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MitID: Denmark's Digital-ID Consortium for Newcomers and Operator Transition
Document Checklist
CPR-nummer
CPR-number
Issuer: Borger Service Center (kommune folkeregister) under the Danish civil-registration system. The CPR-number is the upstream dependency for a fully useful MitID — without it, applicants are limited to the P-code pathway.
Function: Required by Danish online banking and almost every public self-service portal that integrates MitID. A MitID created with a P-code substitute cannot be used at Danish online banking and is rejected by most public self-service solutions.
Format: Ten digits issued by the Danish civil-registration system after folkeregister registration at a Borger Service Center, with the yellow health card issued in the same chain.
Without a CPR-number on file the P-code substitute is available, but the resulting MitID is limited in scope. Plan the folkeregister chain before MitID enrollment whenever possible.
Passport or national ID card with a contactless chip
Function: Used in the MitID app self-enrollment route. The applicant scans the chip by holding the document against the back of an NFC-capable smartphone, then performs a live facial check that matches against the document biometric.
Chip indicator: Signalled by a small gold camera-like symbol on the document cover. Both Danish and foreign passports are accepted; some foreign documents cannot be processed in the app due to chip incompatibility.
Phone compatibility: An iPhone 7 or newer, or a recent Android phone with NFC, is required for the chip-scan path.
If the chip will not scan, switch to the Borger Service in-person route with the two-document combination. Do not retry the app repeatedly with a non-readable document.
Passport or driving licence (single-document Borger Service combination)
Function: Used in the Borger Service in-person route. A Danish, Greenlandic, or Faroese passport, or a Danish driving licence, is accepted as a stand-alone identity instrument at the Borger Service counter.
Issuer: Issued by the Danish state for the passport variants, or by the Danish driving-licence authority. Both are accepted at every kommune Borger Service Center.
If none of the single-document items is available, fall back to the two-document combination.
Two-document Borger Service combination
Function: Used at the Borger Service in-person route when the single-document combination cannot be assembled. The Borger Service caseworker verifies identity against two qualifying items together.
Qualifying items: Drawn from international passport, personal-data certificate (personattest), baptism or birth certificate, yellow health card (sundhedskortet), residence certificate, residence permit, municipal ID card, or recent public-benefit or tax documents.
If the applicant has lived in Denmark for less than three years and CPR-register data is thin, an attesting witness is also required — security questions alone are typically insufficient at Borger Service.
Attesting witness (for newcomers with thin CPR-register data)
Function: Required at Borger Service when the caseworker cannot verify identity through CPR-register questions — typically applies to applicants who have lived in Denmark less than three years.
Witness eligibility: Eighteen years or older; brings valid photo-ID (a Danish driving licence or Danish passport is sufficient alone; otherwise a foreign passport or national ID card together with a yellow health card); and holds an active MitID that has been issued at least thirty days previously.
Professional witness: Social adviser, police officer, or embassy employee is also accepted as a professional witness, in addition to a personal witness who meets the standard eligibility.
Plan the witness in advance — the Borger Service appointment cannot proceed without one if security questions alone are insufficient.
Smartphone for the MitID app
MitID app: Installed from the App Store or Google Play. Combines a device-bound key with a PIN; runs on iPhone 5s or newer and on most recent Android phones.
Function: Primary authenticator for everyday login. The MitID code display and the MitID audio code reader are standalone alternatives for users who prefer not to use a smartphone.
Without a smartphone, MitID can be used with the code display or the audio code reader; both authenticators are issued by the MitID partnership.
P-kode
P-code (for applicants without a CPR-number)
Function: An eight-digit code that substitutes for the CPR-number during MitID app enrollment. Obtained by contacting MitID Support on +45 33 98 00 10 or by visiting a Borger Service Center.
Validity: Valid for sixty days from issuance, with up to three attempts at the MitID app before it becomes invalid. Once used successfully it cannot be reused.
Scope: A MitID created with a P-code substitute cannot be used at Danish online banking and is rejected by most public self-service solutions. Recovery is to complete CPR-registration at folkeregister and then re-enroll MitID with the CPR-linked identity.
The P-code pathway is the documented bypass for non-CPR newcomers, but the resulting credential is limited in scope. Plan CPR-registration alongside or before MitID enrollment whenever possible.
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