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Install the official apps
These are the official public apps you will use as an autónomo in Euskadi, with what each is for and the pages of the guide that need it. Get a digital ID first, BakQ or Cl@ve: most of these apps ask you to log in with one.
Before you install
- Install only from Google Play or the App Store, and check that the publisher is the one named here. Private apps copy the names of public ones: "Extranjería App" and "Certificado Digital con DNI" are not official.
- Every app here is free.
- The logos belong to their publishers. Autónomo.eus is independent and is not linked to any of them.
Izenpe Mobile (BakQ)
Izenpe's app for BakQ, the Basque digital ID. You approve each login and signature on your phone with a PIN or your fingerprint, instead of a password and an SMS code.
- Publisher: Izenpe, the Basque digital ID agency
- In the guide: Get your BakQ, Set up TicketBAI invoicing
- Log in with: your BakQ. You link the app from your BakQ account.
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
Tarjeta virtual
Izenpe's app to use your BakQ certificate to identify yourself and sign on public websites from your phone. There are also versions for Windows and macOS.
- Publisher: Izenpe
- In the guide: Get your BakQ
- Log in with: your BakQ
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
Cl@ve
The Spanish state's app for Cl@ve. It approves your Cl@ve Móvil logins, which is the easiest way into Import@ss and other state services.
- Publisher: Agencia Tributaria (AEAT), the Spanish tax agency
- In the guide: Register for Cl@ve, Register with Social Security, Get your Social Security number
- Log in with: you register for Cl@ve first, then activate the app on your phone
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
Certificado digital FNMT
The FNMT's app to request your personal digital certificate on your phone. With an NIE, you still prove your identity in person at an identity office.
- Publisher: Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (FNMT)
- In the guide: Get your FNMT digital certificate
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
Importass
Import@ss, the Social Security online office, on your phone. It offers the same services as the website, such as your Social Security number, your working life report, your payments and debts, and the certificate that you are up to date.
- Publisher: Tesorería General de la Seguridad Social (TGSS)
- In the guide: Get your Social Security number, Register with Social Security, Renew your residence permit, Stop being autónomo
- Log in with: Cl@ve, a digital certificate, or an SMS code if Social Security has your phone number. Without a digital ID, some procedures accept a photo of you and your ID document.
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
NIK
The Basque Government's wallet for public cards. It holds your digital health card (TIS), which every Basque pharmacy accepts, and other cards such as library cards.
- Publisher: Basque Government (Eusko Jaurlaritza)
- In the guide: Get your health card
- Log in with: your BakQ
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
Portal Móvil Osakidetza
Osakidetza's app to book and cancel appointments with your doctor, nurse or paediatrician ("Cita Previa"), and to open your health record.
- Publisher: Osakidetza, the Basque health service
- In the guide: Get your health card, Contact Osakidetza
- Log in with: your health card number and date of birth for appointments. Your health record needs BakQ or a digital certificate.
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
Mi Carpeta Ciudadana
The Spanish state's app that gathers your data and procedures with state bodies in one place. It shows how many electronic notifications are waiting for you, your appointments, and reminders before documents such as your TIE or driving licence expire.
- Publisher: Spanish state digital administration agency
- In the guide: Get your TIE card, Renew your residence permit
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
Notifica App (DEHú)
The Spanish state's app to read your electronic notifications (notificaciones electrónicas) from public bodies that use the state system, DEHú. It shows how many days you have left to open each one, and gives you a receipt.
- Publisher: Spanish state digital administration agency
- In the guide: Register for Cl@ve
- Log in with: Cl@ve or a digital certificate
- Notifications from Basque bodies, such as your Hacienda Foral, may not appear here. Check their own websites too.
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
Cita Previa AGE
The Spanish state's app to book, check and cancel appointments with state offices, including the Oficina de Extranjería and the police stations that issue the TIE.
- Publisher: Spanish state digital administration agency
- In the guide: Get your TIE card, Book a police appointment
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
Renta Bizkaia
The Hacienda Foral de Bizkaia's app to check and file your income tax return (Renta).
- Publisher: Diputación Foral de Bizkaia
- In the guide: File your annual returns
- Log in with: Bak, BakQ or a digital certificate
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
Errenta+
The Hacienda Foral de Gipuzkoa's Renta app: your draft return if you get one, appointments to file, and tax certificates. Álava has no Renta app: you file on the website.
- Publisher: Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa
- In the guide: File your annual returns
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
miDGT
The traffic authority's app: your Spanish driving licence and vehicle papers on your phone, your points and your fines. You can also pay DGT fees and book appointments in it.
- Publisher: Dirección General de Tráfico (DGT)
- In the guide: Use or exchange your driving licence
- Log in with: Cl@ve or a digital certificate
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · App Store (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
Lanbide LanAPP
Lanbide's app for its online office: appointments, renewing your job-seeker registration, your CV and your documents. On iPhone it is a web app, not an App Store app.
- Publisher: Lanbide, the Basque employment service
- In the guide: Check the Lanbide start-up grants, Contact Lanbide
Google Play (opens in a new tab) · Web app (opens in a new tab) · Official page (opens in a new tab)
Official sources
- Izenpe: Izenpe Mobile (opens in a new tab)
- Izenpe: Tarjeta virtual (opens in a new tab)
- Cl@ve: the Cl@ve app (opens in a new tab)
- FNMT: certificate with the mobile app (opens in a new tab)
- Social Security: mobile apps (opens in a new tab)
- Basque Government: digital TIS in NIK (opens in a new tab)
- Osakidetza: Osakidetza on your phone (opens in a new tab)
- Mi Carpeta Ciudadana (opens in a new tab)
- DEHú: electronic notifications (opens in a new tab)
- State administration: Cita Previa AGE app (opens in a new tab)
- Bizkaia: ways to file the Renta (opens in a new tab)
- Gipuzkoa: the Errenta+ app (opens in a new tab)
- DGT: the miDGT app (opens in a new tab)
- Lanbide: LanAPP (opens in a new tab)
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