If you still do not have the digital certificate on your Android mobile and you have not even requested this certificate, know that there is a new way to request it. Without abandoning the idea of being able to make the request in person, the FNTM (Fabrique Nationale de Monnaie et de Timbres) already allows make the request from home, the mobile being essential to verify identity.
Of course, although the certificate is free as such, the verification process requires a payment of 2.99 dollars (plus tax) which must be paid to be able to download it. You can pay online securely and below we will give you all the details to make this request.
For the first steps you will need a computer
it does not matter Windows, Linux or a Mac
Without leaving aside the computer, since it will be necessary to continue on it with the configurator already installed, it is time to fill out a form with your master data via this FNMT page. The key here is to enter an email that you have access to and ultimately the instructions for downloading the certificate will be sent to.
Use mobile to verify identity
Once the form is completed, you will receive an email with a request code. This code will help you enter this other link, which also appears in this email and will take you to a page where you will need to verify your identity. Of course, it is important that you access it from your mobile.
Once you have completed this new form (we insist, from the mobile) and you have correctly entered the data, you must click on ‘Let’s start’. A process of verification of your identity with the mobile camera
Also during this process, a biometric recognition of your face in order to verify that your face matches the photo of the DNI (don’t worry if your appearance has changed something, because it will be verified later by a real person). At some point, the system will need another proof of life in which you may be asked to perform a gesture or something more specific in order to verify that you are human.
Wait and download the certificate (paid)
When you have completed the previous process, you will only have to wait, since within the next 2 business days an FNMT agent will review your application to verify that you are a real person and that your DNI is in order. After that you will receive an email.
In this email you will receive a link through which you can download the certificate. This, yes, You will need to access it from your computer. This is also where you need pay the fees (2.99 dollars excluding tax). They allow you to pay by VISA, MasterCard or Bizum card, being in any case with a secure payment platform and which, they specify, does not come from the certificate itself, but from the verification service.
Once the payment has been made, for which you will receive an invoice in the days that follow by mail, you can download digital certificate and install it on your mobile and computer.
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