Types of IDs that Facebook accepts
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If you need to confirm your name or age on Facebook, or if you've lost access to your account, you may be asked to send us a copy of something with your name or age on it. You have several different options for this, including photo IDs issued by the government, IDs from non-government organisations, official certificates or licences that include your name or other physical items such as a magazine subscription or an item of post.
In some cases, such as authorisation for advertisers running ads about social issues, elections or politics, there may be special ID requirements.
Please only submit the required documents. Submitting more documents than necessary may delay the review process.
Facebook contracts with Yoti, a third-party age verification service, to ensure an age-appropriate experience for our users. Yoti offers various methods for verifying age on Facebook and is verified by the Age Check Certification Scheme. Yoti is used across several industries around the world, including social media, gaming and age-restricted e-commerce.
Yoti can verify your age with the following methods:
- Upload an ID
- Take a video selfie
Note: The ID that you choose must include a photo of your face and your date of birth (i.e. passport or driving licence).
You can also learn more about what happens to your ID after you've sent it to Facebook.
Don't digitally conceal ID information
To help us prevent fake IDs and other abuses, we don't accept photos that have been digitally modified to hide information.
We ignore any sensitive information on your ID that is not required for our review, such as your ID number or social security number. You can also physically cover any non-essential information on your ID, before you take a photo of the document.
Government IDs
You can send us one government ID to confirm your name or regain access to your account.
Anything that you send us should contain either:
- Your name and date of birth, or
- Your name and a photo (for non-age verification requests).
Some examples of government IDs that we accept include:
- Driving licence
- National identity card
- Passport
- Birth certificate
Non-government IDs
We understand that your authentic name may not be represented on an official, government-issued ID or you may not have access to this type of document.
If you can't provide a government ID, you can send us 2 different non-government IDs instead.
Bear in mind that:
- Anything that you send us must include your name.
- At least one of the two documents should include your date of birth and/or photo.
- The name on the items that you send must be the same name that you want to show on your profile.
If you've lost access to your account, you may be asked to provide something from the list that also shows a photo or date of birth that matches the details on your Facebook account. This extra precaution helps us ensure that only you have access to your account.
Examples of non-government IDs we accept:
- Student card
- Library card
- Refugee card
- Employment verification
- Diploma
- Loyalty card
ID requirements for ads about social issues, elections or politics
If you want to run ads about social issues, elections or politics:
- Your ID must be from the country where you want to run ads, and the name of that country must appear on your ID.
- If your ID has an expiry date, the ID must not be expired.
- Accepted ID types differ by country. Check which forms of identification are accepted in the country you wish to run ads.
Visit the Business Help Centre to learn more about ads with political content.
