How to apply for a DigiD from abroad for a child

• A valid form of identification for your child (passport or ID card)
• Your child’s citizen service number (BSN). Read where to find your child's BSN. If your child doesn’t have a BSN, find out how to get them one.
• A phone on which you can receive text messages (SMS)
• An 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.

• 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 via DigiD.nl. Do this during your appointment if there’s time.

Activate your child’s DigiD via DigiD.nl

After you activate your child’s DigiD, it is ready to use. You or your child can log in using their username and password and a code sent by text message.

Activate the DigiD app

After activating your child's DigiD, you can also activate the DigiD app for your child on a phone or tablet (Step 3).

If you want to activate the DigiD app for your child using the ID check, your child must have a Dutch identity document that meets certain requirements and you will need a phone or tablet with an NFC reader.

Read how to activate the DigiD app using the ID check

After activating the DigiD app

If you activated the DigiD app using the ID check, you’ll see a green check mark next to ‘ID check’ in the DigiD app menu. Your child can now use the app to log in to all organisations that use DigiD login.

If there is already a phone number linked to your child’s DigiD, you can activate the DigiD app using an SMS code sent to that phone.

Read how you can activate the DigiD app using a code sent by text message

If you can no longer receive text messages on the number linked to your child's DigiD and you can’t activate the DigiD app using the ID check, you will have to apply again for a DigiD for your child via DigiD.nl (Step 1) and then activate the DigiD (Step 2). You will then be able to activate the DigiD app with a code sent by text message (Step 3).

After activating the DigiD app

After activating the DigiD app, your child can use it to log in to nearly all Dutch government organisations, including the Tax Administration (Belastingdienst) and the Social Insurance Bank (SVB).

Adding ID check (if possible)

If you activated the DigiD app using a code sent by text message and your child has a Dutch identity document that meets the requirements, you can add the ID check to the DigiD app. Your child will then also be able to log in to their healthcare provider’s website or app to check their medical records, for example.

Find out how to add the ID check to the DigiD app