The information below is all good details, but if you just want the down and dirty way to get your SPID and are ok with using the Poste as your register, then just follow this POSTEID Basically you are just going to fill out the form and take it with you to the Post Office along with your Identity Card and Italian Health Card.
The first step is to choose a provider, since the SPID isn’t managed by the Italian government but provided by accredited private companies.
What documents do you need?
You’ll need a few basics:
- an email address;
- a mobile phone number;
- a valid identity document (e.g. ID card, passport, driving license)
- either a tessera sanitaria (health card) or a codice fiscale card.
The final document is required to provide proof of your codice fiscale. According to the the Agency for Digital Italy (AgID), which is responsible for managing the electronic ID system, if you live in Italy you’ll need to show a tessera sanitaria, which logs your codice fiscale, while if you’re an Italian citizen applying from overseas you can just show your codice fiscale card itself.
How do you use your SPID?
Find a full list of public administration services accessible with a SPID here.
On their websites you’ll find the option ‘Entra con SPID‘ (‘login with SPID’), which will prompt you to enter your credentials.
Depending on the service and how much security is required, you may also be asked for a randomly generated code either sent to your phone or generated by an authenticator app, or prompted to put your CIE in a card reader and enter its PIN.
There are currently nine approved providers, including the Poste Italiane: find a full list here.
