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Abdullah E Community Member

ID Verification Taking Too Long

Hello,

 

I've submitted my ID for verification a while ago, but it is still showing the "We're reviewing your documents and will get back to you within 1 business day." note. How long does this usually take?

 

Would appreciate your urgent support with this process as we need to hire freelancers.

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Nikola S Moderator

 
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Reece's avatar
Reece M Community Member

Hi Arjay, thank you.

 

With the ID and needing it to have an address on, South African IDs and even Drivers do not have those details on them. So I am not sure how that will impact the validation. The dirvers licenses are the only ones that have signatures.

 

Not sure how this works or if you guys have had people from SA on here before

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Moderator

Hi Reece,

 

Thank you for your message. I see that you have already submitted your documents. Please allow 1-3 business days for the team to review and update your account.

 

Thank you,

Pradeep

Reece's avatar
Reece M Community Member

The 1-3 business days is my concern, as my account had the deadline of next week Monday and today is Thursday, so that leaves 2 days and the uncertainty that I now won't be paid. So hopefully you can understand this unnecessary stress this process is adding. 

if I may make two suggestions, please make use of onfindo, the turn around time for verification is a lot better. And secondly maybe make new registers aware of this need if they intend to do business on the platform. 

Reece's avatar
Reece M Community Member

Maybe given the limbo state of this situation, should I continue to persue my proposals and an active job that I am doing on upwork? As my client has already paid into escrow and 90% of the work is complete...

Reece's avatar
Reece M Community Member

Hi Arjay, it seems many other people seem to have success with this better and alsways have their tickets moved up while I sit here not having a response or acknowledgement that anything has progressed?

 

I submitted my Government ID the other day and still no response or update if I need to do anything.

Luiggi's avatar
Luiggi R Moderator

Hello Reece,

 

My sincerest apologies for not getting back to you earlier. I shared your report with our team and one of our agents will reach out to you using a support ticket to assist you further. You can access your support tickets here.

~ Luiggi
Reece's avatar
Reece M Community Member

Hi Luiggi, thank you for confirming everything. I see know in the support area the actual reason for the first attempt being delayed. The support ticket section doesn't send messages to an email.

 

Thank you.

Gilang's avatar
Gilang R Community Member

I have been on the same things, already been weeks, always failed, i already give my scanned ID again, again and again,,no blur no cropped, but always failed verified,,im just want to getting paid,,We are not some kind of scammer or terorist, why always failed and taking very long time??Please Help

Janvi's avatar
Janvi J Community Member

I submitted my ID for verification at least over a week ago and still haven't gotten approval. Im worried this willl block my account despite it not being my issue. What do I do? 

Ionut's avatar
Ionut T Community Member

Hello,

I ve done the selfie check but, i just realised that i didn t held my passport for the camera,so my question is, can i take another selfie? .. or what is the procedure?

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Moderator

Hi Ionut,

 

Thank you for reaching out. I can see that you've already raised a support ticket regarding your concern. You can access your support tickets here . Note that support requests are responded to in the order they are received. Kindly allow 24-48 hours for the team to follow up with you and assist you further.

 

Thank you,

Pradeep

Audrius's avatar
Audrius Z Community Member

Hello,

I have a similar issue to a few people that have posted here and received the support.
Last Thrusday I have received a message "Verify your identity by 05/11/2023 UTC to continue winning jobs on Upwork". I have uploaded my ID and selfie imediately but it still says that it is being reviewed. With the 05/11/2023 deadline being very close I am really worried I will be suspended if my identification isn't reviewed on time. Please help.

Kind regards,

Audrius

Yousef's avatar
Yousef H Community Member

Dear UpWork!
My account ID still didn't get verified!

I have a similar problem regarding the verification process of the ID
taking too long!
I kindly request to solve this issue for me as it is necessary for work on
upwork!
Arjay's avatar
Arjay M Retired Team Member

Hi Yousef,

 

I've reached out to the team handling your case and submitted a follow-up with the status of your ID verification. It looks like there's only one part of the process that needs to be reviewed and the team has reached out with more details about that via email. Feel free to coordinate with the team if you have questions or need further assistance.

 

~ Arjay
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Yurii's avatar
Yurii V Community Member

- Hello
The website states that the verification of documents will take 1-3 days, but more than 4 days have already passed, but the verification is still in the verification status, what to do?

Andrea's avatar
Andrea G Community Manager

Hi Yurii,

 

I checked with the team and you should see an update about your verification on this page.

 

~Andrea
Yusuf's avatar
Yusuf U Community Member

Id verification is taking too long and my contract has been pause because of that 

 

please kindly verify me I have submitted all the necessary documents 

Sayed's avatar
Sayed M Community Member

- Hello
The website states that the verification of documents will take 1-3 days, but more than 5 days have already passed, but the verification is still in the verification status, what to do?

Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Moderator

Hi Sayed,

 

Thank you for your message. I have followed up with the team handling your account and I am pleased to inform you that your account is verified now.

 

Thank you,

Pradeep

Oliver Rueben's avatar
Oliver Rueben P Community Member

I need help verifying my ID as well. 

Nikola's avatar
Nikola S Moderator

Hi Oliver,

 

Thank you for reaching out to us. I checked and it seems that you already created a support ticket for the issue you are experiencing. Please allow more time for our team to review your case and respond accordingly to your ticket. You will be notified of their response.

 

~ Nikola
Syed's avatar
Syed M Community Member

It's been three days and my id is not been verified yet. If i have to give additional information or if there's issue kindly let me know. I'm working for client right now and don't want any problems in my account which effects the client. 

Thank you.

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Katika Marati M Community Member

Hi   Nikola S   Pradeep H Luiggi R
This is Katika Marati Murali

i have already uploaded the documents for ID verification on 5th May, 2023. It's still under the review. I am getting not able to verify previosuly still i'm getting pop-ups for action required to verify the identiy by 05/05/23. more than 15 days left it's not getting to verify  my identity verification tommrow is my withdrawal date if not verify means i wont' get my money so kindly verify my identity verification ,Please let me know how long it will take.
please kindly verify my identity quikly please.
please check below screeshot.
Note: i'm even getting this message also this page is showing check both screenshots and kindly solve my issue.


https://support.upwork.com/hc/en-us/requests
Re: We could not approve your ID for the Upwork Identity Badge

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Aram's avatar
Aram A Community Member

Hi , I keep getting : Verify your identity by 05/23/2023 UTC to continue winning jobs on Upwork . while i already send it and it took so much time then I got another message that I need to uploade it again , but I have an contract and its strarting on 22/05 and still no response from Upwork !

Luiggi's avatar
Luiggi R Moderator

Hi Aram,

 

I'm sorry if this has inconvenienced you in any way, but considering that the team already reached out to you with further steps to take, I'd suggest that you follow the team's guidelines for uploading the required information. If you have already uploaded the documents, kindly allow more time for the team to review them and they will let you know if anything else is needed.

~ Luiggi
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