# Additional verifications

Add identity verification checks to your platform’s connected accounts.

Collect additional identity verification from connected [accounts](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/accounts.md) to help reduce fraud losses, streamline risk operations, and meet additional compliance requirements. Automatically collect required information with [Connect Onboarding](https://stripe.com/connect/onboarding) or embed [Stripe Identity](https://docs.stripe.com/identity.md) as part of your custom onboarding experience. Restrict your flow of funds based on verification status and volume thresholds.

By adding a few lines of code to your *Connect* (Connect is Stripe's solution for multi-party businesses, such as marketplace or software platforms, to route payments between sellers, customers, and other recipients) integration, you can:

- Request a government-issued ID document check during initial onboarding
- Match the government-issued photo ID with selfies of the document holder
- Disable *payouts* (A payout is the transfer of funds to an external account, usually a bank account, in the form of a deposit) or payments based on verification status or volume thresholds
- Access captured images and data extracted from government-issued ID documents
- Receive detailed status updates and error messages

Common use cases for additional verifications

- **Reduce fraud losses**: For example, platforms can streamline risk processes by requiring a government-issued ID document verification before enabling the first payout.
- **Increase trust & safety**: For example, marketplaces facilitating in-person services can require government-issued photo ID verification before allowing connected accounts to collect payments or interact with other users.
- **Meet additional compliance requirements**: For example, platforms can conduct government-issued photo ID verification to confirm the user’s identity to help meet their own KYC requirements.

Plan for false positives. Automated verification is probabilistic – valid users might fail in edge cases. To avoid a bad experience, establish a manual review workflow for users rejected by automated checks.

## Get started  (Invite only)

Access to additional verifications is currently by invitation only. If you’re interested in this functionality, [reach out to sales](https://stripe.com/contact/sales) for an invitation.

## Add verification checks

[Identity document](https://docs.stripe.com/connect/additional-verifications/identity-document.md): Configure additional photo ID verification during Connect onboarding.