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Identity & KYC

Passport Verification API

Confirm that a passport number, date of birth and name correspond to a genuine Indian passport. Ideal for roles involving travel, overseas deployment or where a passport is the primary identity document.

Response
Real-time
Inputs
2 required · 1 optional
Consent
Not required
Billing
Per successful call
POST /v1/passport-verification
Sandbox · Production
  1. Your application sends

    • Passport number*
    • Date of birth*
    • Full name
  2. emver API

    Validates the request, queries the source, normalises the answer and logs the call. Billed only on success.

  3. Verified with

    Passport Seva records

  4. You receive

    • Verification status
    • Registered name
    • Passport number confirmation
    • Date of birth
    • Date of application
passport-verification Full reference
Overview

What the Passport Verification API does

Passports are widely accepted as identity proof but rarely validated at source. The Passport Verification API checks the number and date of birth you submit against official passport records and returns the registered name and application details for comparison.

It slots neatly into white-collar background verification, where a passport is often the ID a candidate has to hand, and into travel, hospitality and cross-border onboarding flows.

Benefits

Why teams use the Passport Verification API

Verify Indian passport details against official records.

Source-verified

Validates against the passport authority rather than reading the document with OCR alone.

Name on record

Compare the declared name with the name on file to spot impersonation.

Real-time

No manual document review queue for a check that can complete instantly.

Pairs with DigiLocker

Let the candidate share the digital passport through DigiLocker for a consent-driven, document-backed result.

Use cases

Where it's called

Where the Passport Verification API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Executive and expat hiring

Verify identity for roles that involve international travel or overseas postings.

Travel and hospitality

Validate guest or crew identity where passports are the standard document.

Overseas education and immigration services

Confirm applicant identity before filing on their behalf.

NRI account onboarding

Passport is the primary ID for non-resident customers.

How it works

Four steps, one response envelope

Request and response details, environments and a ready-to-import collection are in the developer console.

  1. 01

    Authenticate

    Call with your organisation API key. Sandbox and production use the same contract.

  2. 02

    Send the inputs

    Passport number, Date of birth as a JSON body. Optional fields sharpen the match.

  3. 03

    We verify at source

    emver queries the authoritative record, normalises the answer and logs the request.

  4. 04

    Act on the result

    A verification status plus the fields listed above, in the same response envelope as every other API.

Privacy and security built in

Consent recorded · Payloads not retained beyond your retention window · Every request traceable

FAQ

Passport Verification API: frequently asked questions

What teams ask before adding the Passport Verification API to their integration.

No. This API covers Indian passports. For foreign nationals, emver offers global identity and document checks through its verification services.

The passport authority matches on number plus date of birth. Sending both prevents false positives on reissued or similar numbers.

Yes. Combine this API with the DigiLocker flow so the person shares the digitally signed passport document with consent, and the details are verified automatically.

Related

APIs that run alongside it

Usually called with the Passport Verification API, on the same key.

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