As a user administrator, you can create your foreign employees as users in MitID Erhverv.
A foreign user in MitID Erhverv is an employee who:
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A few foreign employees may experience issues with scanning their passport or ID card in the MitID app when activating a private MitID without a CPR number.
Employees who cannot scan correctly in the MitID app cannot be created as users in MitID Erhverv – even if they have created their private MitID by attending a citizen service centre (in Danish: Borgerservice) in person. This is because a MitID without a CPR number, which can be created at a citizen service centre, does not meet the security requirements of MitID Erhverv.
We are working on a solution in collaboration with MitID. Please check back on this page for updates.
Before you begin the 3 phases, you must make sure that your organisation has entered a connection agreement with MitID Erhverv.
To get MitID Erhverv without having a CPR number, the employee create a private MitID without CPR number.
The employee can do this by calling MitID Support on +45 33 98 00 10 and obtaining a P code.
The P code has 8 digits and is used in stead of CPR number when activating a private MitID. The P code is valid for 60 days and can be used for 3 attempts. Once the P code has been used successfully, it cannot be used again.
To get a private MitID, the employee must have:
Learn how the employee get a private MitID without a CPR number here:
How to get MitID Erhverv without a CPR-number
It is important that the employee keeps the user ID for their private MitID securely. It may be needed again, for example if the employee gets a new phone. If the employee does not have it, they will have to create a new private MitID with a P code.
As a user administrator, you can create the foreign employee without a CPR number as a user in MitID Erhverv. please note that you must select something other than private MitID as authentircator.
Create, edit, or delete users individually or multiple users simultaneously
If the employee has special characters in their name, for example é eller ü:
The user administrator must replace special characters with their A-Z equivalents when entering the employee's name. For example, Ø becomes OE.
This minimises the risk of errors. You can find the employee's name with special characters already converted in the machine-readable zone on the passport's photo page.
The foreign employee receives an activation email containing the link they must follow to activate themselves as a user in MitID Erhverv.
As the administrator, you must give the employee an activation code (a temporary code) for activation in a secure manner.This is because the employee has been created in MitID Erhverv without a CPR number.
Activation works in the same way as for users with a CPR number. The guide to activating MitID Erhverv can be found here:
Activate yourself as a user in MitID Erhverv
Please note that the employee is given a separate MitID. This means that:
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 cititzens 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 then use their private MitID to activate themselves as users in MitID Erhverv. You can follow this guide.
Some foreign citizens experience issues with scanning their passport/ID card correctly in the MitID app when activating their private MitID without a CPR number.
Employees who are 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: Borgerservice) in Danish municipalities, as the private MitID without a CPR number created through this visit does not meet the security requirements of MitID Erhverv.
Yes. 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: