What are the requirements to obtain a qualified electronic signature?

Depending on your chosen provider, identity verification is conducted via a video call with an operator, automatically through online banking, or using a mobile app and an e-ID card.

Hardware and formal requirements by provider

Autenti by InfoCert

Identity verification is conducted during a video call with a consultant.

Requirements:

• Age: 18 years or older.
• Email address: Your personal email address.
• Phone number: Active phone number from any country (for SMS authentication).
• ID document:
  • Polish citizens: valid national ID card or passport.
  • Foreign citizens: valid passport.

SimplySign

Verification is completed during a video call and requires a 1 PLN verification bank transfer.

Requirements:

• Age: 18 years or older.
• Email address: Your personal email address.
• Phone number: Active phone number from one of the following countries: Poland, France, Spain, Portugal, Romania, or the Netherlands.
• ID document: valid physical ID card or passport (original). Residence cards and mObywatel digital IDs are not accepted.
• Bank account: personal bank account (held in your name as the sole owner) at one of the following banks:
  
  ING Bank Śląski, mBank, Erste Bank Polska, Bank Pekao, Alior Bank, Credit Agricole Bank Polska, VeloBank, BNP Paribas Bank, Bank Pocztowy, Bank Ochrony Środowiska, PKO Bank Polski, Bank Millennium, Inteligo, NeoBank.

mSzafir

The verification and certificate issuance process is fully automated.

Requirements:

• Age: 18 years or older.
• Email address: Your personal email address.
• Device: any device with internet access (to log in to online banking).
• Verification method (one of the following):
  
  Online banking (mojeID): active account at PKO BP, Inteligo, mBank, Bank Millennium, or Pekao S.A. with identity verified in person at a bank branch and a registered PESEL number.
  
  Cryptographic card: valid KIR qualified certificate stored on a cryptographic card (e.g., Szafir SDK).

CenCert rSign

The verification and setup process is automated within the mobile application.

Requirements:

• ID document: Polish e-ID card (ID card with an electronic chip layer).
• Device: smartphone or tablet equipped with NFC (required to read the e-ID card).
• Mobile apps: installed and active mObywatel and rSign by CenCert applications.