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Providing business documents in order to get verified

When it’s time for your business to get verified, if we can’t complete verification using public records, we’ll reach out to ask you for additional documentation.

Business documents we might ask for

Business ownership and registration documents

We may ask you to provide a document showing proof of registration for the business and/or ownership of your business. For proof of ownership, the document should show the latest information about any beneficial owners of the business, including their full, legal name.

If there are other entities which own your business, we may ask for further documents relating to the parent company, so that we can establish who is the ultimate owner. Any documents need to show the names of the people who own the business.

Generally we can accept business documents such as:

  • Articles of Association
  • Articles / Certificate of Incorporation
  • Certificate of Good Standing
  • Certificate of Company Registration
  • Company bylaws
  • Memorandum of Association
  • Value added tax (VAT) certificate or registration

The names of these documents may vary based on the country your business is registered in. You can find a country-based list of business documents we might ask for below.

Government IDs

We may ask you to provide a valid (non-expired) government-issued ID if we didn’t collect it during the identity verification process. We may also ask for government IDs for beneficial owners and executives of the business. Keep in mind that you can submit government identification on behalf of other business owners.

We accept the majority of government-issued IDs for verification. Learn more about the types of IDs that can be used.

What happens if we can’t verify your business

If we're not able to verify your business with the document provided, we’ll let you know and you can upload a new one. Some examples of why we might not be able to use a document you uploaded:

  • It has expired
  • It’s too blurry to read
  • It wasn’t issued by the government
  • It’s someone else’s ID who isn’t entered on the account (ex: you wrote that a beneficial owner is Person A but you uploaded the ID of Person B)

Some examples of why we might not be able to use a business document you uploaded:

  • It doesn't contain the information we need, such as who owns the business
  • It’s not from an independent source or an official document
  • The document has expired

How your information will be used

Your business information is handled according to our Privacy Policy.

We may share your business information with authorized third-party service providers to help support the business verification process—for example, to help authenticate your business information.

Examples of business documents

The below includes examples of documents we may be able to accept based on the business's location. If you have issues identifying the appropriate document to include, please contact us for further assistance.

Country

Document

Australia

  • Australian Business Number Confirmation (Certificate of Registration)
  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Record of Registration (Certificate of Registration)
  • Australian Business Register Extract (Commercial Register Extract)
  • Certificate of Registration of Change of Name
  • Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Extract (Charity or Non-Profit Extract)
  • Consumer Affairs Association Extract (Incorporated Association Extract)

Bahrain

Commercial Registration Certificate (Issued by the Kingdom of Bahrain Ministry of Industry & Commerce)

Bangladesh

Trade License

Belgium

Kopie van publicatie in de Bijlagen tot het Belgisch Staatsblad / Copie des annexes publiées dans le registre officiel belge / Ausfertigung zur Veröffentlichung in den Anlagen zum Belgischen Staatsblatt (Copy of appendices published in the official Belgian register)

Benin

Carte d'Identifiant Fiscal Unique (Tax ID Card)

Bhutan

Business License issued by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan

Brazil

  • Certificado da Condição de Microempreendedor Individual / CCMEI (MEI Certificate)
  • Requerimento de Empresário Individual (Enrollment document of the individual entrepreneur)
  • Declaração de Enquadramento de Empresa de Pequeno Porte – EPP (Declaration of small business category)
  • Ato Constitutivo da EIRELI (Incorporation document of EIRELI)

Canada

  • Certificate of Corporate Status
  • Letter or notice of assessment from a municipal, provincial, territorial or federal government
  • A partnership agreement (Only acceptable for partnership / non-profit / unincorporated legal entities)

Czechia

Registrace obchodu (Trade Registration)

Dominican Republic

Mercantile Registration

Egypt

MCDR registration certificate

Finland

Kaupparekisteriote / Handelsregistrering (Trade Registration)

France

  • Extrait d'immatriculation D1 (Artisan Register Extract)
  • Avis de situation au répertoire SIREN (SIREN Register Extract)
  • Lettre de confirmation de numéro SIREN délivrée par l'Urssaf (SIREN Number Confirmation)
  • Statuts de l'Association (Articles of Association – only acceptable for non-profits)
  • Parution dans le Journal Officiel (Extract from the Official Gazette – only acceptable for non-profits)

Germany

  • Gewerbeanmeldung (Trade Registration)
  • Gewerbeschein (Trade License)

India

  • Registration Certificate of Establishment
  • Certificate or Registration document issued by the sales tax, service tax, or professional tax authorities
  • License or certificate of practice issued in the name of the proprietary concern by any professional body incorporated under a statute
  • GST certificate
  • Sales tax return
  • Income tax return

Indonesia

  • Company License
  • Ministerial Decree

Ireland

Partnership Agreement

Italy

  • Visura camerale / Certificato camerale (Registers and lists of authorized entities)
  • Rendiconto finanziario / Bilancio (Financial statements or equivalent documents)

Japan

  • List of shareholders form (please download and fill out)
  • 登記謄本 (Touki)
  • 印鑑登録証明書 (Seal registration certificate)

Korea

  • Business registration certificate
  • 사업자등록증

Kuwait

Trade License

Latvia

  • Komersanta reģistrācijas apliecība (Merchant Registration Certificate)
  • Lursoft dokuments (Lursoft Document)
  • Reģistra izsniegts dokuments ar PVN maksātāja numuru (VAT number from the register)

Luxembourg

Licence commerciale / Handelslizenz (Trade license)

Malaysia

Dokumen Pendaftaran Perniagaan (Business Registration Document)

Mexico

  • Cédula de Identificación Fiscal (Tax ID)
  • Constancia de Situación Fiscal SAT

Morocco

Bulletin de Notification de L'Identificant Fiscal (Tax ID Certificate)

New Zealand

New Zealand Companies Office Company Extract

Niger

Certificat d'immatriculation (Registration Certificate)

North Macedonia

Extract from the Central Registry of North Macedonia (Commercial Registry Extract)

Peru

Registro en SUNARP (SUNARP Registration)

Poland

  • Odpis z Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego - KRS + REGON
  • Numer Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego (KRS) (National Court Register number)
  • Zaświadczenie o numerze identyfikacyjnym REGON (REGON certificate)

Qatar

Commercial License

Romania

Certificate constatatoare

Slovakia

List vydaný vládou (Government issued letter)

Slovenia

Obvestilo o identifikaciji in razvrstitvi po dejavnostih

Spain

Documento acreditativo del NIF (NIF document)

Sweden

  • Registreringsbevis (Skatteverket) (Document issued by government agency showing organization identity number)
  • Inskrivningsbevis (Notice by the Registration Office in the Official Gazette)

Thailand

หลักฐานแสดงการจดทะเบียนบริษัทที่ออกโดยรัฐบาล (Government issued proof of incorporation)

UAE

Trade license / Freelancer permit

United Kingdom

  • Charity Commission Document
  • HM Revenue and Customs: Account Statement

United States

  • IRS Letter 147C
  • IRS SS-4 confirmation letter
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