South Africa National ID Lookup

Q: What is South Africa National ID Lookup?

South Africa National ID Lookup verifies a person against South Africa's national ID system, the smart ID card issued at age 16 to citizens and permanent residents. It retrieves full identity information from the government database.

Q: What can you verify with South Africa National ID Lookup?

It returns given name, family name, full name, date of birth, nationality where applicable, sex, document type and number, issuing country, and a document portrait photo.

Q: Can businesses use South Africa National ID Lookup for KYC and onboarding?

Yes. It enables businesses to verify users against the government system of record, supporting identity verification.

Q: How does verifying with South Africa National ID Lookup work?

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

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South Africa’s national ID system that verifies citizen data against the official population registry. A tamper-resistant smart ID card is issued at age 16, and is compulsory for citizens and permanent residents; it serves as the primary identification document for government and private-sector transactions.

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What you can verify

Always returned

Given nameFamily nameFull nameDate of birthSexDocument typeDocument numberIssuing country

Sometimes returned

NationalityDocument portrait

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How to integrate

South Africa National ID Lookup

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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