About Qualified Electronic Signatures
Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES) carry the highest legal weight under eIDAS — equivalent to a handwritten signature for cross-border transactions in the EU.
What makes a signature qualified
A QES is created with a qualified certificate issued by a qualified trust service provider, bound to a verified identity and applied with a secure signature creation device. It carries the same legal weight as a handwritten signature across the EU.
How WalliD issues QES
WalliD Smart Sign delivers qualified signatures worldwide — with Chave Móvel Digital in Portugal, and with a qualified signing certificate issued for the signer anywhere else. The full path from identity verification to certificate issuance and document sealing is automated.
- Remote verification — liveness checks and government-issued ID validation, fully automated.
- Certificate issuance — a qualified signing certificate bound to the verified identity, issued for signers anywhere in the world.
- Legally binding delivery — tamper-evident signed documents with complete audit trails.