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description: >-
  The purpose of this is to share the details and guidelines to perform the
  Digital Signing on PDF Document using the digital identity issued to
  individual and/or organizations using UAEPASS.
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# Signing Guide

## Description

UAEPASS offers API and a process for performing the PDF document signing.&#x20;

On a high level this operation is requested by a document signature portal or application (mobile/web) by entity (or user itself) on behalf of a user who logs in to the portal or application after authenticating in UAEPASS and completes the signing process.

### Eligibility of Digital Signature Feature Based on User Account Types

* **SOP1: Basic Unverified Account**

User account is unverified, only email Id and mobile number are verified. User does not have access to digital signature and data/document sharing capability of UAE PASS.

* **SOP2: Verified Account from Smart Pass / Dubai ID**

User account is verified. User digital signature is advanced level, and user can use digital signing feature only if advanced level signing is allowed through the implementation.

* **SOP3: Verified Account**

User account is verified. User digital signature is qualified level and has access to digital signing feature.

## Pre-Requisites

* <mark style="color:green;">**Using UAE PASS Authentication before prompting users to Sign documents with UAE PASS is mandatory to verify if the same user logged in is signing the document.**</mark>

## &#x20;**Steps of Document Signing:**&#x20;

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[1.-obtaining-the-token-for-accessing-the-signature-operations](signing-guide/untitled/1.-obtaining-the-token-for-accessing-the-signature-operations)
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[2.-creating-the-document-signature-process](signing-guide/untitled/2.-creating-the-document-signature-process)
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[3.-executing-the-document-signature-process](signing-guide/untitled/3.-executing-the-document-signature-process)
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[4.-obtaining-the-signed-document](signing-guide/untitled/4.-obtaining-the-signed-document)
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[ltv-configuration](signing-guide/untitled/ltv-configuration)
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[5.-deleting-the-document-signature-process](signing-guide/untitled/5.-deleting-the-document-signature-process)
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## Sample Successful Digital signature printed in the pdf document

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