Yesterday, the Midni app that will live with the National Identity Document in physical format for a while and that from now on will be valid to identify before an agent or make the reservation of a hotel among other procedures. The download of the Midni In the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store so that anyone can activate their ID through a record that will practically have to do physically.
Midni will live with the physical ID and in no way replaces it at the moment, but it is a very flexible format for leave the portfolio at home and that the mobile becomes practically the national identity document with the configured app and the registration made.
Of course, for now It will not serve to travel abroad and carry out certain procedures with public administrations, but in 2026 MIDNI will be updated to expand their experience and thus finish defining what is a great leap towards digital transformation in Spain.
When starting Midnia series of screens appear that show the main functions we already know to identify the person through the QR code or the three options to show a series of data, whether several or all that appear in the National Identity Document.
Once these informative screens have passedit is passed before the terms and conditions to accept them and on the following screen the activation of my ID will appear. It can be read that to activate your DNI in the app, the previous registration that was already mentioned yesterday to announce the availability of MIDNI in Spain must have been completed.
The DNI activation screen
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To make the previous registration There are three options that we show below with the links to be able to make an appointment in the first of the options:
- In the National Police Documentation Units. The appointment can be requested from This link.
- On the National Police website with the physical ID and a DNI reader. DNI certificates must not be expired or revoked and the pin must be known. From Midni.gob.es The registration can be accessed.
- Through a documentation update point (PAD). It is like an automatic cashier and is within the police documentation units. Best of all, no previous appointment is needed.
How to activate the ID in the app
In the registry there is an essential requirement And it is the linking of the Midni app to a mobile number (if the mobile number was changed, the ID should be re -associated by returning the previous record through the three methods described above), which through codes of a single use will end the entire process and the correct link to move on to the download of the app in the Play Store of Google or the Apple Apple
- Midni download on Google Play for your Android mobile.
- Midni download in the App Store for your iPhone.
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With the registration madeby clicking on the “Start Activation” button, it will be passed to the “Privacy Policy” screen to be accepted. Now the next step is to enter the activation data that MIDNI requests: the ID number (with lyrics) and the support number (it is just in the physical ID below the date of birth). It will be verified that the previous registration is made for final activation in the app.
Now, every time you need to show the QR code linked to the user’s ID, it will have to Choose one of the three visualization options of data, according to the need of the moment:
- Age: It will show your photography, name and majority.
- Simple DNI: Photography, name, surname, sex and validity of the ID.
- Complete DNI: Show all physical document data.
This last step is to give the user more freedom and protect their privacy, since it will not be necessary to show all the data for the reservation of a hotel such as showing midni to the agent that requires it.
