Supported Countries and Recommended Data Inputs - Identity reports

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This page lists the supported countries and recommended applicant data for Identity reports versions 3.5 and above.

Please reach out to your sales representative directly for a detailed overview of the exact database sources Onfido has access to by country.

Name Alpha-3 Region Sub-Region First Name Last Name Date of Birth Full Address Phone Number National ID Number National ID Types ID number type (in applicant object)** Input format Format example
Argentina ARG Americas South America Required Required Required Required*** Required Documento Nacional de Identidad (DNI) 8 digit code. The DNI is also included as part of the CUIL: digits three through ten. For example, if the CUIL is 88-10563145-8, the DNI is 10563145. The DNI should be provided as all digits: no dashes or other special characters 10563145
Australia AUS Oceania Australia and New Zealand Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Recommended Passport, Driving License, Foreign Passport passport,
driving_licence,
other		 Passport - 8 or 9 digits: 1 or 2 letters followed by 7 digits
Driving License - Varies by province/state. Issuing province also required in the "province" field, along with the Card Number as a separate message using "code": "CARD_NUMBER"
Foreign passport - any valid passport number with a valid AU Visa		 Passport - P0000000 or PA0000000
Driving License - 01234567, 012345678 or A012345
Austria AUT Europe Western Europe Required Required Required Required
Belgium BEL Europe Western Europe Required Required Required Required Recommended
Brazil BRA Americas South America Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Required CPF, CNPJ CPF - 14 digit code
CNPJ - 18 digit code		 CPF - 000.000.000-00
CNPJ - 00.000.000/0001-00
Canada CAN Americas Northern America Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Recommended Social Insurance 9 digit code 123456789
Chile CHL Americas South America Required Required Required Required*** Required RUT / RUN numbers 10 digit code XXXXXXXX-Z
China CHN Asia Eastern Asia Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Required Resident Identity Card Number 17 digits + 1 digit or letter, with parts corresponding to address, DOB, gender and a validation check RRRRRRYYYYMMDDSSSC
Colombia COL Americas South America Required Required Required Required*** Required Colombian Personal Identification Number 8 or 10 digit code 2131234321 or 213.123.432-1
Czech Republic CZE Europe Eastern Europe Required Required Required Required Recommended National identification number (Rodné číslo)
Denmark DNK Europe Northern Europe Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Required CPR 11 digits, the first 6 digits correspond to DOB DDMMYY-0000
Finland FIN Europe Northern Europe Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Required Personal identity code "DDMMYY" is the date of birth, "C" is the century sign, "ZZZ" the individual number and "Q" the control character (checksum) DDMMYYCZZZQ
France FRA Europe Western Europe Required Required Required Required Recommended
Germany DEU Europe Western Europe Required Required Required Required Recommended
Ghana GHA Africa Western Africa Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Required Passport, SSNIT, Driver's License, Voter ID passport,
social_insurance,
driving_licence,
voter_id		 Passport - 8 characters
SSNIT - 13 characters
Driver's License - 8 characters
Voter ID - 10 characters		 Passport - G0000000
SSNIT - C000000000000
Driver's License - B0000000
Voter ID - 0000000000
Gibraltar GIB Europe Southern Europe Required Required Required Required
Greece GRC Europe Southern Europe Required Required Required Required
Guernsey GGY Europe Northern Europe Required Required Required Required
Hong Kong HKG Asia Eastern Asia Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Recommended HKID 10 or 11 characters. "X" can be one or two letters (UH). "A" is a validation check which can be 1-9 and A X123456(A)
India IND Asia Southern Asia Required Required Required Required*** Required Voter ID (EPIC), Driver's License, Tax ID (PAN) voter_id,
driving_licence,
tax_id		 Voter ID - 10 characters. The first three are alphabetic characters and the last seven are numeric characters
Driver's License - 16 characters. The first two characters are upper case letters, the next two characters are digits that represent the RTO code, the next four characters are digits that represent the license issued year, and the next seven characters are any digits from 0-9
Tax ID - 10 characters. The first five characters are letters, followed by four numerals, and the last (tenth) character is a letter		 Voter ID - ABC0000000
Driver's License - HR-0619850034761 or HR06 19850034761
Tax ID - AAAPL1234C
Indonesia IDN Asia South-Eastern Asia Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Required National ID (Nomor Induk Kependudukan) 16 digits. For females, DD is day of birth + 40 XXXXXXDDMMYYXXXX
Ireland IRL Europe Northern Europe Required Required Required Required
Isle of Man IMN Europe Northern Europe Required Required Required Required
Italy ITA Europe Southern Europe Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Recommended Tax ID (Codice Fiscale) Alphanumeric characters based on gender, birthplace, first name and last name SSSNNNYYMDDZZZZX
Japan JPN Asia Eastern Asia Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Recommended "My number" / Resident Record code 11 characters XXXXXXXXXXX
Jersey JEY Europe Northern Europe Required Required Required Required
Kenya KEN Africa Eastern Africa Required Required Required Required*** Required National ID (Huduma Namba), Passport, Alien Card identity_card,
passport,
other		 National ID (Huduma Namba) - 10 characters
Passport - 8 characters
Alien Card - 6 characters		 National ID (Huduma Namba) - 123456789
Passport - 00000000
Alien Card - 000000
Luxembourg LUX Europe Western Europe Required Required Required Required Recommended Recommended Social Security
Malaysia MYS Asia South-Eastern Asia Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Required NRIC 14 characters: 6 digits in front corresponding to DOB, SS are Province details and G is a gender-based digit YYMMDD-SS-123G
Mexico MEX Americas Central America Required Required Required Required*** Required CURP, RFC CURP - 18 characters
RFC - 13 characters		 CURP - HEGG560427MVZRRL05
RFC - XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Netherlands NLD Europe Western Europe Required Required Required Required Recommended
New Zealand NZL Oceania Australia and New Zealand Required Required Required Required*** 8 characters VV123456
Nigeria NGA Africa Western Africa Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Required Identification Number Document (formerly known as National Identification Number (NIN)), Voter ID, Driver's License, TIN, BVN, CAC identification_number_document,
voter_id,
driving_licence,
tax_id,
other		 Identification Number Document - 11 characters
Voter ID - 19 characters
Driver's License - 12 characters
TIN - 13 characters
BVN - 11 characters
CAC - 7 characters		 Identification Number Document - XXXXXXXXXXX
Voter ID - XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXX
Driver's License - ABCXXXXXXXXX
TIN - XXXXXXXX-XXXX
BVN - XXXXXXXXXXX
CAC - XXXXXXX
Norway NOR Europe Northern Europe Required Required Required Required*** Recommended
Philippines PHL Asia South-Eastern Asia Required Required Required Required*** Required Required PhilSys Card Number (PCN) 12 characters 1234-567-8912-3
Poland POL Europe Eastern Europe Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Required PESEL number 11 characters: YYMMDD is the DOB, ZZZX is the personal identification number, where X codes gender (even number for females, odd number for males) and Q is a check digit YYMMDDZZZXQ
Portugal PRT Europe Southern Europe Required Required Required Required Recommended Recommended Tax number (Número de Identificação Fiscal)
Romania ROU Europe Eastern Europe Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Personal Numerical Code (CNP) All numeric characters with gender, dob, location and validation info GYYMMDDZZSSSC
Singapore SGP Asia South-Eastern Asia Required Required Required Required*** Required NRIC 9 characters @xxxxxxx#
Slovakia SVK Europe Eastern Europe Required Required Required Required
South Africa ZAF Africa Southern Africa Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Required National ID 13 numeric characters with gender, dob, citizenship and validation info YYMMDDSSSSCAZ
Spain ESP Europe Southern Europe Required Required* Required Required*** Recommended Recommended NIF/DNI, NIE NIF/DNI - 10 characters
NIE - 11 characters		 NIF/DNI - 00000000-A
NIE - X-0000000-A
Sweden SWE Europe Northern Europe Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Required Personal Identification Number (PIN) 13 numeric characters with DOB and gender info YYYYMMDD-NNGC
Switzerland CHE Europe Western Europe Required Required Required Required Recommended
Turkey TUR Asia Western Asia Required Required Required Required*** Required Turkish Identification Number 11 characters 11111111111
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland GBR Europe Northern Europe Required Required Required Required
United States of America USA Americas Northern America Required Required Required Required*** Recommended Social Security Number (SSN), Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) ssn, tax_id 11 characters 123-45-6789
Vietnam VNM Asia South-Eastern Asia Required Required Required Required*** Required Recommended National ID (NIN) 9 to 12 digits. 9 digits are older national IDs XXX G YY XXXXXX

* Double last name prefered

** Empty cells mean any ID type can be used to enter this number

*** To improve match rates, please provide as many address fields in the applicant's address object as possible. This includes street, building number, town, state or province, postcode and country.