diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/configuration/components/NumberFormatTab.tsx b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/configuration/components/NumberFormatTab.tsx
index 62ee9460e..4d131def1 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/configuration/components/NumberFormatTab.tsx
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/configuration/components/NumberFormatTab.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const SCOPES: { value: NumberFormatScope; label: string }[] = [
   { value: 'SEAFARER_NUMBER', label: 'Seafarer Number' },
   { value: 'SEAMAN_BOOK_NUMBER', label: 'Seaman Book Number' },
   { value: 'BTC_NUMBER', label: 'BTC Number' },
+  { value: 'BSID', label: 'Biometric Subject ID (BSID)' },
 ];
 
 const scopeLabel = (scope: NumberFormatScope) =>
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/configuration/types/configuration.ts b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/configuration/types/configuration.ts
index 7ee61fabe..92832ab80 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/configuration/types/configuration.ts
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/configuration/types/configuration.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ export interface UpdateProfessionPayload {
 export type NumberFormatScope =
   | 'SEAFARER_NUMBER'
   | 'SEAMAN_BOOK_NUMBER'
-  | 'BTC_NUMBER';
+  | 'BTC_NUMBER'
+  | 'BSID';
 
 /**
  * The shape of a generated identifier — prefix, optional year, separator and
diff --git a/apps/portal/src/app/features/seafarer/pages/Biometrics/index.tsx b/apps/portal/src/app/features/seafarer/pages/Biometrics/index.tsx
index 522a07ba1..0f4bc40cb 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/app/features/seafarer/pages/Biometrics/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/portal/src/app/features/seafarer/pages/Biometrics/index.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { useState } from 'react';
 import {
   Alert,
   Badge,
-  Button,
   Card,
+  CopyButton,
   Group,
   Loader,
   Paper,
@@ -12,41 +11,20 @@ import {
   Text,
   ThemeIcon,
   Title,
+  Tooltip,
+  UnstyledButton,
 } from '@mantine/core';
-import { notifications } from '@mantine/notifications';
 import {
-  IconDownload,
+  IconCheck,
+  IconCopy,
   IconFingerprint,
+  IconIdBadge2,
   IconInfoCircle,
   IconScan,
 } from '@tabler/icons-react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
-import { authStorage } from '@ema-platform/auth';
+import { useCurrentProfile } from '@ema-platform/auth';
 import { useGetMyBiometricEnrollmentsQuery } from '@ema-platform/api';
-import { PdfPreviewModal } from '@ema-platform/ui';
-
-const API_BASE =
-  (import.meta as { env?: Record<string, string> }).env?.['VITE_BASE_API_URL'] ??
-  'http://localhost:3000/api';
-
-async function fetchCertificate(): Promise<Blob> {
-  const token = authStorage.getToken();
-  if (!token) throw new Error('No auth token found');
-  const res = await fetch(`${API_BASE}/biometric-enrollments/mine/certificate`, {
-    headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
-  });
-  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Failed to fetch certificate (${res.status})`);
-  return res.blob();
-}
-
-function downloadBlob(blob: Blob, filename: string) {
-  const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
-  const a = document.createElement('a');
-  a.href = url;
-  a.download = filename;
-  a.click();
-  URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
-}
 
 const MODALITY_LABEL: Record<string, string> = {
   FINGERPRINT: 'Fingerprint',
@@ -54,44 +32,17 @@ const MODALITY_LABEL: Record<string, string> = {
 };
 
 /**
- * View-only: what's enrolled, plus a printable slip. Capture stays
- * counter-side with a scanner — there is no self-enrollment flow here.
+ * View-only: the seafarer's BSID and what is enrolled against it. Capture
+ * stays counter-side with a scanner — there is no self-enrollment flow here.
  */
 export function BiometricsPage() {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const { data: enrollments, isLoading } = useGetMyBiometricEnrollmentsQuery();
-  const [previewUrl, setPreviewUrl] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
-
-  const openPreview = async () => {
-    setBusy(true);
-    try {
-      setPreviewUrl(URL.createObjectURL(await fetchCertificate()));
-    } catch (err) {
-      notifications.show({
-        color: 'red',
-        title: 'Error',
-        message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Could not load certificate',
-      });
-    } finally {
-      setBusy(false);
-    }
-  };
-
-  const handleDownload = async () => {
-    setBusy(true);
-    try {
-      downloadBlob(await fetchCertificate(), 'biometric-enrollment-certificate.pdf');
-    } catch (err) {
-      notifications.show({
-        color: 'red',
-        title: 'Error',
-        message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Could not download certificate',
-      });
-    } finally {
-      setBusy(false);
-    }
-  };
+  // The BSID lives on the profile, stamped by staff once a capture is
+  // confirmed — it is not a property of any one enrollment, so it is read
+  // from the profile rather than from the rows below.
+  const { profile, isLoading: profileLoading } = useCurrentProfile();
+  const bsid = profile?.bsid ?? null;
 
   const rows = enrollments ?? [];
 
@@ -109,6 +60,45 @@ export function BiometricsPage() {
       </Alert>
 
       <Paper withBorder radius="lg" p="xl">
+        <Group gap="sm" mb={rows.length || isLoading ? 'lg' : 0} align="flex-start">
+          <ThemeIcon size={40} radius="md" color="indigo" variant="light">
+            <IconIdBadge2 size={20} />
+          </ThemeIcon>
+          <div style={{ flex: 1 }}>
+            <Text fz="xs" c="dimmed" tt="uppercase" fw={600}>
+              {t('biometrics.bsidLabel', 'Biometric Subject ID')}
+            </Text>
+            {profileLoading ? (
+              <Loader size="xs" mt={6} />
+            ) : bsid ? (
+              <CopyButton value={bsid} timeout={1500}>
+                {({ copied, copy }) => (
+                  <Tooltip
+                    label={copied ? t('biometrics.copied', 'Copied') : t('biometrics.copy', 'Copy')}
+                    withArrow
+                  >
+                    <UnstyledButton onClick={copy}>
+                      <Group gap={6} align="center">
+                        <Text ff="monospace" fw={700} fz="lg">
+                          {bsid}
+                        </Text>
+                        {copied ? <IconCheck size={15} /> : <IconCopy size={15} />}
+                      </Group>
+                    </UnstyledButton>
+                  </Tooltip>
+                )}
+              </CopyButton>
+            ) : (
+              <Text fz="sm" c="dimmed" mt={2}>
+                {t(
+                  'biometrics.bsidPending',
+                  'Not issued yet. Your BSID is generated once your enrolment is confirmed at the counter.',
+                )}
+              </Text>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        </Group>
+
         {isLoading ? (
           <Group justify="center" py="lg">
             <Loader size="sm" />
@@ -147,34 +137,9 @@ export function BiometricsPage() {
                 </Card>
               ))}
             </SimpleGrid>
-            <Group>
-              <Button
-                variant="light"
-                leftSection={busy ? <Loader size={12} /> : <IconInfoCircle size={12} />}
-                onClick={openPreview}
-                disabled={busy}
-              >
-                {t('biometrics.view', 'View certificate')}
-              </Button>
-              <Button
-                variant="default"
-                leftSection={<IconDownload size={12} />}
-                onClick={handleDownload}
-                disabled={busy}
-              >
-                {t('biometrics.download', 'Download')}
-              </Button>
-            </Group>
           </Stack>
         )}
       </Paper>
-
-      <PdfPreviewModal
-        opened={!!previewUrl}
-        onClose={() => setPreviewUrl(null)}
-        url={previewUrl ?? ''}
-        title={t('biometrics.title', 'Biometrics')}
-      />
     </Stack>
   );
 }