HelloGov Launches GovSchema, an Open Standard for How AI Agents Interact with Government Services

Miami, FL, August 21st, 2026, FinanceWire

Founded by HelloGov and stewarded by an independent foundation, GovSchema aims to be to agent–government interaction what ISO and the W3C are to their domains

HelloGov AI, Inc. ("HelloGov") today announced the launch of GovSchema (govschema.org), an open-source, vendor-neutral standard for how AI agents read and complete government processes. At launch, the GovSchema registry includes 643 published schemas across 124 jurisdictions, covering processes such as U.S. passport applications, travel visas, and company formation filings.

Every government process, from a passport renewal to a business registration, is a form with rules: what the form asks for, which answers are valid, and how the steps connect. Today, every team building AI agents reverse-engineers those rules by hand, and no one is notified when a government changes a form. The result is duplicated effort and brittle, unverifiable integrations.

GovSchema addresses this by publishing three things in the open: a versioned specification that every schema conforms to, a public registry of published schemas grouped by jurisdiction, and documented verification practices for checking each schema against its live government source. GovSchema does not build an agent; it is the standards layer between agents and government services, in the position organizations like ISO, the IETF, and the W3C occupy in their own domains.

"AI agents are already filling out government forms on people's behalf, and every builder is guessing at the rules separately," said Adam Boalt, co-founder of HelloGov. "That's the wrong architecture for something this important. GovSchema turns each government process into an open, versioned, machine-readable schema that any agent can read directly, with a documented practice for verifying it against the live government source. We founded it, but nobody owns it. If you build agents or know a government process well, we want your contribution."

GovSchema is stewarded by an independent, open-source foundation. The specification, schema registry, and verification practices are public at github.com/hellogov-ai/govschema and openly licensed — schema content, specification text, and verification practices under CC-BY-4.0, and tooling and code under Apache-2.0. Each schema is semantically versioned and published to an immutable registry path, so an agent pinned to a specific schema version always resolves to the same document. Agents can consume schemas by direct HTTPS fetch with standard JSON Schema validation, or through optional convenience layers including a reference MCP server. Schemas describe forms and never contain anyone's answers; GovSchema stores no personal data, does not fill out or submit forms, and does not transact with any government. A live demo at govschema.org runs a schema-driven agent interview against a published registry schema, with every question, validation rule, and eligibility check drawn from the schema at runtime.

The launch follows HelloGov's recently completed merger with iVisa, which formed the world's largest international AI-powered consumer passport and visa platform, expected to process more than 1.5 million passport and visa applications annually. GovSchema draws on that operating experience — including thirteen years of continuously maintained global visa requirement data — while remaining independent of any single vendor's products.

About HelloGov

HelloGov AI, Inc. is an AI-powered consumer and business platform for government documentation. Following its merger with iVisa, the company combines thirteen years of global visa infrastructure with an AI-assisted passport application platform across more than 100 destinations and 14 languages. HelloGov's services will be available to customers globally through retail partnerships and travel memberships. Every application receives specialist review. HelloGov is a private company registered with the U.S. Department of State as a hand-carry passport courier, and it operates a marketplace of independent registered couriers. For more information, visit hellogov.com.

Disclaimer

HelloGov AI, Inc. ("HelloGov") and its subsidiary iVisa are private commercial entities. HelloGov is not a government agency, is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State, and is not affiliated with any foreign government or embassy. HelloGov provides third-party application preparation, AI-assisted review, and courier coordination services for an additional fee. Registration as a hand-carry passport courier with the U.S. Department of State allows submission and pick-up of applications at regional agencies on behalf of clients; it does not constitute government endorsement, authorization to issue government documents, or a guarantee of application approval or processing times. Government application forms and official information are available free of charge directly from official government portals (e.g., travel.state.gov). Third-party service fees are separate from non-refundable government processing fees. 

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