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How to apply for a DigiD from abroad for a child

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This page explains how to apply for and activate a DigiD for your child if you and your child live outside the Netherlands or in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Attention: If your child is 14 or older, they must apply for the DidiD themselves. From age 14, DigiD is strictly personal.
Applying for DigiD via Digid.nl

Attention: If your child does not have a phone number and/or email address, you can use your own phone number and/or email address. A maximum of 5 DigiD accounts can be linked to the same phone number or email address.

After applying for a DigiD for your child, you will receive a collection code via text message and email. The collection code is valid for 30 days. You will need it for step 2.

Step 2: Activate your child’s DigiD

You will need an activation code to activate your child’s DigiD. You and your child need to collect the code together. Choose how you want to receive the activation code:

  • The collection code that you received by text message and email after you applied for your DigiD. The collection code is made up of 9 digits and starts with a ‘B’. It is valid for 30 days. If your collection code has expired, apply again for a DigiD for your child via DigiD.nl (Step 1).
  • Your child’s DigiD username and password. If you have forgotten your child’s DigiD username and password, apply again for a DigiD for your child via DigiD.nl (Step 1).
  • A valid form of identification for your child (passport or ID card)
  • Your child’s citizen service number (BSN), if it is not shown in their passport or on their ID card. Read where to find your child's BSN.
  • The phone you can be reached on using the number you gave in your DigiD application (Step 1). During your appointment you’ll receive a text message with your activation code on this number.

During the appointment you’ll receive a text message with an activation code. The activation code is made up of 9 digits and starts with an ‘A’.

Use this code to activate your child’s DigiD. There are two ways to do this: via the DigiD website or the DigiD app. The advantage of using the app is that you can activate your child’s DigiD and the DigiD app at the same time.

Find out how to activate the DigiD app for your child

Attention: The activation code is valid for 21 days. Make sure to activate your child’s DigiD within this 21-day period. If you do not, you will have to apply again for a DigiD for your child via DigiD.nl (Step 1).

After you activate your child’s DigiD, it is ready to use. How your child can log in will depend on how you activated the DigiD.

If you activated the DigiD via the DigiD website

If you activated your child’s DigiD via the DigiD website, you or your child can log in using their username and password and a code sent by text message.

Find out how to log in via the DigiD website with SMS verification

Attention: After activating your child's DigiD via the DigiD website, you can also activate the DigiD app for your child on a phone or tablet. The DigiD app is the easiest way to log in securely. Instead of logging in with a username and password, your child can use a self-selected PIN. Find out how to activate the DigiD app for your child

If you activated the DigiD via the DigiD app

If you activated your child’s DigiD via the DigiD app, your child will log in via the DigiD app using a PIN. Depending on the type of phone, your child may be able to log in using facial recognition or a fingerprint.

Find out how to log in via the DigiD app

Attention: After you activate your child’s DigiD via the DigiD app, you can add the ID check to the DigiD app. Your child will need a valid Dutch identity document to do this. After you add the ID check to the DigiD app, your child can log in to any organisation that uses DigiD login. Read how to add the ID check to the DigiD app

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