# Extracts sex and place of birth from government-issued ID documents ## What’s new Adds the `sex`, `unparsed_sex` and `unparsed_place_of_birth` fields to the [Verification Report](https://docs.stripe.com/api/identity/verification_reports/object.md?api-version=2025-05-28.basil) in the [document](https://docs.stripe.com/api/identity/verification_reports/object.md?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_report_object-document) section. If a document doesn’t contain this information, the corresponding value is null. For example, while passports usually include both sex and place of birth, a driver’s license might include sex but have a null value for `unparsed_place_of_birth`. We recommend using `sex` because it’s parsed into an enum; however, you can use `unparsed_sex` if you need the raw value. These fields are also available in the [Verification Session](https://docs.stripe.com/api/identity/verification_sessions.md?api-version=2025-05-28.basil) for the [last verification report](https://docs.stripe.com/api/identity/verification_sessions/object.md?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_session_object-last_verification_report) and in the [verified outputs](https://docs.stripe.com/api/identity/verification_sessions/object.md?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_session_object-verified_outputs). Because these fields contain sensitive information, in order to retrieve them you need to use a [restricted API key](https://docs.stripe.com/identity/access-verification-results.md#create-restricted-key) and explicitly [expand them](https://docs.stripe.com/api/expanding_objects.md?api-version=2025-05-28.basil). For example, to retrieve the `sex` and `unparsed_place_of_birth` fields, follow the steps to [retrieve sensitive verification results](https://docs.stripe.com/identity/access-verification-results.md). The response might look like this: ```json { "id": "vs_", "object": "identity.verification_session", ... "verified_outputs": { "first_name": "Jenny", "last_name": "Rosen", ..."sex": "female", "unparsed_place_of_birth": "U.S.A." } } ``` ## Impact Platforms that need sex or place of birth information to fulfill additional KYC requirements, such as reporting them to an external agency, can now retrieve them using the [Identity API](https://docs.stripe.com/identity/verification-sessions.md). ## Changes #### REST API | Parameters | Change | Resources or endpoints | | ------------------------------------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `sex`, `unparsed_place_of_birth`, `unparsed_sex` | Added | [Identity.VerificationReport.document](/api/identity/verification_reports/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_report_object-document), [Identity.VerificationSession.verified_outputs](/api/identity/verification_sessions/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_session_object-verified_outputs) | #### Ruby | Parameters | Change | Resources or methods | | ------------------------------------------------ | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `sex`, `unparsed_place_of_birth`, `unparsed_sex` | Added | [Identity::VerificationReport::Document](/api/identity/verification_reports/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_report_object-document), [Identity::VerificationSession::VerifiedOutput](/api/identity/verification_sessions/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_session_object-verified_outputs) | #### Python | Parameters | Change | Resources or methods | | ------------------------------------------------ | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `sex`, `unparsed_place_of_birth`, `unparsed_sex` | Added | [Identity.VerificationReport.Document](/api/identity/verification_reports/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_report_object-document), [Identity.VerificationSession.VerifiedOutput](/api/identity/verification_sessions/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_session_object-verified_outputs) | #### PHP This change does not affect the PHP SDK. #### Java | Parameters | Change | Resources or methods | | -------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `sex`, `unparsedPlaceOfBirth`, `unparsedSex` | Added | [identity.VerificationReport.document](/api/identity/verification_reports/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_report_object-document), [identity.VerificationSession.verified_outputs](/api/identity/verification_sessions/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_session_object-verified_outputs) | #### Node.js | Parameters | Change | Resources or methods | | ------------------------------------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `sex`, `unparsed_place_of_birth`, `unparsed_sex` | Added | [Identity.VerificationReport.document](/api/identity/verification_reports/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_report_object-document), [Identity.VerificationSession.verified_outputs](/api/identity/verification_sessions/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_session_object-verified_outputs) | #### Go | Parameters | Change | Resources or methods | | -------------------------------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `Sex`, `UnparsedPlaceOfBirth`, `UnparsedSex` | Added | [IdentityVerificationReportDocument](/api/identity/verification_reports/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_report_object-document), [IdentityVerificationSessionVerifiedOutputs](/api/identity/verification_sessions/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_session_object-verified_outputs) | #### .NET | Parameters | Change | Resources or methods | | -------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | `Sex`, `UnparsedPlaceOfBirth`, `UnparsedSex` | Added | [Identity.VerificationReport.Document](/api/identity/verification_reports/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_report_object-document), [Identity.VerificationSession.VerifiedOutputs](/api/identity/verification_sessions/object?api-version=2025-05-28.basil#identity_verification_session_object-verified_outputs) | ## Upgrade #### REST API 1. 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