Kenya National ID Biometric

Q: What can you verify with the Kenya National ID?

You can verify given name, family name, middle name, full name, date of birth, nationality, and sex, along with document type, number, issuing country, and issue date. Address and document images are returned when a photo is requested and available.

Q: How does verifying with the Kenya National ID work?

The user provides their National ID number, and the system retrieves and returns identity information from the government database, with results returned via asynchronous polling.

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The Kenya National ID is the official identification document for citizens and residents, recorded in a central population register. Kenya NID requires the user to input some data about themselves into a form, and then complete a selfie to match their biometrics against the system of record. Customers can bypass the form-fill step by passing in known identity data about the user when launching the integration.

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What you can verify

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Document typeDocument numberIssuing country

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National ID number matchFace matchLiveness checkSelfie

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How to integrate

Kenya National ID Biometric

Every provider in the Trinsic network is added the same way. Three steps, one integration.

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Generate an API key for your workspace to authenticate verification requests.

Configure a verification profile

Choose which identity providers to accept, then run your first verification session.

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Biometric Registries

Biometric registries are databases, often government source databases, that provide for user verification using a biometric—either by matching a submitted image against the source or by directly performing a liveness session.

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