Activating the mobile phone signature ("Handy-Signatur")

The mobile phone signature ("Handy-Signatur") is your personal signature which you can use to identify yourself clearly on the internet. It allows you to sign documents and accounts legally. It is equivalent to a handwritten signature and is therefore your digital passport on the internet.

Apply for a mobile phone signature now – your legal electronic signature.

A summary of the benefits

• Your digital passport on the internet;
• A convenient legal signature for electronic documents;
• Complete formalities online and use commercial electronic services;
• Extremely secure and free to use.

Requirements

• A mobile phone that must be able to receive SMS messages (it does not have to be a smartphone);
• which has usually an Austrian or German SIM card (exceptions are possible if necessary);
• which can be a pay-as-you-go phone.

How to obtain your mobile phone signature

Registration authority

You can activate it in person at a registration authority or tax office anywhere in Austria.

Requirements:

• an official photo ID card;
• Time needed: a few minutes, although you must book an appointment

Follow this link for a list of registration authorities (→ Bürgerkarte)^{German text}

FinanzOnline

Apply to activate the mobile phone signature on FinanzOnline. Log in with your FinanzOnline login details and select ‘Bürgerkarte/Handy-Signatur aktivieren’ [activate citizen's card/mobile phone signature] from the menu.

Requirements:

• FinanzOnline login details
• time needed: You will receive a letter of confirmation within a few days.

Follow this link FinanzOnline (→ BMF)^{German text}

Post.at

Go to your online account with Österreichische Post AG to activate your mobile phone signature in four easy steps.

Follow this link to go to  → Österreichische Post AG^{German text}

Edugov.gv.at

Students and teachers can activate their mobile phone signature online by going to edugov.gv.at.

Requirements:

• a minimum age of 14;
• resident in Austria.

Follow this link to go to  → edugov.gv.at^{German text}