For AI agents: a documentation index is available at the root level at /llms.txt. Append /llms.txt to any URL for a page-level index, or .md for the markdown version of any page.
This page is for version 2026-09-29 (default).
For other versions, use one of these documentation indexes:
- 2026-09-29 (default): https://docs.withpersona.com/2026-09-29/llms.txt
- 2025-12-08: https://docs.withpersona.com/2025-12-08/llms.txt
- 2025-10-27: https://docs.withpersona.com/2025-10-27/llms.txt
- 2023-01-05: https://docs.withpersona.com/2023-01-05/llms.txt
- 2022-09-01: https://docs.withpersona.com/2022-09-01/llms.txt
- 2021-07-05: https://docs.withpersona.com/2021-07-05/llms.txt
- 2021-05-14: https://docs.withpersona.com/2021-05-14/llms.txt
- 2020-05-18: https://docs.withpersona.com/2020-05-18/llms.txt
A Government Id Verification answers the question “Does the individual possess a genuine Government Issued Identity that supports their claim to a physical identity?”
Government Id Types
Government ID verifications have an id-class attribute. This is the type of ID associated with the verification. The following are the Persona ID class identifiers. Please note that some of these ID types are only relevant to certain locales, and so may not be relevant to all use cases.
Persona Identifier
ID Class Name
cct
Certificate of Citizenship
cid
Consular ID
dl
Drivers License
foid
Colombia Foreigner ID
hic
Canada Health Insurance Card
id
Identification Card
ipp
Russia Internal Passport
keyp
Australia Keypass ID
ltpass
Singapore Long Term Visit Pass
munid
Municipal ID
myn
Japan MyNumber Card
nbi
Philippines National Bureau of Investigation Certificate
nric
Singapore National Residency ID
ofw
Philippines Overseas Foreign Worker Card
rp
Residence Permit
pan
India Permanent Account Number Card
pid
Philippines Postal Identification Card
pp
Passport
ppc
Passport Card
pr
Permanent Residence Card
sss
Philippines Social Security System Card
td
US Refugee Travel Document
tribalid
Canada Tribal ID
umid
Philippines United Multi Purpose ID
vid
Voter Id
visa
Immigration Visa
wp
Work Permit
Verification Checks
See the full set of Government ID Verification checks in the Verification Checks table in your Dashboard.
Product Versions
Component
Version
Notes
Government ID
5.10.4
1. Refactor for interoperability with Persona Transactions and workflows 2. Miscellaneous extraction improvements
Government ID
5.10.3
1. Improve archiving of ID registries
Government ID
5.10.2
1. fix gov-id image reference and error handling 2. Redact govID verifications synchronously 3. Add redaction for birthplace from govID documents
Government ID
5.10.1
1. fully roll out enable-govid-corner-hints 2. improve id corner detection 3. Add Permanent Resident and Commercial GovID designation
Government ID
5.10.0
1. Better handle mis-aligned IDs from SEA and SA 2. fully roll out enable-govid-corner-hints 3. Integrate segmentation model v3 to improve auto-classification of all IDs
