Step 4 - Activate MitID app

Step 1 - Check your phone and passport/ID card
Step 2 - Download and open the MitID app
Step 3 - Scan passport/ID card code, read chip and scan face
Step 4 - Activate MitID app

You can activate MitID app in two ways:

On this phone if you want to activate the MitID app on the phone that you just used to scan your passport/ID card with.
App on another phone/tablet if you want to activate a MitID app on another phone/tablet than the one you just used to scan your passport/ID card. It can be if you are assisting a relative in getting MitID, or if you want to have an extra MitID app as a backup, for example, on a tablet.

Choose where you want to activate your MitID:

1) Activate MitID app on this phone

You can activate the MitID app on the phone that you just used to scan your passport.

Select On this phone on the screen "How do you want to authenticate with MitID?"
Enter the temporary PIN code you receive via SMS.
Create a personal PIN code for your new MitID app and repeat it. You will need this PIN code every time you use the MitID app.
Choose whether you want to use biometrics (Fingerprint/Touch ID/Face ID) for future authentications with the MitID app.
5.Tap Set up notifications and then Allow. MitID will send you important messages regularly.
6.Your MitID app is now activated and ready to use. Press OK to return to the home screen.

2) Activate MitID app on another phone/tablet

You can activate the MitID app on a different phone or tablet than the one you just used to scan your passport.

First, download the MitID app from the Apple App Store or Google Play on the phone/tablet where you want the MitID app installed.

Continue on the phone you used to scan your passport.
Select App on another phone/tablet on the screen "How do you want to authenticate with MitID?" Tap Next.
Tap Show QR code on the screen “Activate new app with QR code”.
As a security measure to confirm it’s you scanning the QR code, MitID needs to use Bluetooth. Allow the MitID app to use Bluetooth.
You will now see a QR code that you need to scan with the phone/tablet where you want to install the MitID app. The QR code is valid for 3 minutes.
Open the MitID app on the phone/tablet where you want to activate the app.
Tap Get started on the screen “Activate your MitID.”.
Select Copy from another MitID app. Tap Next.
Check the box QR code is shown on the old app and tap Scan QR code.
Allow the MitID app to use Bluetooth.
Now scan the QR code by holding your new phone/tablet up to the QR code on your old phone/tablet. When you see a green checkmark, the QR code scan is complete.
Enter your user ID to confirm your identity. Then tap Next.
Enter the temporary PIN code you receive via SMS.
Create a personal PIN code for your new MitID app and repeat it. You will need this PIN code every time you use the MitID app.
Choose whether you want to use biometrics (Fingerprint/Touch ID/Face ID) for future authentications with the MitID app.
Tap Set up notifications and then Allow. MitID will send you important messages regularly.
Your MitID app is now activated and ready to use. Tap OK to return to the home screen.