Simple, fast and efficient - the advantages of digital processes and e-mail in daily business operations are obvious particularly with regard to increasing mobility and remote locations. Today in many cases even important agreements or contracts can be already handled electronically. Digital signatures provide the proof of authorship and the authenticity of the electronic documents.

Generally it is important ot be able to distinguish between advanced and qualified signatures. In business communication, especially in internal processes, the advanced signature is often sufficient. But only the qualified electronic signatures are legally equivalent to hand-written signatures.

The qualified certificate provided on the TC QSign signature card allows signing of electronic documents. The encryption and authentication certificates provided on the card additionally can be used for non signing processes.

The Solution for Individual Signing

Document signatures are required only in single cases at your place of work? Then TC QSign Limited is the right choice. Therewith you can add your personal electronic signature to your documents manually and keep full controll of each individual signature because of the required PIN entry for each signing.

Application and Card Issuance

Single cards can be ordered easily and conveniently with the application form which can be downloaded here.

For the issuance of qualified certificates a secure identification of the applicant is required to comply with legal requirements. Generally, this implies an face-to-face appearance either at TC TrustCenter or a Post Office in Germany. There are, however, authentication procedures in place for users unable to travel to Germany. TC Trust Center offers the following options:

1. Please use the In-Person Identification form, which must be filled out and presented to the staff at a German embassy or consulate, together with an official ID document, to be certified.
   The German Foreign Office advises users to find out beforehand if the embassy/consulate has been authorised to certify such documents.
    
   
2. Identification by a notary public
   The user has his identity confirmed by a notary of his/her choice in the user's country of residence. Typically, the notary confirms the applicant’s signature on the application form. This confirmation includes identity verification.  Subsequently, the notary must obtain a Hague apostille to authenticate this identity verification.
   According to the German Foreign Office, the notary can obtain a Hague apostille here.

Please follow the steps outlined in the Application Workflow document which describes all necessary steps and required information to request a TC QSign signature card.

For larger scales of signature cards, please contact our sales team.