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Get verified on LinkedIn

It is free. You need your phone and your passport, ID card or residence permit.

Checked on October 26, 2026

Get these ready

  • Your phone with the LinkedIn app. Update the app first.
  • Your document with a chip. Look for this sign on it: . In the US, Canada and Mexico a driver's license works too. Which documents work where
  • Your name on LinkedIn must match your document, letter by letter.
  • Your LinkedIn location must be the country you live in.

Do this

  1. Open the LinkedIn app on your phone.

    On a computer? Click Me at the top, then the same buttons. A QR code shows up. Scan it with your phone.

  2. Tap your photo in the top left corner. Then tap:

    View profile

  3. Tap these, one after the other:

    ResourcesAbout this memberVerify now

  4. Pick the country that gave you your document. Then pick your document.

  5. Agree to the terms.

    In the US, Canada and Mexico this may be CLEAR. Then also type your personal phone number (not a work one).

  6. Take a photo of your document.

    Bright light, no glare. Show all four corners.

  7. Scan the chip.

    Take the case off your phone. Lay the phone flat on the document and hold still until it says done. iPhone: use the top edge. Android: the middle of the back.

  8. Take a selfie.

  9. Tap:

    Yes, Share

Done

The badge shows next to your name.

Did not work?

No “Verify now” button.
Update the app. Make sure your LinkedIn location is the country you live in.
“We are unable to verify identities in this country”.
LinkedIn does not take documents from that country. See the list.
The chip will not scan.
Take off every case. The phone must touch the document. Try the other side.