Passport validation update
What's happening?
While there will be no changes to the comprehensive and useful information you receive in your report, this upgrade will bring you:
- Faster results for faster turnaround times - these currently take up to two working days, they'll now take minutes
- The same informative report but with information all in one place and in a clearer and more detailed breakdown – see the new look report here
- Pop-up with top tips for uploading the perfect passport image
- API improvements to include details of why a completed passport validation check is red, amber or green
How can you find out more?
For more information on all aspects of this check, including the search values, how name matching works, datasets, and the customisations available, check out our guide here.
Please note: This upgrade will only affect new orders placed from the day after the release. Any orders started prior to this date, even if not finalised, will continue to be processed in the previous format.
Why is this important?
Passport validation checks are an important tool in establishing a person’s identity. Verifile checks the code on the machine-readable zone (MRZ), as per International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standardisation, cross-check against a database of lost, stolen and compromised passports, and undertake a visual authenticity scan.
Financial institutions, landlords, and lawyers, for example, can use a passport verification check as part of their KYC checks. This is a vital tool in verifying the identity document your clients used to identify themselves.
When employing new staff, a passport validation check will help you determine a person’s identity as well as their right to work. While a passport isn’t the only method of doing this if they present a fake, doctored, lost or stolen passport, then they very likely don’t have the right to work or they might be using a fake identity.
To find out more about Passport and ID checks, head to our website.
Please note: This upgrade will only affect new orders placed after the release. Any orders started before this date, even if not finalised, will continue to be processed in the current format.
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