ID Verification Requirements – Paxful Help Center

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

You must be 18 years 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 in a photograph of you and not a scanned picture of you.
All files uploaded should be original. No editing is allowed.
All files should be clearly visible, high quality, JPEG format, all information should be legible, and should not be covered by any passport covers or other objects.
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
Afghanistan	No	Yes	No
Albania	Yes	Yes	Yes
Algeria	No	Yes	No
Andorra	No	Yes	No
Angola	No	Yes	No
Anguilla	No	Yes	No
Antigua and Barbuda	No	Yes	No
Argentina	Yes	Yes	Yes
Armenia	Yes	Yes	No
Australia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Austria	Yes	Yes	Yes
Azerbaijan	No	Yes	No
The Bahamas	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bahrain	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes	Yes	Yes
Barbados	Yes	Yes	Yes
Belarus	No	Yes	Yes
Belgium	Yes	Yes	Yes
Belize	No	Yes	No
Benin	Yes	Yes	No
Bermuda	No	Yes	No
Bhutan	No	Yes	No
Bolivia	Yes	Yes	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes	Yes	No
Botswana	Yes	Yes	Yes
Brazil	Yes	Yes	Yes
Brunei	No	Yes	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes	Yes	Yes
Burkina Faso	No	Yes	No
Cambodia	No	Yes	No
Cameroon	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cape Verde	No	Yes	No
Cayman Islands	No	Yes	No
Chad	No	Yes	No
Chile	Yes	Yes	Yes
China	Yes	Yes	No
Colombia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Comoros	No	Yes	No
Congo	No	Yes	No
Congo The Democratic Republic of	No	Yes	No
Costa Rica	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cote d'Ivoire	No	Yes	No
Croatia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cyprus	Yes	Yes	No
Czech Republic	Yes	Yes	Yes
Denmark	Yes	Yes	Yes
Djibouti	No	Yes	No
Dominica	No	Yes	No
Dominican Republic	Yes	Yes	No
Ecuador	Yes	Yes	Yes
Egypt	No	Yes	Yes
El Salvador	Yes	Yes	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	No	Yes	No
Eritrea	No	Yes	No
Estonia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Eswatini	No	Yes	No
Ethiopia	No	Yes	No
Fiji	No	Yes	No
Finland	Yes	Yes	Yes
France	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gabon	No	Yes	No
The Gambia	No	Yes	No
Georgia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Germany	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ghana	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gibraltar	Yes	Yes	Yes
Greece	Yes	Yes	Yes
Grenada	No	Yes	No
Guam	Yes	No	Yes
Guatemala	Yes	Yes	Yes
Guernsey	No	Yes	Yes
Guinea	No	Yes	No
Guinea-Bissau	No	Yes	No
Guyana	No	Yes	No
Haiti	No	Yes	Yes
Honduras	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hong Kong	Yes	Yes	No
Hungary	Yes	Yes	Yes
Iceland	No	Yes	Yes
India	Yes	Yes	Yes
Indonesia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ireland	Yes	Yes	Yes
Isle of Man	No	Yes	Yes
Israel	Yes	Yes	Yes
Italy	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jamaica	Yes	Yes	Yes
Japan	Yes	Yes	No
Jersey	No	Yes	Yes
Jordan	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kenya	Yes	Yes	Yes
Korea, South	No	Yes	No
Kosovo	No	Yes	No
Kuwait	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	No	Yes	No
Laos	No	Yes	No
Latvia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lesotho	No	Yes	No
Liberia	No	Yes	No
Liechtenstein	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lithuania	Yes	Yes	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes	Yes	Yes
Macao	Yes	Yes	No
Macedonia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Madagascar	No	Yes	No
Malawi	No	Yes	No
Malaysia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maldives	No	Yes	No
Mali	No	Yes	No
Malta	Yes	Yes	Yes
Marshall Islands	No	Yes	No
Mauritania	No	Yes	No
Mauritius	Yes	Yes	No
Mexico	Yes	Yes	Yes
Micronesia, Federated States of	No	Yes	No
Moldova	Yes	Yes	Yes
Monaco	No	Yes	No
Mongolia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Montenegro	Yes	Yes	Yes
Montserrat	No	Yes	No
Morocco	Yes	Yes	No
Mozambique	No	Yes	No
Myanmar (Burma)	No	Yes	No
Namibia	No	Yes	No
Nepal	Yes	Yes	Yes
Netherlands	Yes	Yes	Yes
New Zealand	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes	Yes	No
Niger	No	Yes	No
Nigeria	Yes	Yes	Yes	Voter's card, National Identification Number (NIN)
Norway	Yes	Yes	Yes
Oman	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pakistan	Yes	Yes	No
Palau	No	Yes	No
Palestinian Occupied Territory	No	Yes	Yes
Panama	Yes	Yes	No
Papua New Guinea	No	Yes	No
Paraguay	Yes	Yes	Yes
Peru	Yes	Yes	Yes
Philippines	Yes	Yes	Yes
Poland	Yes	Yes	Yes
Portugal	Yes	Yes	Yes
Puerto Rico	Yes	No	Yes
Qatar	Yes	Yes	Yes
Romania	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rwanda	Yes	Yes	No
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No	Yes	No
Saint Lucia	No	Yes	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No	Yes	No
Samoa	No	Yes	No
San Marino	No	Yes	No
Sao Tome and Principe	No	Yes	No
Saudi Arabia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Senegal	Yes	Yes	No
Serbia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Seychelles	No	Yes	No
Sierra Leone	Yes	Yes	No
Singapore	Yes	Yes	Yes
Slovakia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Slovenia	Yes	Yes	Yes
South Africa	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spain	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes	Yes	Yes
Suriname	No	Yes	No
Sweden	Yes	Yes	Yes
Switzerland	Yes	Yes	Yes
Taiwan	Yes	Yes	No
Tajikistan	No	Yes	No
Tanzania	No	Yes	Yes
Thailand	Yes	Yes	No
Timor Leste	No	Yes	No
Togo	Yes	Yes	No
Tonga	No	Yes	No
Trinidad and Tobago	No	Yes	No
Tunisia	No	Yes	Yes
Turkey	Yes	Yes	Yes
Turkmenistan	No	Yes	No
Turks and Caicos Islands	Yes	Yes	Yes
Uganda	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ukraine	Yes	Yes	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Yes	Yes	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes	Yes	Yes
United States of America	Yes	Yes	Yes
Uruguay	Yes	Yes	Yes
Uzbekistan	No	Yes	No
Vanuatu	No	Yes	No
Vietnam	Yes	Yes	Yes
Virgin Islands British	No	Yes	No
Virgin Islands US	No	No	Yes
Zambia	No	Yes	No
Zimbabwe	No	Yes	No

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