---
title: "Verify International Passport"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/merchant/documents/international-passport"
tags: ["Identity Verification"]
---

# Verify International Passport

`POST /api/v1/merchant/documents/international-passport`

Verify an international passport and retrieve the identity details attached to the passport number.

## Headers

- `api-key` string, required
- `api-secret` string, required
- `Content-Type` 'application/json', required

## Request body

- InternationalPassportVerificationRequest
  - `passport_number` string, required — International passport number

## Response `200`

International passport verification response

- InternationalPassportVerificationResponse
  - `success` boolean, required
  - `message` string, required
  - `data` InternationalPassportVerificationData, required
    - `first_name` string, required
    - `middle_name` string, required
    - `last_name` string, required
    - `gender` string, required
    - `birth_date` string, required
    - `photo` string, required
    - `passport_number` string, required
    - `issue_date` string, required
    - `expiry_date` string, required
    - `nationality` string, required
  - `charges` VerificationCharges, required
    - `charged` boolean, required — Whether the verification request was billed
    - `charged_amount` string, required — Amount charged for the verification request

## Other responses

- `402` — Verification could not be processed because the wallet balance is insufficient

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