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The Cartão de Cidadão is Portugal’s national citizen card combining physical and digital identity features. User inserts the citizen card and enters a PIN; the chip signs a challenge and shares identity attributes verified by Portugal’s government. To learn more, visit the Cartão de Cidadão website.

Adoption data

This section provides insights into the adoption of Cartão de Cidadão among users in Portugal.
Adoption10 million
Adoption sourceN/A
Adoption rate120.75%
Coverage8M
StatusIn Integration Pipeline

Compliance

This section outlines compliance and regulatory requirements for integrating this digital ID provider.
Compliance dataStatus
Locality requirementsNone
Scheme-level restrictionsNone
CertificationsLoA High, eIDAS

Supported attributes

The following attributes are returned when Cartão de Cidadão is used for identity verification:

Always returned attributes

The following attributes are always returned from a successful verification from this ID Provider.
FieldDescription
firstNameUser’s first name
lastNamesUser’s last name
dateOfBirthUser’s date of birth

Sometimes returned attributes

There are no sometimes returned attributes for this ID Provider.