Handy

Advantages

  • You always have it with you
  • No card reader(?) is necessary
  • Works with every computer
  • Ideal for users who only use the citizen card infrequently
Note: Not all applications are available

e-card

Advantages

  • All applications are accessible
  • Easy administration (changing PINs(?) etc.)
  • Ideal for frequent citizen card users (no need for SMSs)
Note: Card reader(?) is required

Mobile phone

Mobile Phone Applications

Country-wide

A small selection - find a detailled list at What Can the Citizen Card Do?

  • e-tresor
  • FinanzOnline
  • Proof of residency certificate
  • Social insurance (Retirement account, insurance data document, Live-Online, etc.)
  • Electronic delivery service (Meinbrief.at, Telekom Austria, Federal Computing Centre)
  • Commercial register - changing data
  • Criminal Record Certificate
  • Pension application (old-age pension, corridor pension, disability or inability to work pension, widow's (widower) pension, etc.)
  • Retirement insurance (aid fund, supplemental insurance period, voluntary increase in payments, aid fund, etc.)
  • Electronic File System of the Federal Administration
  • Allowance for nursing care (application, payout or continuation)
  • Student grants / scholarships
  • Child pornography - report
  • Environmental crimes - report
  • Glorification of the National Socialist German Workers Party - report
  • Orphan pension - application

e-card

Card Applications

Country-wide

A small selection - find a detailled list at What Can the Citizen Card Do?

  • e-tresor
  • FinanzOnline
  • Proof of residency certificate
  • Online banking (Bankhaus Spängler, Bawag PSK, Easybank, Hypo Alpe Adria, Hypo Niederösterreich, Hypo Oberösterreich, Hypo Salzburg, Hypo Steiermark, Hypo Tirol, Hypo Vorarlberg, PSK, Raiffeisen, Schelhammer & Schattera, Schoellerbank, Sparda-Bank, Vakifbank, Verkehrskreditbank, Volksbank)
  • Social insurance (Retirement account, insurance data document, Live-Online, etc.)
  • Electronic delivery service (Meinbrief.at, Telekom Austria, Federal Computing Centre)
  • Commercial register - changing data
  • Criminal Record Certificate
  • Pension application (old-age pension, corridor pension, disability or inability to work pension, widow's (widower) pension, etc.)
  • Retirement insurance (aid fund, supplemental insurance period, voluntary increase in payments, aid fund, etc.)
  • Electronic File System of the Federal Administration
  • Allowance for nursing care (application, payout or continuation)
  • Student grants / scholarships
  • Child pornography - report
  • Environmental crimes - report
  • Glorification of the National Socialist German Workers Party - report
  • Orphan pension - application

Mobile phone

Example: Goto FinanzOnline(?)

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Step 1: Click on "Mobile phone"

You can login to FinanzOnline using the citizen card directly from the start page. When you click on Mobile …

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Step 2: Enter your mobile phone number and signature password

… text fields appear to enter your mobile phone number and your signature password(?). Click on Identify …

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Step 3: Click on "Show Signature Data"

A new window appears with a comparison value. When you click on Show Signature Data, you can verify what you want to sign in the next step.

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Step 4: Check signature data

This is especially important for less trustworthy Websites.

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Step 5: Receive SMS on your mobile phone

In the mean time you should already have received an SMS on your mobile phone. In the comparison value is the TAN(?) (6 characters)

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Step 6: Enter the TAN from the SMS

You only need to enter the TAN in the input field and click Sign . - You are now logged on to FinanzOnline.

e-card

Example: Goto FinanzOnline(?)

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Step 1: Insert the e-card into the card reader

Insert your e-card into the card­reading­device(?) (with the golden chip facing up)

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Step 2: Click on "Card"

You can login to FinanzOnline using the citizen card directly from the start page. When you click on Card …

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Step 3: Enter the card PIN

… you will be prompted to enter your card PIN(?). Click on OK …

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Step 4: Click on "Show Signature Data"

... a new window appears. When you click on Show Signature Data, you can verify what you want to sign in the next step.

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Step 5: Check signature data

This is especially important for less trustworthy Websites. Click on Close …

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Step 6: Enter the signature PIN

… in the previous window enter your signature PIN(?). - You are now logged on to FinanzOnline.

Mobile phone

Security level: very high

The citizen card on the mobile phone is triply secure.

  1. Every application requires you to enter a signature password(?) (6 to 20 characters).
  2. Next you will be sent an SMS, so you must have a mobile phone.
  3. The TAN code (in the SMS) is only valid for 5 minutes.

e-card

Security level: very high

The citizen card on the e-card is triply secure.

  1. First you insert the e-card into the card reader (you need to have an e-card for this)
  2. Then you are prompted to enter your card PIN(?).
  3. Then you must enter the signature PIN(?).