New rules on 2257

[NotThatKevin]

Originally posted by Paul Markham2
I think it also says overseas documents such as passports are acceptable.

Only if that document can be accessed and verified to be valid by the USA authorities.

At the same time, a requirement is proposed to be added that the identification card used to verify identification by the producer must be independently accessible by government entities in
order to ensure its legitimacy.

The Authorities want be be able to verify the reliability of the documents. For example the USA authorities will not have the rights to access the Czech republics database of it's citizens to verify the validity and age of a model.