Digital signature

[Nicoleta47]

Hello - i am trying to apply to the Comune to register my property for Airbnb services. It asks for a "firma elettronica avanzata" for me to sign a few documents. The digital signature providers offer a "firma digitale remota". When I google there seems to be a difference between the two yet the signature providers do no offer the "firma elettronica avanzata" option, only the firma digitale (remota). So i am confused on what should i get i.e. are they the same, or does the firma digitale remota include/substitute the elettronica avanzata one? 

Lastly, it appears that you can get a digital signature is you have italian documents (passport, ID or driving license) - this is what Aruba customer service told me. It doesnt make sense as their website states that foreigners can get one too. Anyone (especially EU citizens as I am one) managed to get a digital signature via any of the signature providers?

Thank you

[Paula]

Hello @Nicoleta47, thank you so much for reaching out to our host community for advice 😊

I’m tagging two of our most experienced hosts from Italy here, in case they’d like to share some insights: @Andrea6232 and @Angela105.

Regards,

[Andrea6232]

Ciao @Nicoleta47 and @Paula ,

unfortunately I can't help you, the bureaucracy in Italy is terrible, what I can suggest is to contact a consultant, perhaps an accountant, who can do the paperwork on your behalf

sorry for not beeing of help

Andrea

[Angela1056]

Ciao @Nicoleta47 ,

the “Firma Elettronica Avanzata” is an authentication of your identity certified by an Italian provider (like Aruba, Poste, Telecom ecc) but you need to have an Italian ID. With a residency in Italy or at least if you were born in Italy and you have an Italian tax number you can apply for an Italian ID. 

Types of “Firma elettronica avanzata” (FEA) are SPID (sistema pubblico di identità digitale), CIE (Carta identità elettronica italiana), CNS (Carta nazionale dei servizi), all related to your Italian ID. 

As I answered you in another post, as an EU citizen (but UK is not more EU) you can apply for a FEQ in administrations enabled with the EIDAS. 

The identification of this  signatory is carried out by a certifier recognized by AglD (Agenzia per l’Italia digitale) and this makes the signature valid in any context, like with the FEA. The obligation to accept this signature is sanctioned at the European level from the regulation ElDAS.

Once you have entered the public administration (municipalities, regional website, police department to register your property for tourist rental) in Italy with you FEA (or FEQ) you are requested to sign several documents on their websites with your “Firma digitale remota” (this means it is a Firma Elettronica Semplice FES) which you can obtain for a fee by a provider like Aruba ecc.