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# Upgrade Staging UAE PASS Account

Below steps provide you the guide on how to upgrade a basic UAE PASS staging account into a verified account.

{% hint style="danger" %} <mark style="color:orange;">**Kindly note you cannot upgrade the staging UAE PASS account using the Staging UAE PASS App. The FACE ID verification option and Kiosk option will not work in staging UAE PASS app. To upgrade/verify a staging UAE PASS Account you need to use the Staging Self Care Web Portal of UAE PASS.**</mark>
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## <mark style="color:orange;">**Step 1**</mark>

After completing the steps of creating a basic profile you can now upgrade the staging account and create signing certificates to enable digital signing features and document sharing features of UAE PASS.

#### **Navigate to the selfcare portal**&#x20;

<mark style="color:green;">**<https://stg.uaepass.ae>**</mark>

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## <mark style="color:orange;">Step 2</mark>

**Login to self-care portal using your basic UAE PASS account.**

For this enter the mobile/email/EID used to create the basic staging UAE PASS account.

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Notice the Account type is **Basic** and **Digital Signature is not available**.
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## <mark style="color:orange;">Step 3</mark>

**Click on Upgrade button on Right top of the page to Upgrade the account.**

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## <mark style="color:orange;">Step 4</mark>

**Change the User Type field&#x20;**<mark style="color:green;">**from SOP1 to SOP3**</mark>**.**

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## <mark style="color:orange;">Step 5</mark>

**Fill other missing fields and click on Upgrade button. (You can enter a dummy EID value if you do not have an Emirates ID.)**

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## <mark style="color:orange;">Step 6</mark>

**Logout from the Self-care portal and Login again to reflect the changes.**

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**Do not downgrade an account from SOP3 to SOP2 or SOP1. The only way to downgrade an account would be through deleting the account from Staging UAE PASS Mobile App and re-creating a basic account again.**
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## <mark style="color:orange;">Step 7</mark>

**Click on Set Signing credentials button to create signing certificates for the user. This will enable digital signing features and allow you to proceed with document signing using your UAE PASS account.**

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1. <mark style="color:purple;">**Create Qualified Signature Configurations**</mark>

**Click on Create Certificate button under Qualified certificate and create a Signing Password when prompted to create Qualified Signature configurations.**

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2. <mark style="color:purple;">**Create Advanced Signature Configurations**</mark>

**Click on Create Certificate option under Advanced Certificate to create the Advanced Signature Configurations.**

## <mark style="color:orange;">**All SET!**</mark>

Once created you can see the Signing Credentials are available for the user. Now you can use the Digital Signature feature of UAE PASS using your account.

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Notice the account is shown as **verified** and all features are enabled in the staging UAE PASS mobile app.

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## <mark style="color:orange;">Below is a recording showing the steps we followed above.</mark>

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