How do I register for a TIN online?

Published guidance says the process is completed online. You go to the tax authority’s portal, choose the registration option, and create an account using your national ID and mobile number.

After creating the account you fill in the application — name, address, national ID number and, where applicable, a VAT registration number. Enter them as they appear on your ID, since verification works from those details.

No documents are submitted — the guidance says online registration requires no physical paperwork, because verification happens digitally against your national ID record. Which is exactly why the accuracy of that record matters.

⚠️ Sources disagree on timing — some describe the certificate as issued immediately, others as taking a few working days. No specific time is stated here for that reason; the application status on the portal is the reliable answer. What every source does agree on is that the process runs entirely online and needs no physical paperwork, so there is no office queue to plan around.

Sources:

• National Board of Revenue — tax portal
• e-TIN registration guide