Government ID

Verify government IDs all over the world. Collect and verify government-issued IDs to identify users across 200+ countries and territories.
International coverage

Verify hundreds of unique government IDs, including passports and driver’s licenses, from 200+ countries and territories.

Advanced fraud detection

Catch even expertly doctored IDs with capture methods and verification checks configured to your business’s needs.

Fully automated decisions

Most decisions take just 5–10 seconds, so users can get verified quickly and be on their way.

Key features

Leverage best-in-class technology to verify government IDs globally

Collect and verify government ID documents, such as passports and driver’s licenses, from 200+ countries and territories.

Minimize user error with live guidance to prevent common errors like glare, blur, and image sizing.

Enable auto-capture to assist users and increase single submission success rates.

Automatically extract data off government IDs, then verify the data and cross-reference it for other use cases.

Censor specific ID data, such as barcodes and PII, to collect only the data you need and comply with geo-specific privacy laws.

Decide which checks are optional and which are required, including ID expiration detection, minimum age requirements, barcode capture, and more.

Automatically compare the ID portrait to a previously captured selfie.

Compare extracted data, including PII, to existing accounts to detect matches.

Eliminate the need for outsourced teams with automatic verifications, which usually take just 5–10 seconds.

How teams can use government ID verification

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“When you think about how Persona verifies government IDs and selfies, it gives you peace of mind. It’s not only the different checks that the solution performs, but the contextual data you’re using to analyze and understand the images against. When you combine them all together, it starts to paint a picture of the individual that provides a higher level of due diligence.”

Todd Sorrel
Co-founder and CEO at 6lock
6lock’s secure payments platform leverages Persona’s flexible IDV system to reduce wire fraud exposure to clients