# Verify your identity

Source: https://app.rentiqa.com/help/getting-started/verify-your-identity

> Who needs an identity check, how the photo ID and selfie check works, and what the Verified badge shows other people.

A **Verified** badge tells the people you rent with that your identity has been checked. They see only whether you are verified, never your documents.

## Do you need to?

- **Hosts, landlords and contractors** are verified automatically once their payout account is fully set up. There is nothing to pay and nothing to renew.
- **Tenants and applicants**: a landlord can require it before you apply or sign a lease. Their listing says so under **What's required to apply**.
- **Guests** do not need it to book. Hosts see a "verified" mark next to your name if you have done it.

## Verify

1. Open your avatar menu and choose **Verify identity** ([Verify your identity](https://app.rentiqa.com/account/verify-identity)). On a phone it is also in the **More** (or **Profile**) sheet.
2. Have a government photo ID (driver's license, ID card or passport) and a device with a camera ready; it takes a few minutes.
3. Press **Verify identity** and pay the small fee shown on the button. It is a one-time fee, and the verification stays valid for a set time.
4. You go to our identity verification provider's secure page to photograph your ID and take a selfie. Rentiqa never sees the photos.
5. Back on Rentiqa the page says **Verification is in review**, then **You're verified**. The result usually takes a minute or two. You get an email when it is done (or if the check needs another try), or come back to this page and press **Check again**.

## If it does not go through

The page tells you what happened and what to do next:

- **Payment pending**: press **Resume payment**.
- **Verification didn't pass**: the reason is shown when there is one; press **Continue verification**.
- **Verification was canceled**: press **Try again**.
- **Your verification has expired**: press **Re-verify** to renew it.

Next: [Payment methods and payouts](https://app.rentiqa.com/help/getting-started/payment-methods-and-payouts).