Since its appearance in 2006, . This document is nothing more than the classic National Identity Document of a lifetime, but on the webwhich allows you to carry out many important procedures from a computer, thus avoiding long lines at government offices.
The DNIe allows you to carry out procedures such as pay income tax, apply for unemployment benefits, apply for scholarships or grants, and apply for various certificates that you need to process other official procedures. In more than a decade, more and more improvements have been made that make this one of the most powerful documents that you can have at your disposal.
in this guide We will teach you how to install and activate the DNIe certificates for the first timeverify that it works, how to renew the certificates and we will explain what it consists of a DNIe reader and how it works. In the same way, you will know everything you can do with this document, so that you do not have doubts in removing it as soon as possible.
How to obtain the DNIe or Electronic DNI?
You can obtain this document in any of those that are in each of the provinces and autonomous communities of the country. But first, you must request an appointment on the web citapreviadnie.es.
When you get your appointment, You must pay the established fee and bring the following documents in a folder to the office that corresponds to you:
- Birth certificate issued by the corresponding Civil Registry.
- A recent photograph.
- Certificate or flyer of registration of the Town Hall.
- Spaniards residing abroad will accredit their domicile by certification from the Diplomatic or Consular Representation where they are registered as residents.
Steps to install and activate the Spanish electronic DNI certificates for the first time
This consists of a couple of essential components for its operation such as digital certificates, which refer to your identity, and identity validation certificateswhich attest that the above data is correct.
These will allow you Validate your identification before the authorities and, most importantly, sign documents electronically so that you can process them electronically without leaving your home and from the comfort of your computer.
To activate the document, you must go to the DNIe Update Points which are located in the same offices that issued the DNIe. These points are similar to an ATM and in them you can activate using your fingerprint.
What you should do is insert the card, always with the chip facing up, wait for it to be identified and follow the steps that it will indicate. Later you can enter it again to change the PIN and the process will be finished.
Notably this data expires every 3 months, so you will have to update them at least 15 days before to avoid more cumbersome processes. You must also do so each time you renew your National Identity Document 3.0.
What is an electronic ID reader and how does it work?
Now you will need to purchase a DNIe reader. This is nothing more than a hardware that will allow your computer to read the chip of the document so that you can in it. Said hardware must be purchased on your own at any computer store or department store.
To install it you will need correctly connect the drivers on your computer and wait for it to recognize them. In some cases it will be necessary install add-on driverbut it all essentially depends on the hardware provider you use.
In addition to this, you must also install java on your computer, since this is the language used by this software. To do this you must enter the official website of . Once this is done, you simply have to start the installation and wait for it to finish. Be sure to give the app permissions as the app is constantly being updated.
How to install the validation certificates on the computer?
The next thing you should do is install the certificates on your computer. For this you have to download the DNIe Cryptographic Module which is in the portal www.dnielectronico.es. Select the option corresponding to your operating system, wait for it to download and start installing them manually.
With this step passed you will have done more than half of the work. it just remains import certificates to browser so you can sign with them.
How can I import the DNI certificates to my web browser?
The import can be done basically from any browser, although the most common are Chrome, Opera, Explorer and Firefox.
Next, we teach you how to do it in each one:
in Chrome
The first thing you should do is open the browser and click on the three dots in the upper right corner of the screen . This will break down a menu with several options, among which we will select “Setting”.
By doing so, another tab will open with the Chrome settings interface, we go down and click on “Advanced configuration”. The next thing is to look for the section HTTPS/SSL and locate the option “Manage Certificates”.
By doing this, you will be able to add a new certificate by clicking on “To import…” which will launch an automatic wizard that will ask you to select the folder where the certificates you want to import are. Look for the folder where it is located and click on it and accept.
Now, if you want to start using the certificates on any of the many pages of the Spanish public administration, you must restart the browser. With this, the process will be finished.
In Mozilla Firefox
In this browser the process is almost identical. What you should do is open the browser and click on the three superimposed lines that are in the upper right corner of the screen. This will break down a small window in which we are going to search “Options”, which in turn will direct us to another page.
On the options page we will find a simple interface with a list of options on the left of the screen. We’re going to “advanced“and in this we look for the option”certificates”. At this point, we click on “See Certificates”, which will open a new window in which we will see all the certificates installed in the browser. Then we click on “to import” and look for the DNIe folder.
Again you will have to restart browser to start using the installed certificates and the process will be completely finished.
in Opera
You open the browser and locate the Opera logo in the upper left corner of the screen, which is accompanied by the word “Menu”. In this section we look for the option “Setting” although you can get to it using the command Alt+P. This will take you to a new tab in which you can modify different aspects of the browser. Scroll down and select the option “advanced”.
Then, look in the section “Privacy & Security” the option “Certificate management” which will open a new window in which you must locate the option “to import” to add the certificate found in the DNIe folder that is saved in “Program Files” from your hard drive. After that, restart the browser and you can start using your digital signature on any of the Spanish public administration websites.
How can you verify and verify that the DNIe certificates work?
Now it is time to verify if all the steps carried out so far have been correctly executed. To do this, the first thing you must do is insert the document into the card reader that you installed on the computer. This should automatically recognize it and ask you for your access PIN so that you can access your data.
The next thing is to confirm if the certificates have been correctly imported into the browser. To do this you must enter from the browser where you imported the data to the official website of the DNIe. You will find a row of options on the left of your screen. Click the option “How to use DNIe”, which will break down a menu in which you will have to locate “Verify that it works”.
Later you will be directed to a new page on the web. Select the links at the bottom of the screen and later you will have to indicate the certificates that you installed in the browser, after this a new tab should open where your data appears. If all this happens, it means that you have done the process well. You can for your checking.
My DNIe has expired. How can I renew the certificates?
DNIe certificates expire every 30 months so you’ll need to go to the same trigger points where you first activated the document. It is an extremely easy process for which you will not need a prior appointment, but it is extremely necessary to do it or otherwise the certificates will not work and you will not be able to continue signing with them before the Public Administration.
Go to the nearest police station where there is a DNIe Update Point and insert the document into the corresponding slot, always making sure that the chip is facing up. Log in with your access PIN and look for the option “Renew Certificates”. This will remove the old data and replace it with new data that you will need to re-import into the browser.
To confirm the process, simply you must put your fingerprint and wait for the machine to identify it. With this, the process will be finished and you will be able to carry out the process of importing certificates at home and use them again to sign before the Public Administration. You can also from here.
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