Guidelines on how to view and save your ID-card certificates.

In order to check if your card reader is operational, insert your ID-card into the card reader, connect it to the computer and open up the DigiDoc4.

From 2011, all foreign nationals who reside permanently in Estonia must hold an ID-card or residence permit card.

Trust service means an electronic service that helps various parties make binding decisions. The exact requirements and conditions of each trust service and the aspects of signing and stamping are determined by the eIDAS.

The purpose of the validity confirmation service, i.e. OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol), is to make it possible to ask about the status of certificates in real time.

eIDAS (electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services) is the regulation on e-identification and e-transactions effective in the European Union, which is aimed at simplifying of the use of cross-border e-services.

The Information System Authority (RIA) provides a central authentication service to the public sector and providers of public services, which allows the owners of e-services to authenticate national and transnational users with various means of identification.

Provision of the DigiDoc Service web service will end in October 2020.

The timestamping service makes it possible to prove that certain data existed at a certain moment. There are two timestamp service providers in Estonia and RIA also mediates the timestamping service to persons who perform public functions.

You can see whether your ID-card certificates are valid when you open DigiDoc4. An ID-card cannot be used for electronic acts without valid certificates, e.g. you cannot log in to your bank or sign documents digitally!