Verify your identity on Coinbase

  1. Review and collect accepted identity documents for your country of residence.

    • Your documents must not be expired, altered, or damaged.

  2. Open this Document Verification link and follow the provided instructions.

    • Verify all identity documents through the Coinbase website or mobile app; documents sent by email are not accepted.

    • If asked to record a video of yourself, ensure your microphone is on.

    • See the tips for taking a photo of your ID and face.

  3. You'll receive an email in the next 48 hours when your identity is verified.

    • Enter the PIN code from the initial verification steps if you attempt to sign in while verification is in progress.

Coinbase requires identity verification for legal compliance and fraud prevention. Your account will have limited functionality until verified.

If Coinbase emails you to update your account, follow the instructions in the email.

Accepted identity documents

Foreign passports from supported countries are accepted for all regions, along with the supporting documents listed in the following table.

Signup country or region

Supported identity documents

Supported proof of address documents, issued within the last 3 months

United States

• State-issued ID such as a driver's license or identification card

• Passport

• United States Permanent Resident Card (green card)

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Albania

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Algeria

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Angola

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Argentina

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Armenia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Bahrain

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Bangladesh

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Barbados

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Benin

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Bermuda

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Bolivia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Burkina Faso

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Cambodia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Cameroon

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Cayman Islands

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Chile

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Colombia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Congo (Brazzaville)

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Costa Rica

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Cote d'Ivoire

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Dominican Republic

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Ecuador

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Egypt

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

El Salvador

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Ethiopia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Gabon

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Ghana

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Guatemala

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Honduras

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Hong Kong

• Passport

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Indonesia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Israel

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Jamaica

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Kazakhstan

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Kenya

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Korea (South)

• Passport

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Kuwait

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Kyrgyzstan

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Macedonia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Malaysia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Maldives

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Mexico

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Moldova

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Mongolia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Morocco

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Mozambique

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Nepal

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Niger

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Nigeria

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Pakistan

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Panama

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Paraguay

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Peru

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Philippines

• Passport

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Saint Lucia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Saudi Arabia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Senegal

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Serbia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

South Africa

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Sri Lanka

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Taiwan

• Passport

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Thailand

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Togo

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Trinidad and Tobago

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Tunisia

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Turkey

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Ukraine

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

United Arab Emirates

• Passport

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Vietnam

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Virgin Islands (British)

• Driver's license

• Passport

•National ID card

• Bank statement

• Credit card statement

• Utility bill

Foreign passports are accepted from these countries

  • Aland, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria

  • Bahrain, Belgium, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory, Bulgaria, Brunei Darussalam

  • Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Croatia, Curacao, Czech Republic

  • Denmark, Dominica

  • Estonia

  • Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, French Southern Lands

  • Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guernsey, Guyana

  • Heard and McDonald Islands, Hong Kong, Hungary

  • Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy

  • Japan, Jersey

  • Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Korea (South), Kuwait

  • Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg

  • Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mayotte, Micronesia, Montenegro, Montserrat

  • Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway

  • Oman

  • Palau, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico

  • Qatar

  • Reunion, Romania, Rwanda

  • Saint Barthélemy, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland

  • Taiwan, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu

  • United Kingdom, United States of America, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay

  • Vatican City, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)

  • Wallis and Futuna Islands, Western Sahara

We will not accept:

  • School IDs

  • Medical IDs

  • Temporary (paper) IDs

  • Residence Permit

  • Public Services Card

  • Military IDs

Taking a photo of your ID

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  • Use the latest version of Google Chrome browser (whether you’re on a computer or mobile device)

  • Your phone’s camera typically produces the clearest photo

  • Make sure your settings allow Coinbase access to your camera and photos

  • Natural light works best to ensure your area is well-lit

  • Use indirect light to avoid glare

  • If you must use a webcam, try setting the ID down flat and move the webcam instead of moving the ID

  • Use a plain background for the ID

  • Don’t hold the ID in your hand (this can confuse the focusing lens and obstruct your ID)

  • Wait at least 30 minutes between attempts

If issues persist, clear your browser cache, restart the browser, and try again.

Taking a selfie (photo of your face)

This may be required for account recovery if you lose your 2-step verification device or additional security is required for an action you are trying to perform.

  • Use the latest version of Google Chrome browser

  • Face the camera directly and include your shoulders to the top of your head

  • Have a plain wall as a background, without backlight

  • Use indirect light to avoid glare

  • Do not wear sunglasses or a hat

  • If you were wearing glasses in your ID photo, try wearing them in your selfie photo 

  • Wait at least 30 minutes between attempts

If issues persist, clear your browser cache, restart the browser, and try again.

If you're still having trouble, reference the Identity Document verification troubleshooting tips.

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