Last year there were the first data of the great transformation that the National Identity Document will receive in Spain for this year, and today we already know more details of how it will be Midnithe official app of the National Police that will be launched shortly and that will allow the DNI to be carried on the mobile.
One of the keys to this digital transformation has been the Digital certificate which allows to install applications such as my citizen folder and thus access all the data of the National Identity Document if it was not carried on top. Agility and flexibility are two of the adjectives attached to this new digital experience that will take a great step with the arrival of the Midni app.
This Tuesday was approved in the Council of Ministers The Royal Decree that will allow the issuance of the new identity document that will be characterized by being an app that can be installed on the mobile and thus show it so that the citizen is identified when necessary. In a first phase it will still have its limitations that we already know.
Two of them are the inability to use it to travel abroad and do certain administrative procedures as police sources have indicated to EFE. Yes, it will allow you to accredit an agent when the citizen is requested, and it is legally mandatory to accept the DNI on the mobile after the transitional period of one year. The physical format will live with digital identification through mobile, which does not replace the traditional card. Important this point.
In order to use the MIDNI app at iOS or Android, you will have to go through the Official National Police Platform With two important requirements, since through the web, digital certificates are required and a card reader. These are the two possible ways to use the new midni that will be available shortly:
- Registration through the National Police website: Digital certificate in force on the mobile and a card reader.
- If card reader is not available The face -to -face record will have to be made through the DNIE (PAD´S) update points located at the closest police station, as in the DNIE expedition units and electronic passport.
He Digital certificate can already be easily requested With the FNMT app when identifying with a video call (with a cost of 2.99 euros) or with the same DNIE, although the envelope is needed with the pin that was received when issued at the time. Its installation is very simple to have the certificate on the mobile.
The free android
From the website dnielectronico.es of the National Police can be read that this registration is a Previous step In order to use the new Midni app and, when the application is opened when installing it from Google Play or the App Store, the means to make that record will be enabled.
