The Cartão de Cidadão is Portugal's citizen card, the primary national identity document for Portuguese citizens. It is a multipurpose chip-based card that replaced several separate documents, and it supports strong online authentication and qualified electronic signatures for access to public and private digital services.
The Cartão de Cidadão is Portugal's citizen card, the primary national identity document for Portuguese citizens. It is a multipurpose chip-based card that replaced several separate documents, and it supports strong online authentication and qualified electronic signatures for access to public and private digital services.
Verification uses the certificates held on the card's chip. The person presents the card to a reader and enters their authentication PIN, and the scheme confirms the identity linked to the card and can return verified details such as the person's name and date of birth. The card carries the citizen's civil identification number as its core identifier. The customer proves who they are directly with their existing card and PIN, so there is no document upload or selfie step.
The customer presents their citizen card to a card reader and enters their authentication PIN to prove who they are using the certificates on the chip.
The scheme confirms the identity linked to the civil identification number and returns verified details such as name and date of birth.
Once the connector is activated, a verified result, the confirmed identity details, and a full audit record flow straight into your Zenoo case.
Chain these into one Zenoo Studio flow so a single journey handles identity, screening, and fraud.
Cartão de Cidadão is one scheme in Zenoo's global coverage. Add a neighbouring register or a document fallback without changing your integration.
The person authenticates with their citizen card by presenting it to a card reader and entering their authentication PIN. The scheme confirms the identity linked to their civil identification number and returns verified details such as name and date of birth to your service.
On a successful authentication the scheme can return the person's verified name and date of birth, along with confirmation of their civil identification number. There is no document upload or selfie step, because the person proves identity with their existing card and PIN.
The Cartão de Cidadão is the primary national identity document for Portuguese citizens, but using its online authentication for a given private-sector service is not compulsory. It is a widely recognised way for Portuguese citizens to prove who they are online.
You can activate this connector with your own account. Zenoo's AI builds the integration, typically within a day. The person then authenticates with their Cartão de Cidadão and Zenoo returns a verified result with a full audit trail.
