Acuant GovID
Overview
Acuant’s Trusted Identity Platform was built to address the growing challenges of fraud and evolving security concerns in our increasingly digital economy. Simply put, Acuant’s fast, accurate and scalable identity verification provides the best solutions to get you the best customers. For over 20 years, Acuant has processed millions of trusted transactions daily in 196+ countries.
Country support
196+ countries (see your Solutions Architect for specific details)
Available input attributes
Front/Back of GovID (jpg)
Selfie (jpg)
DOB
Document ID
Full Name
Assertion List
Assertion Name | Definition |
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test.documentClassified | A check to ensure the images are of a recognizable/supported Acuant document type. |
test.allowableDocument | A check to ensure the document type is an "allowable" type (see table in next section). |
test.documentAuthenticated | A check which uses Acuant's proprietary algorithm to ensure the identified document type is a valid, unmodified Government-issued identification card. |
test.facialPhotosMatch | Ensures the selfie provided matches the headshot from the front-of-document (a biometric match). |
test.possibleFraud | Uses a proprietary Acuant algorithm to determine if the front of document appears to be fraudulent (ex. modifications, picture-of-a-screen, unexpected printing pattern) |
test.selfieLiveness | Ensures the selfie taken is of a live face (not a picture-of-picture, printed paper or a mask) |
test.expired | Checks if the expiration date on the document is before today. If there is no expiration date, this assertion will be PASS or UNVERIFIED. |
link.dob_idCard | Checks if the DOB provided matches the DOB on the document |
link.fullName_passport | Checks if the full name provided matches the full name on the document (fuzzy match available). Note: We can match first name, multiple first names, and first-part of multiple first name ex. Bobby-Joe Aiken can match as Bobby Aiken or Bobby-Joe Aiken. |
link.lastName_passport | Checks if the last name provided matches the DOB on the document (fuzzy match available) |
link.passportNumber_passport | Checks if the document number provided matches the number on the document |
test.2DBarcodeReadable | Checks to ensure 2d barcode was extracted correctly |
test.documentDOBValid | Data quality checks to ensure basic things like the DOB is not in the future or < 1900 |
test.documentVisiblePatternsCheck | Check to ensure at least 1 security feature was detectable on the document |
test.documentFacialPhotoCheck | Check to ensure a headshot exists and was extracted correctly off the document |
test.overallDocumentCrosscheck test.documentExpirationDateCrosscheck | Checks to ensure the data found in the 2d barcode exactly match data displayed in plain-text on the document (ID card / license only) |
test.compositeMRZcheck | Checks to ensure the data found in the MRZ exactly match data displayed in plain-text on the document (passport only) |
link.selfie_govID | Highest order / compound assertion which ensures all of the assertions below are PASS:
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test.physicalDocumentPresence | (Deprecated - superseded by test.possibleFraud) Ensures the image is of a live physical document (eg. not a picture-of-a-picture or an unexpected printed version of a document) |
test.barcodeUnmodified | (Deprecated - superseded by test.possibleFraud) Ensures the barcode on back-of-document (or MRZ for passport) is not modified |
test.documentPortraitUnmodified | (Deprecated - superseded by test.possibleFraud) Ensures the headshot on the front-of-document is not modified |
test.photoPrinting | (Deprecated - superseded by test.possibleFraud) Ensures the printing technique matches the expected technique for the respective document |
Allowable Document Types (test.allowableDocument definition)
Document Type | Allowable for License | Allowable for ID Card | Allowable for Passport |
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Unknown | |||
Passport | Yes | ||
Visa | Yes | ||
Drivers License | Yes | Yes | |
Identification Card | Yes | Yes | |
Permit | Yes | ||
Currency | |||
Residence Document | Yes | ||
Travel Document | Yes | ||
Birth Certificate | |||
Vehicle Registration | |||
Other | |||
Weapon License | |||
Tribal Identification | |||
Voter Identification | Yes | ||
Military | Yes | ||
Consular Identification | Yes |
Acquired Attributes
Name (JSON) | Definition |
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acquiredDOB | DOB from the document: |
acquiredFullName | Full name from the document: |
acquiredPassportIssueDate | Issue date from the document: |
acquiredPassportNumber | Unique Document Number from the document |
acquiredNationality | India |
acuantDocumentAuthenticationStatus | Acuants overall document status |
acuantFaceMatchScore | Closeness score from Acuant (above 75 is considered good) |
documentSeries | Document type identifier (ex. licenses are often a year, ePassport, Z5) |
documentIssueType | Document type (Passport, license, voter id card etc.). Speak to your solutions architect if you need a full list |
gender | Gender listed on document |
govIDCountry | Issuing country for the document |
keesingCode | Keesing code of the document |
lastNameMatchRatio | Percentage-closeness the provided fullname matches the fullname on the document (0-100 % of the fuzzy match result) |
passportNumberMatchRatio | Percentage-closeness the provided document # matches the id on the document (0-100 % of the fuzzy match result) |
imageFrontSharpness | Glare/Blur ratings from the front/back images (above 50 is good) |
placeOfBirth | Place of birth listed on document (Passport only) |
suggestedActions | Actions a user can take to improve their chances at passing (typically only appear if a user failed document validation) |
Updated 2 months ago