Adding new payment method removed verified badge from my profile

[hayder204]

Hey!

I hope someone can answer my query swiftly.

So I am fairly new to Upwork and I set Payoneer as my first payment method. When I received my first ever payment, I got fees on both upwork and Payoneer.

So I decided to add my bank account for wire transfer instead. Which has only one fee on upwork.

However, when I did, it removed verified badge from my account and asked me to submit documents again.

Can anyone tell me why is this the case? How does it affect my profile?

P.s. I'm from Pakistan and my current ID card is in Urdu language. So it's up for manual review.

[g_vasilevski]

Hi Muhammad,

Trust and safety is our priority on Upwork. That’s why we occasionally ask users to verify their accounts. I would also like to confirm that it can take up to 3 days for a new payment method to be verified. Once this is done, you will be able to withdraw your funds. Thank you.