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Qualified Electronic Signature (QES) allows you to sign with the highest security standards, while ensuring a simple and fast experience for your signers.
Check out our dedicated article to learn when to use it and how to add it to your subscription.
Create a signature request with the Qualified Electronic Signature
Creating an signature request to sign with Qualified Electronic Signature follows the same process as creating a 'regular' signature request, with a few differences.
When preparing your document, you'll need to follow the additional conditions below:
Add signers and provide their phone numbers,
Add only one signature field per signer per document (you can add all other fields without this condition),
Ordering the signers (see how in our dedicated article).
If your recipient has a multiple surname/first name, we recommend :
Use an ID with strict connectors and separators (commas, hyphens, etc.).
If the ID does not have strict connectors/separators, enter only one of the names.
Please note that there are exceptions based on the type of ID used and other specific circumstances. For more detailed information and exceptions, please refer to this article
When setting up your request, in the "Security Level" step, you must then select the "Qualified Electronic Signature" level.
With the Qualified Electronic Signature, all signers will be subject to the same signature level; it's not possible to define different levels.
With the Qualified Electronic Signature, signers can not sign with the "Draw signature" option or upload their signature image.
Once you've selected the right signature level, you can finalize the signature request by clicking on "Send."
Explore the necessary conditions for sending the request
To validate sending your signature request with Qualified Electronic Signature, you need to:
Order your signers (only if you have multiple signers): they should be ranked in the order in which you want the document to be signed,
Add only one signature field per signer per document,
Have provided the signers' phone numbers.
The signature request can only be sent if all three conditions mentioned above are met.
Note: For Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), the audit trail creation is not legally mandatory and is not available on Yousign.