ID Verification Requirements

Modified on Fri, 21 Jul 2023 at 09:22 PM


To successfully verify your ID and unlock perks on your Paxful account, you will need to prepare the following requirements:


  • You must be 18 years of age or older.
  • You must have a valid email address.
  • Only personal documents can be used.
  • Only the following ID types are accepted:
    • Passport
    • National ID card (in the new format)
    • Driver license
    • Tax ID
    • Voter’s card (Nigeria only)
    • National Identification Number (Nigeria only)
    • See the full list here.
  • ID documents should be valid up to the date of the verification request submission.
  • Paper format of ID documents is not accepted.
  • The selfie should be a photograph of you, not a scanned picture of you.
  • All files uploaded should be original. No editing is allowed.
  • All files should be clearly visible, high quality, in JPEG format; all information should be legible; and they should not be covered by any passport covers or other objects.
  • The information on the document should match the information provided on the form.
  • If your document is written in a language that does not use the English alphabet, you may still use it for verification. If your native language is not yet supported by our verification provider, you will receive a message: Unsupported ID.
  • Your country of citizenship is not on our list of banned countries.


List of acceptable documents


Below, you will find a list of all documents per country that you can use to successfully pass ID verification on Paxful.



Country



ID Card



Passport



Driver License



Other


AfghanistanNoYesNo 
AlbaniaYesYesYes 
AlgeriaNoYesNo 
AndorraNoYesNo 
AngolaNoYesNo 
AnguillaNoYesNo 
Antigua and BarbudaNoYesNo 
ArgentinaYesYesYes 
ArmeniaYesYesNo 
AustraliaYesYesYes 
AustriaYesYesYes 
AzerbaijanNoYesNo 
The BahamasYesYesYes 
BahrainYesYesYes 
BangladeshYesYesYes 
BarbadosYesYesYes 
BelarusNoYesYes 
BelgiumYesYesYes 
BelizeNoYesNo 
BeninYesYesNo 
BermudaNoYesNo 
BhutanNoYesNo 
BoliviaYesYesNo 
Bosnia and HerzegovinaYesYesNo 
BotswanaYesYesYes 
BrazilYesYesYes 
BruneiNoYesYes 
BulgariaYesYesYes 
Burkina FasoNoYesNo 
CambodiaNoYesNo 
CameroonYesYesYes 
Cape VerdeNoYesNo 
Cayman IslandsNoYesNo 
ChadNoYesNo 
ChileYesYesYes 
ChinaYesYesNo 
ColombiaYesYesYes 
ComorosNoYesNo 
CongoNoYesNo 
Congo The Democratic Republic ofNoYesNo 
Costa RicaYesYesYes 
Cote d'IvoireNoYesNo 
CroatiaYesYesYes 
CyprusYesYesNo 
Czech RepublicYesYesYes 
DenmarkYesYesYes 
DjiboutiNoYesNo 
DominicaNoYesNo 
Dominican RepublicYesYesNo 
EcuadorYesYesYes 
EgyptNoYesYes 
El SalvadorYesYesYes 
Equatorial GuineaNoYesNo 
EritreaNoYesNo 
EstoniaYesYesYes 
EswatiniNoYesNo 
EthiopiaNoYesNo 
FijiNoYesNo 
FinlandYesYesYes 
FranceYesYesYes 
GabonNoYesNo 
The GambiaNoYesNo 
GeorgiaYesYesYes 
GermanyYesYesYes 
GhanaYesYesYes 
GibraltarYesYesYes 
GreeceYesYesYes 
GrenadaNoYesNo 
GuamYesNoYes 
GuatemalaYesYesYes 
GuernseyNoYesYes 
GuineaNoYesNo 
Guinea-BissauNoYesNo 
GuyanaNoYesNo 
HaitiNoYesYes 
HondurasYesYesYes 
Hong KongYesYesNo 
HungaryYesYesYes 
IcelandNoYesYes 
IndiaYesYesYes 
IndonesiaYesYesYes 
IrelandYesYesYes 
Isle of ManNoYesYes 
IsraelYesYesYes 
ItalyYesYesYes 
JamaicaYesYesYes 
JapanYesYesNo 
JerseyNoYesYes 
JordanYesYesYes 
KazakhstanYesYesYes 
KenyaYesYesYes 
Korea, SouthNoYesNo 
KosovoNoYesNo 
KuwaitYesYesYes 
KyrgyzstanNoYesNo 
LaosNoYesNo 
LatviaYesYesYes 
LesothoNoYesNo 
LiberiaNoYesNo 
LiechtensteinYesYesYes 
LithuaniaYesYesYes 
LuxembourgYesYesYes 
MacaoYesYesNo 
MacedoniaYesYesYes 
MadagascarNoYesNo 
MalawiNoYesNo 
MalaysiaYesYesYes 
MaldivesNoYesNo 
MaliNoYesNo 
MaltaYesYesYes 
Marshall IslandsNoYesNo 
MauritaniaNoYesNo 
MauritiusYesYesNo 
MexicoYesYesYes 
Micronesia, Federated States ofNoYesNo 
MoldovaYesYesYes 
MonacoNoYesNo 
MongoliaYesYesYes 
MontenegroYesYesYes 
MontserratNoYesNo 
MoroccoYesYesNo 
MozambiqueNoYesNo 
Myanmar (Burma)NoYesNo 
NamibiaNoYesNo 
NepalYesYesYes 
NetherlandsYesYesYes 
New ZealandYesYesYes 
NicaraguaYesYesNo 
NigerNoYesNo 
NigeriaYesYesYesVoter's card, National Identification Number (NIN)
NorwayYesYesYes 
OmanYesYesYes 
PakistanYesYesNo 
PalauNoYesNo 
Palestinian Occupied TerritoryNoYesYes 
PanamaYesYesNo 
Papua New GuineaNoYesNo 
ParaguayYesYesYes 
PeruYesYesYes 
PhilippinesYesYesYes 
PolandYesYesYes 
PortugalYesYesYes 
Puerto RicoYesNoYes 
QatarYesYesYes 
RomaniaYesYesYes 
RwandaYesYesNo 
Saint Kitts and NevisNoYesNo 
Saint LuciaNoYesNo 
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNoYesNo 
SamoaNoYesNo 
San MarinoNoYesNo 
Sao Tome and PrincipeNoYesNo 
Saudi ArabiaYesYesYes 
SenegalYesYesNo 
SerbiaYesYesYes 
SeychellesNoYesNo 
Sierra LeoneYesYesNo 
SingaporeYesYesYes 
SlovakiaYesYesYes 
SloveniaYesYesYes 
South AfricaYesYesYes 
SpainYesYesYes 
Sri LankaYesYesYes 
SurinameNoYesNo 
SwedenYesYesYes 
SwitzerlandYesYesYes 
TaiwanYesYesNo 
TajikistanNoYesNo 
TanzaniaNoYesYes 
ThailandYesYesNo 
Timor LesteNoYesNo 
TogoYesYesNo 
TongaNoYesNo 
Trinidad and TobagoNoYesNo 
TunisiaNoYesYes 
TurkeyYesYesYes 
TurkmenistanNoYesNo 
Turks and Caicos IslandsYesYesYes 
UgandaYesYesYes 
UkraineYesYesYes 
United Arab EmiratesYesYesYes 
United KingdomYesYesYes 
United States of AmericaYesYesYes 
UruguayYesYesYes 
UzbekistanNoYesNo 
VanuatuNoYesNo 
VietnamYesYesYes 
Virgin Islands BritishNoYesNo 
Virgin Islands USNoNoYes 
ZambiaNoYesNo 
ZimbabweNoYesNo 



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