[NFBCS] ID.me

[Joe Orozco]

Hi Curtis,

Would you be able to walk us through where you went to upload your ID
photos? I thought IRS would work with Login.gov, but if ID.me is the
preferred platform, I may as well try to get ahead of it before tax season.

So frustrating,

Joe


On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 10:56 AM Curtis Chong via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi Tracy:
>
> I did the whole id.me thing. Aira helped me to create JPG files of the
> front and back of my ID, and when I went through the process with the IRS,
> I requested a video session through which the 'person on the other end
> compared my face in the video with the picture on the ID JPG that I had
> uploaded.
>
> All of this is done using your smartphone.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Curtis Chong
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2026, at 7:27 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
> 
>
> I am trying to get an account on ID.me so I can deal with various
> government agencies. It requires me to take pictures of the front and back
> of my non-driver ID using a link they will send to my phone.
>
> How can I do that?  Do I need to hunt up a sighted person?  I hate to
> bother my neighbors for stuff like this.  Is there a way to do this on my
> own?
>
> I have AIRA, but I don’t think they can be on the phone and see what’s on
> another link on my phone.
>
> Help!
>
>
>
> This is not what I call accessible, as a government site is required to be.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
>
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