PVID

Review the following regional lists of acceptable identity documents for the PVID (Prestataires de vérification d'identité à distance) identification process.

PVID is only accepted for the countries listed. If a country doesn't appear on one of the following regional lists, the user needs to use a different identification process.

Accepted documents by region

🌍 Africa

Africa

Passports are the only acceptable identity document for PVID for the following countries:

• 🇩🇿 Algeria
• 🇨🇲 Cameroon
• 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
• 🇪🇬 Egypt
• 🇬🇭 Ghana
• 🇬🇳 Guinea
• 🇰🇪 Kenya
• 🇲🇱 Mali
• 🇲🇦 Morocco
• 🇳🇬 Nigeria
• 🇿🇦 South Africa
• 🇺🇬 Uganda

🌎 Americas

Americas (North, Central, South, and surrounding islands)

Passports are the only acceptable identity document for PVID for the following countries:

• 🇦🇷 Argentina
• 🇧🇷 Brazil
• 🇨🇦 Canada
• 🇨🇱 Chile
• 🇨🇴 Colombia
• 🇲🇽 Mexico
• 🇵🇦 Panama
• 🇵🇪 Peru
• 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis
• 🇺🇾 Uruguay
• 🇻🇪 Venezuela

🌏 Asia

Asia (East and West)

Passports are the only acceptable identity document for PVID for the following countries:

• 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
• 🇧🇭 Bahrain
• 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
• 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam
• 🇨🇳 China
• 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
• 🇮🇱 Israel
• 🇯🇵 Japan
• 🇯🇴 Jordan
• 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
• 🇰🇼 Kuwait
• 🇱🇧 Lebanon
• 🇲🇴 Macao
• 🇲🇾 Malaysia
• 🇳🇵 Nepal
• 🇴🇲 Oman
• 🇵🇰 Pakistan
• 🇷🇺 Russia
• 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
• 🇸🇬 Singapore
• 🇰🇷 South Korea
• 🇹🇼 Taiwan
• 🇹🇭 Thailand
• 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
• 🇹🇷 Turkey
• 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

🇪🇺 Europe

Europe

Country	Identity card	Passport	Residence permit
🇦🇩 Andorra	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇦🇲 Armenia	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇦🇹 Austria	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇧🇪 Belgium	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇧🇬 Bulgaria	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✗
🇨🇾 Cyprus	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇨🇿 Czechia	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✗
🇩🇰 Denmark	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇪🇪 Estonia	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇫🇮 Finland	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇫🇷 France	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇩🇪 Germany	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇬🇷 Greece	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican)	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇭🇺 Hungary	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✗
🇮🇸 Iceland	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇮🇪 Ireland	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇮🇹 Italy	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇽🇰 Kosovo	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇱🇻 Latvia	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✗
🇱🇹 Lithuania	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇱🇺 Luxembourg	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇲🇹 Malta	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✗
🇲🇩 Moldova	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇲🇨 Monaco	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇳🇱 Netherlands	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✗
🇲🇰 North Macedonia	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇳🇴 Norway	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✗
🇵🇱 Poland	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✗
🇵🇹 Portugal	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇷🇴 Romania	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✗
🇸🇲 San Marino	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇷🇸 Serbia	✗	✓ Passport	✗
🇸🇰 Slovakia	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇸🇮 Slovenia	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇪🇸 Spain	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✓ Residence permit
🇸🇪 Sweden	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✗
🇨🇭 Switzerland	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✗
🇺🇦 Ukraine	✓ Identity card	✓ Passport	✗
🇬🇧 United Kingdom	✗	✓ Passport	✗

🏝️ Oceania

Oceania

Passports are the only acceptable identity document for PVID for the following countries:

• 🇦🇺 Australia
• 🇳🇿 New Zealand
• 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands