IdCat - digital signature

IdCat is one of the digital signatures in Catalonia that allows you to do a whole range of administrative activities online.

What can IdCat be useful for?

At the moment, more than 1000 actions in various government agencies can be done online with such a digital signature. For example, you can apply for a school for a child, change a residence permit, print a fresh residence permit, check the status of requests, and do many other actions.

Getting such a signature is very easy if you have:

• TIE or DNI
• CatSalut (TSI) card
• Spanish phone number

Steps:

1. Go to idcatmobil.cat
2. Press Request for my IdCAT, and then Start
3. Choose the type of document and enter the data that the system will request
4. You will receive an SMS with a confirmation code
5. Enter it and you’re done.

If you do not have a residence card and CatSalut:

• At step 3 (instructions above) you need to select No, I don’t have any of these documents
• You will be prompted to sign up using a selfie with a passport 
• You should receive a response within 48 hours

If you do not want to register with your selfie, you can go in person (with a passport) to one of the authorities that helps register IdCat (on the same site, find face-to-face sign up and you will see a list of addresses).