How to carry the digital ID on mobile with the Midni app

The digital ID is already here with the MIDNI application

The new is now available Digital DNIan alternative with which you can carry your national identity document on your mobile phone in a totally way Safe, legaland what can replace your physical version. After some problems with the availability of the application in the most popular application stores, at least with a direct link you can find and download. So we are going to tell you how to carry the digital ID on the mobile legally with the Midni app.

As it already exists with driving card, now you can also digitize Your DNI and take it on your phone legally. No blurred and dark photos that will surely be denied in most sites when identifying you, with this app You have the support of the National Police for validity purposes.

This app is the only official with which you can perform any procedure required by the ID, without being able to put any impediment or sticks. When using it, a connection is made with the National Police servers and Verify your identity with those registered in the application. Once proven that they are correct they will be returned signed with temporary validity. This makes it very difficult for the falsification of data or the manipulation of the ID.

To be able to use the midni application you will only need Complete these steps.

First you have to register to activate your ID

Before you can use your ID with the new official app you will have to register. This is a very simple step and that has 3 ways to do itthrough the Internet, in an available PAD in the National Police, or through the documentation units, where you can renew it while doing this procedure.

The requirements for each way of registering are different, let’s see what are:

• Internet
  • Dnie with Certificates in force and the document of the document.
  • Mobile phone
• PAD
  • DNIE
  • Mobile phone
• Documentation units
  • Mobile phone
  • What is necessary to renew your DNI

Let’s start with the simplest way it is in the Documentation units. Here you will only have to go form face -to -faceas always, to renew your DNI. If you need to renew or a documentation update you will only have to request it to the person who attends you so that it directly Complete the registration. It’s that simple.

In it PAD Available at the police stations, by introducing your DNIE in the DNI reader you will have An option to register where the app appears. Inside you will ask your phone and email, and you will confirm through a pin The registration. If you have forgotten the pin you scan your fingerprint to change it.

Online is the most comfortable step, since You can do from home. But in return you will need to have the DNIE with the Certificates and know the pin, you will also have to DNIE reader connected to your PC. Before you start you must make sure that You meet the requirementswithout these, you will only go to a PAD at police station to solve it.

If you meet all the requirements you will only have to follow these simple steps:

1. Enter the web to register at www.midni.gob.es, avoid entering through third -party links or suspicious sites.

   

2. Access the link located at the top where it indicates Recordnow click Continue.

   

3. Will ask you You connect the electronic ID to your PC Through a compatible reader. Be sure to select the certificate Digital that corresponds to the DNIE, and not with that of the FMNT if you have it.

   

4. Fill your mobile phone number and email, and click on send.

   

5. You will receive a code on your mobile phone that you will have to introduce To complete the registration. We press again in send.

   

6. If everything is correct, on the next page you will see that the registration process has successfully completedyou already have the complete record.

   

If you have problems for your computer to recognize the electronic ID in the card reader, you can install the drivers for the reader from your website.

Now is when You can download the app From the corresponding store, Google Play Store for Android or App Store for iOS. We do not recommend downloading it from other sources, and advisable to follow the QR codes that you have on the registration website, and that appear at the end.

Download and activate your ID in the Midni app

After the previous record, now you only have the activation To be able to associate your ID to the official application. The first thing we will have to do is download it, you can follow the following links that are taken directly from the official website www.midni.gob.es.

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=es.gob.interior.policia.midni

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/es/app/midni/id6477598076

Once the application is downloaded we will have to activate it with the duly completed record. You just have to Follow these steps To know how to do it:

1. Open The application of the way you are more comfortable.
2. The next screen indicates this precisely, that you must Activate my DNI. We give him in Start activation.
3. After reading the privacy policy, we give in Accept To continue.

   

4. On the next screen you will only ask us for DNI number (with lyrics) and the Support numberthis support number (which is composed of letters and numbers) can be found under the expiration date of your ID. We fill this data and give it next.

   

5. Now your data will be checked, and if they are correct, you will ask for a password. At the same time you will receive by SMS in the mobile number you had left in the registry, a code that you will need later. By introducing it correctly we will Following.

   

6. Now you will ask you if you want Activate.

   

7. Now you will ask you for the code you have received for SMS before, it is just writing it and again in Following.

   

8. After checking the data, you will receive the message that Your ID has been activated.

   

Everything is already, now you can Go to my DNI To access the application.

MIDNI official app options

If you have completed these steps The application will work for my DNI which legally and total replaces the physical ID. You can leave it forgotten whenever you carry your phone with you, and do not stay without drums. The application has a very simple operation and also Allows several options When showing your identification with several levels of privacywe are going to teach you how to use it.

When opening the application directly You will see your photo along with your name, and a single button that allows you See my DNI. If we open in this option you will ask us for an authentication method, as we add The footprint We just have to scan it to access.

Once the data is proven, it will allow you View your ID information for 1 minute. After this time, and for security, the screen will turn white and will not show any data. While it is active you can see the following information:

• DNI number
• Surname
• Name
• Birthdate
• Sex
• Validity of the ID
• place of birth
• Nationality
• Full address
• Son of (name of the parents)
• Signature
• Expiration of certificate of authentication
• State of certificate of authentication
• Expiration of certificate signature
• State of certificate signature

But if this information is too complete to identify, you have another 3 options that show less information about your ID. Just above all the information you will find a button Show my DNI and an icon of a QR code. If we go to this option, it will offer us 3 options to show more information, age, simple ID and complete ID.

Age

With this option it will be enough to identify yourself as a person of legal age, a QR code is generated that when reading it identifies you with your ID number and if you are of legal age. In addition, your photo appears. Enough for someone to check your age.

Simple DNI

This option shares your photo, the ID, the name and the surnames, your date of birth, your sex and the validity date of the ID. More than enough information to prove and be able to carry out many procedures such as collecting letters and packages, entering establishments with identification, etc.

Complete DNI

It will show a QR code with all the data of your ID that we have cited before, basically the same ones that you can find in your physical ID along with its validity date. It is the most complete and sufficient option for any type of management.

In addition, with the application, you can also Check the QR codes of other digital ID that generates this application. You just have to click on the icon of the upper right to access the camera and scan the code generated in another application.

In the upper left we have the usual 3 lines that will allow you to access the menu. The different sections are:

• Help, that will show you basic questions with which to solve a problem.
• Notifications, to manage them in the application.
• Password and security allows you to change the access password and enable another authentication method.
• Verify a DNI, it is the same option we are talking about before, it allows the camera to open to scan a QR code and obtain information from another ID.
• Terms and conditions of use, here you have all collected in case you want to review.
• Privacy Policy will tell you how your data is managed.
• Disable my ID, this option allows you to disable my ID, the same process we have carried out in the second section.
• Give me up in the system, as the name implies, allows you to delete registration and deactivate the application by deleting all your data.

Advantages of carrying the DNI on the mobile

With these Simple steps you will have the DNI on your phonewithout the need to carry a physical copy as it was mandatory until now. With this app you can carry Only your mobile phone To collect a certificateto enter an activity or if you want to pay by card and you must teach your ID, even open a bank account.

A useful option not to have to cArgar with physical format identification In those situations in which it is uncomfortable to carry the wallet, backpack, or simply your loose ID. You see that simply following these simple steps you will have it in a few minutes available on your mobile phone.