Logging in with DigiD from abroad using an identity document

To log in with DigiD with your ID you will need:

• an activated DigiD app. If you have not yet activated the DigiD app, find out how to activate the DigiD app.
• An activated ID card, issued on or after 13 March 2021, Read below how to activate your ID card’s login feature.
• The PIN for your ID card. You will receive this by post when you get a new ID card.

You will also need:

• An Android phone or tablet with an NFC reader (OS 7.0 or later)
• An iPhone 7 or later (iOS 12.2 or later)

You have to activate your identity document before you can log in with it. Follow these instructions.

• After you have collected your new ID card you will receive a letter from DigiD with a PIN.
• Go to My DigiD (information in Dutch) and activate your ID card's login feature using the PIN. You do not have to do this within a certain window of time.
• Change the temporary PIN to a self-selected PIN.

Correspondence address

If you apply for your ID card from abroad, you can have the letter with the PIN sent to a correspondence address. You should provide this address when applying for your ID card.
It can be your home or other address abroad, or an address in the Netherlands. The letter will not be sent to the Dutch embassy, consulate-general or VFS Global.

If you have activated your identity document’s login feature, there are 2 ways you can log in using it:

• With the telephone or tablet on which your DigiD app is installed.
• With another device (e.g. your computer).

Choose how you wish to log in:

Logging in with the telephone or tablet on which your DigiD app is installed

Go to the website or the app of the organisation you want to log in to.

1. Click ‘Log in with DigiD’.
2. In the DigiD login screen, choose ‘With my ID card’ or ‘With my driving licence’.
3. Choose ‘On this device’.
4. In the DigiD app, confirm where you want to log in by choosing ‘Log in’.
5. The DigiD app will ask you to hold your identity document against the back of your telephone. The app will scan the data on the chip in your identity document.
6. While scanning your identity document, DigiD will check whether the document belongs to you and is valid. No data will be saved.
7. The app will ask you to enter the PIN for your identity document.
8. The app will ask you to hold your identity document against the back of your telephone again.
9. You now are logged in.

Logging in with another device (e.g. your computer).

1. Go to the website or the app of the organisation you want to log in to.
2. Click ‘Log in with DigiD’.
3. In the DigiD login screen, choose ‘With my ID card’ or ‘With my driving licence’.
4. Choose ‘On a mobile device with an NFC reader’.
5. Open the DigiD app on your mobile device and enter the PIN for your DigiD app.
6. Click the orange ‘Verification code’ button.
7. Enter the verification code on your computer screen and click ‘Next’.
8. Scan the QR code that appears on your computer screen.
9. In the DigiD app, confirm where you want to log in by choosing ‘Log in’.
10. The DigiD app will ask you to hold your identity document against the back of your telephone. The app will scan the data on the chip in your identity document.
11. While scanning your identity document, DigiD will check whether the document belongs to you and is valid. No data will be saved.
12. The app will ask you to enter the PIN for your identity document.
13. The app will ask you to hold your identity document against the back of your telephone again.
14. You now are logged in.