Verification checks
Learn about the different verification checks supported by Stripe Identity.
Stripe Identity currently supports five types of verification checks: document, selfie, ID number, address, and phone.
Each verification check requires different information from your user, has different coverage, and has a different verification flow. After you’ve integrated one check, you can add another with minimal changes to your integration.
While document checks provide a defense against the use of fraudulent identity documents, it’s possible for fraudsters to get access to legitimate stolen documents. To prevent this, Stripe Identity can perform selfie checks on your users.
Selfie checks look for distinguishing biological traits, such as face geometry, from a photo ID and a picture of your user’s face. Stripe then uses advanced machine learning algorithms to ensure the face pictures belong to the same person.
In some places, such as the EU, there are privacy laws that require you to justify your use of biometric technology or offer an alternative, non-biometric means of verification. We recommend you offer an alternative verification option or consult with your legal counsel.
See Adding selfie checks to learn how to add selfie checks to your app.
Availability 
Selfie checks are available for government issued photo IDs from the following countries: