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The National Currency and Stamp Factory, or F\u00e1brica Nacional de Monedas y Timbres – Real Casa de la Moneda (FNMT-RCM), is a public business entity in Spain that is attached to the Ministry of Finance. The National Currency and Stamp Factory is the direct translation but translates more comprehensibly as The Royal Mint.<\/p>

Around ten years ago, the F\u00e1brica Nacional de Monedas y Timbres started digitising many administrative tasks. The FNMT-RCM, through its CERES department (Spanish certification), issues these certificates for citizens and legal persons, especially for use before public administrations, the FNMT Certificate of Physical Person.<\/p>

These improvements allow you to save time and not have to wait in so many queues at various offices. It also means less travelling, a crucial feature during lockdowns.<\/p>

A digital certificate guarantees, technically and legally, the identity of the person online. It is a file, like an ID card, that can be downloaded onto web browsers. This allows the different departments to see it for you to complete your tasks.<\/p>

TOP TIP: If your family and friends are ever likely to use or borrow your computer, download the digital certificate onto an external drive, like a hard drive or USB. This means someone else can use your device with their digital certificate without confusing the machine.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>

Digital certificates can be used by individuals, legal entities (meaning companies) and also non-profits. You cannot be self-employed and manage your business without a digital certificate.<\/strong> Procedures for both Social Security and the Tax Office (or Hacienda) require you to have one.<\/p>

The certificates are valid for an individual for four years (can be up to five years in the two other forms). You will receive an email reminder but it\u2019s also worth popping the date on the calendar in case it ends up in your junk folder.<\/p>

We can remind you too as part of our digital certificate service<\/a>. We will help you set it all up. Then, we will give you a copy and keep one ourselves. Then, we can continue to assist you with all sorts of things in the future, even down to paying traffic fines if you\u2019re using our office as your formal address.<\/p>

You can deal with so very many things using the digital certificate, we can\u2019t list them all but a few common reasons are:<\/p>