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.
Advice
You can activate the mobile signature conveniently from home via FinanzOnline:
- Log in with your FinanzOnline access data
- Select the menu item "Bürgerkarte/Handy-Signatur aktivieren"
- Duration: You will receive a confirmation letter within a few days.
Requirement:
- FinanzOnline (→ BMF) access
- Duration: A few days waiting time for confirmation letter
FinanzOnline (→ BMF)German text (The best way to do this is to read our PDF instructions (PDF, 591 KB))
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.
Advice
The prerequisite for activating the mobile phone signature is to have an entry in the central civil register [Zentrales Melderegister] or an entry in the supplementary register for natural personsGerman text.
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
There is a list of registration authorities (→ A-Trust)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.
FinanzOnline (→ BMF)German text (The best way to do this is to read our PDF instructions (PDF, 591 KB))
Responsible for the content: Federal Ministry of Finance