As a user administrator, you can find information on how to create your foreign employees as users in MitID Erhverv.
As a user administrator, you can find information on how to create your foreign employees as users in MitID Erhverv.
The definition of foreign users in MitID Erhverv refers to those who do not have a CPR number (a Danish Civil Registration number) but need to act digitally on behalf of a Danish organisation in Danish self-services.
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Foreign employees are those without a CPR number.
Some foreign citizens may experience difficulties scanning their passport or ID card correctly when activating their private MitID without a CPR number in the MitID app.
If your employees are unable to scan their passport or ID card correctly in the MitID app, they cannot currently be created as users in MitID Erhverv. Nor can they be created by attending a Citizen Service Centre (Danish: Borgerservice) in person within a Danish municipality. This is because a private MitID without a CPR number, which can be issued by attending Citizen Service Centres in person, does not meet MitID Erhverv's security requirements.
MitID Erhverv is working on a solution in collaboration with MitID. Stay updated on this page.
To create foreign employees as users in MitID Erhverv, your organisation must first have concluded the connection agreement with MitID Erhverv. Then, follow these 3 phases:
To obtain a private MitID without a CPR number that meets MitID Erhverv’s requirements, the following are needed:
Read more about phone and chip requirements for passport or ID cards:
MitID.dk: Technical Requirements regarding telephone
MitID.dk: Passport/ID card requirements for MitID app
Please note that an employee cannot obtain MitID Erhverv if their passport cannot be scanned in the MitID app. The page referenced above explains that individuals possessing a passport that cannot be scanned can still obtain a private MitID with assistance from Citizen Service in Denmark. However, a private MitID issued in this manner does not meet the security requirements for MitID Erhverv.
If the foreign employee does not have a CPR number, they will need a P code. A P code is an 8-digit code the employee enters in the MitID app when using their passport or ID card to obtain MitID.
The employee must contact MitID Support themselves at +45 33 98 00 10 to get a P code. Another person from the organisation (e.g. a user administrator) cannot call support on the employee’s behalf.
The employee must download the MitID app from their usual app store (e.g. Apple App Store or Google Play). It is important to select the MitID app published from the Agency for Digital Government.
The employee first selects whether they use a passport or an ID card to verify their identity. Then, using their phone, they must:
A detailed guide on how to scan the passport/ID card and face in the MitID app can be found on MitID.dk:
As a user administrator, you can create the foreign employee as a user in MitID Erhverv when the employee obtains private MitID without a CPR number. The process for creating foreign employees with this type of private MitID is the same as for users possessing a private MitID with a CPR number.
Create, edit, or delete users individually or multiple users simultaneously
Please type the employee’s name using a simple character set (A-Z) when creating employees whose names contain special characters as users in MitID Erhverv. E.g. Ø should be typed as OE.
Typing special characters using a simple character set minimises the risk of errors when creating users. The employee’s name, written only in a simple character set, can be found in the passport’s code line on the photo page.
An activation email will be sent with a link to activate the employee as a user in MitID Erhverv. The activation process is the same as for users with a Danish CPR number.
A guide for activating a user in MitID Erhverv can be found here:
An activation email will be sent to the employee. The email contains a link that the employee must follow to activate themselves as a user in MitID Erhverv. The activation process is the same sa for users with a CPR number.
The guide for activating as a user in MitID Erhverv can be found here:
Foreign users are employees who do not have a CPR number (a Danish Civil Registration number) but need to act on behalf of a Danish organisation in Danish self-services with MitID Erhverv.
As long as the employee has a CPR number (a Danish Civil Registration number), they can obtain a private MitID and use it to activate themselves as a user in MitID Erhverv, regardless of their citizenship.
As long as the employee has a CPR number (a Danish Civil Registration number), they can obtain a private MitID in the same way as Danish cititzns and use it to activate themselves as a user in MitID Erhverv.
Yes. If your employees do not have a CPR number (a Danish Civil Registration number), they must first obtain a private MitID without a CPR number. Your foreign employees will use this private MitID to activate themselves as users in MitID Erhverv. You can follow this guide.
MitID.dk: Get MitID with a foreign passport
Some foreign citizens experience difficulties scanning their passport/ID card correctly in the MitID app when activating their private MitID without a CPR number. If your employees is unable to scan their passport/ID card correctly in the MitID app, they cannot be created as users in MitID Erhverv. This also applies if they visit Citizen Service Centres in Danish municipalities, as the private MitID without a CPR number created through this visit does not meet the security requirements of MitID Erhverv.
A separate MitID is a MitID that a user in your organisation uses only when acting on behalf of your organisation. It is a new MitID created when the employee was created as a user in MitID Erhverv, and the employee also has a private MitID alongside it.
The employee can use their separate MitID on behalf of multiple companies or organisations, provided each organisation allows it. This is called shared credential, and you can read more about it here:
As an administrator, you can access guides for the following within user administration:
Create, edit, or delete users individually or multiple users simultaneously
Assign the role of administrator or trusted employee to users
As an administrator, you can also find guides for the following topics: