Which documents can VerifyPDF check
VerifyPDF checks financial and official PDFs like bank statements, payslips and tax returns, plus identity documents such as passports and IDs from a photo or scan.
VerifyPDF works on financial and official documents as well as identity documents. It automatically sorts each document into a type, then runs the relevant checks. You do not pick the type yourself.
What VerifyPDF works best on
VerifyPDF is most effective on computer-generated documents such as bank statements, payslips and invoices. For identity documents like passports and ID cards, a clear photo works best.
Document types VerifyPDF recognizes
VerifyPDF auto-classifies these documents:
- Bank statements
- Bank letters
- Invoices, including utility bills like electricity, water, gas, internet and phone
- Payslips
- Employment letters
- Tax returns
- Credit reports
- Benefit letters
- Other government documents
- Other, used as a fallback when the document does not match the types above
If VerifyPDF cannot match a clear type, it labels the document other and still analyzes the file. The result may be less specific than it is for a recognized document type.
Supported file types
VerifyPDF accepts two kinds of upload, and the right format depends on the document.
- Computer-generated documents (bank statements, payslips, invoices, tax returns and the other types above) are best as the original PDF, downloaded directly from the bank, employer, portal or issuer. That keeps the file structure VerifyPDF inspects.
- Identity documents (passport, driver’s licence, national ID, residence permit) are verified from a clear photo or scan in JPG, PNG or HEIC/HEIF. These are physical documents, so an image of the document is what VerifyPDF needs.
What is not supported: Word files, spreadsheets, and files renamed to .pdf that are not really PDFs. Converting an unsupported file to PDF does not recreate the original structure.
Identity documents
VerifyPDF does check identity documents. It verifies passports, driver’s licences, national IDs and residence permits from a clear photo or scan, and pulls out the document type, issuing country, document number and expiry date.
Because these are physical documents, the process differs from a PDF bank statement. See Verify an identity document for how to capture a good photo and what VerifyPDF extracts.
What to do next
- Submit a document to run your first check.
- Verify an identity document from a photo or scan.
- Learn how to read your verification result.