Using myID with myGov
Find out how you can use the myID app with your myGov account.
Published 30 May 2025
How to use
myID can be used in a convenient and flexible way with your myGov account. You can use myID to:
- securely sign in to your myGov account, instead of using your myGov username, password and 2-factor authentication
- recover your myGov account if you’ve lost access
- set up the myGov app
- create a myGov account
- create a digital Commonwealth statutory declaration.
To use myID as a sign-in option with your myGov account, you’ll first need to connect your myID to your myGov account. You need a myID set up to a Standard identity strength or Strong identity strength.
You can connect your myID before or after you sign in to your myGov account.
To connect myID before you sign in:
- go to the Sign in with myGovExternal Link page
- choose Sign in with Digital ID
- select Select myID as your identity provider
- enter your myID email address, then select Get code – a 4-digit code will appear on your browser
- log in to your myID app and enter or accept the 4-digit code
- go back to your browser and consent to sharing your information with myGov
- select Sign in to myGov and sign in to your myGov account to connect your myID.
To connect myID after you have signed in to your myGov account, select:
- My account
- Account settings
- Connect next to Digital ID
- Connect Digital ID
- Select myID as your identity provider, and then follow the prompts.
Once connected, you will be able to sign in using myID. To sign in to myGov using myID:
- go to the Sign in with myGovExternal Link page
- select Sign in with Digital ID
- select Select myID as your identity provider
- enter your myID email address, then select Get code – a 4-digit code will appear on your browser
- log in to your myID app and enter or accept the 4-digit code
- go back to your browser and consent to sharing your information with myGov.
If you’ve lost access to your myGov account, you may be able to recover it using myID. You need a myID with a Strong identity strength to recover your myGov account.
Your name, date of birth and email address in your myGov account need to match the details you used to set up your myID.
To recover your myGov account:
- go to the Sign in with myGovExternal Link page
- enter your username and password
- select the link I didn’t get my code or I can't answer my question
- select Continue with Digital ID
- select Select myID as your identity provider
- enter your myID email address, then select Get code – a 4-digit code will appear on your browser
- log in to your myID app and enter or accept the 4-digit code
- go back to your browser and consent to sharing your information with myGov.
If you can’t set up a Strong myID you’ll need to create a new myGov accountExternal Link and link to government online services again.
To set up the myGov app using myID, you'll need:
- a myGov account
- a myID with at least a Standard identity strength
- your myID connected to your myGov account.
To set up the myGov app using myID:
- open the myGov app and select Sign in
- select I agree if you agree to the privacy notice and terms of use
- select Sign in with Digital ID
- select Select myID as your identity provider
- enter your myID email address, then select Get code – a 4-digit code will appear on your screen
- log in to your myID app and enter or accept the 4-digit code
- go back to the myGov app
- to give your consent to share the details outlined on screen with myGov, select Consent
- create and confirm your 6-digit myGov app personal identification number (PIN).
Once you’ve set up the myGov app, you can use your 6-digit myGov PIN or your device’s security features like face and fingerprint recognition to sign in.
To create a myGov account using myID, you need a myID with at least a Standard identity strength.
To create a myGov account:
- go to the Create a myGov accountExternal Link page
- select Continue with Digital ID
- select Select myID as your identity provider
- enter your myID email address, then select Get code – a 4-digit code will appear on your browser
- log in to your myID app and enter or accept the 4-digit code
- go back to your browser and consent to sharing your information with myGov
- read and agree to the terms of use.
Next time you sign in to your myGov account, you will need to select Sign in with Digital ID to use your myID.
You can create and download a digital Commonwealth statutory declaration in myGov using myID. You will need a:
- myID with at least a Standard identity strength
- myGov account connected to myID.
For more information on how to create a digital Commonwealth statutory declaration, visit Digital Commonwealth statutory declarationExternal Link.