and back of current driver's license"
    },
    {
      "name": "digitalPassportPhotoProvided",
      "label": "Digital passport-type photo provided",
      "type": "boolean",
      "required": true,
      "description": "AATA is an online-only channel: the photo is captured/uploaded digitally rather than mailed as a physical print.",
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/idp-steps — Step 1, 'Get Your Passport Photo (Digital)'"
    },
    {
      "name": "shippingRecipientName",
      "label": "Shipping recipient name",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/application-and-shipping",
      "validation": { "maxLength": 200 },
      "classification": "pii"
    },
    {
      "name": "shippingAddress",
      "label": "Shipping address",
      "type": "string",
      "required": true,
      "description": "AATA does not ship IDPs to Albania, Czech Republic, Greece, Montenegro, or Turkey.",
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/application-and-shipping — shipping restrictions",
      "validation": { "maxLength": 300 },
      "classification": "pii"
    },
    {
      "name": "shippingMethod",
      "label": "Shipping method",
      "type": "enum",
      "required": true,
      "description": "domestic_priority (3-5 business days, $16); domestic_priority_express (2-3 business days, $37); international_standard (6-10 business days, $69); international_priority (3-5 business days, $99); international_priority_select_countries (3-5 business days, $165, for select countries with higher carrier costs).",
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/application-and-shipping — Shipping Method Options",
      "validation": {
        "enum": [
          "domestic_priority",
          "domestic_priority_express",
          "international_standard",
          "international_priority",
          "international_priority_select_countries"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "permitFeePaid",
      "label": "$20.00 permit fee paid",
      "type": "boolean",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com — permit fee",
      "classification": "financial"
    },
    {
      "name": "photoProcessingFeePaid",
      "label": "$9.00 photo image processing fee paid",
      "type": "boolean",
      "required": true,
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com — photo image processing fee",
      "classification": "financial"
    },
    {
      "name": "paymentMethod",
      "label": "Payment method",
      "type": "enum",
      "required": true,
      "description": "AATA accepts US-issued and most internationally-issued magstripe/chip cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, JCB, UnionPay International), Apple Pay, and ACH bank transfer.",
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/payment-methods",
      "validation": { "enum": ["card", "apple_pay", "ach_bank_transfer"] }
    },
    {
      "name": "certifiesInformationTrueAndLicenseValid",
      "label": "Certifies the information is true and the license is valid",
      "type": "boolean",
      "required": true,
      "description": "Certification submitted with the online application, analogous to the signed certification on the companion AAA paper form.",
      "sourceRef": "aataidp.com/idp-steps — application submission step"
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "id": "eligibility",
      "title": "Eligibility",
      "fields": ["applicantIsAtLeast18", "holdsValidUSLicense"],
      "transitions": [
        {
          "to": null,
          "exitReason": "not-eligible",
          "when": { "field": "applicantIsAtLeast18", "equals": false }
        },
        {
          "to": null,
          "exitReason": "not-eligible",
          "when": { "field": "holdsValidUSLicense", "equals": false }
        },
        { "to": "identity_and_license" }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "identity_and_license",
      "title": "Identity and license details",
      "fields": [
        "fullNameMatchingLicense",
        "dateOfBirth",
        "driversLicenseNumber",
        "driversLicenseExpirationDate"
      ],
      "next": "digital_documents"
    },
    {
      "id": "digital_documents",
      "title": "Digital photo and license images",
      "fields": [
        "digitalPassportPhotoProvided",
        "driversLicenseFrontImageProvided",
        "driversLicenseBackImageProvided"
      ],
      "next": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "id": "shipping",
      "title": "Shipping",
      "fields": ["shippingRecipientName", "shippingAddress", "shippingMethod"],
      "next": "payment"
    },
    {
      "id": "payment",
      "title": "Fees and payment",
      "fields": ["permitFeePaid", "photoProcessingFeePaid", "paymentMethod"],
      "next": "certification"
    },
    {
      "id": "certification",
      "title": "Certification and submission",
      "fields": ["certifiesInformationTrueAndLicenseValid"]
    }
  ]
}