• after you have Enrolled for a Certificate, or
• after you have requested your Digital Certificate to be Reissued, or
• after you have requested Renewal of your Digital Certificate.

By following the below mentioned instructions, you may discover the status of your request as well retrieve your issued Digital Certificate:

1. Login into your Control Panel, search for the Digital Certificate and proceed to the Order Details view. Click here to find instructions to accomplish this >>

2. Click the Check Certificate Status link. Here you would see the status of your Digital Certificate, under the following heads:

A. Digital Certificate Status - This would list the Certificate Status alongwith status of the verification process of your Company Registration (Pending/Verified), Domain Ownership (Pending/Verified), Tel No. (Pending/Verified) and Verification Status (Pending/Issued/Revoked).

Once the Certificate has been issued, this section would display the following:

• Serial No. - This is a hexadecimal serial number issued by thawte to uniquely identify your Digital Certificate.
   
• Certificate - When a Digital Certificate is issued to you, it would be available in this text box. Your Digital Certificate would be encapsulated within these tags
  
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
  [Encoded Data]
  -----END CERTIFICATE-----
  
  You need to copy the entire contents of this text box (including the above tags) and install it on your Web Server Software.

B. Digital Certificate Details - Here you would find important information related to your Certificate order and the Digital Certificate after it is issued.

• Is Renewable - You can renew your Digital Certificate within 90 days prior to its Expiry. However, it will only be issued 32 days before your current Certificate expires.
  
  The status of this field will become Yes only 90 days prior to its Expiry and otherwise display No.
  
  Click here to find more information about how to renew your Digital Certificate >>

• Is Reissueable - The status of this field would remain as No until a Digital Certificate is issued. Post that this field would list Yes until the Digital Certificate expires or the Certificate gets Revoked. Click here to find instructions on how to reissue your Digital Certificate >>

• Certificate Order Number - This is your Digital Certificate's Order Number as issued by thawte. You would need your Certificate Order Number primarily to display the thawte Trusted Site Seal on your website. Click here to learn how to display the thawte seal on your website >>
   

Once you have been issued a Digital Certificate, you need to install the same on your web server. Click here to find instructions to installing your Digital Certificate >>