At LinkedIn, we know that authenticity is key to creating meaningful interactions. The verification badge on your profile indicates that you were able to confirm specific information about your account. Verified information helps provide authenticity signals to others that you are who you say you are. Seeing verified information on others’ profiles helps foster a trusted community so you can make more informed decisions around connecting with other professionals.
When you are logged in to LinkedIn, a verified profile will include the verified badge near the member's name on their profile:
Currently, LinkedIn supports several forms of verification:
Identity verification
- U.S., Canada, and Mexico: available to members with a valid government-issued ID and a U.S., Canadian, or Mexican personal phone number. Business phone numbers are not accepted.
- Members with a valid NFC-enabled government passport: for availability, please follow this link. Currently available in these countries.
- LinkedIn members have the option to verify their identity by uploading a government ID and/or taking a live selfie using certain trusted partners. These trusted partners (and their authorized processors) have sole access to such data and it’s deleted according to the applicable trusted partner’s privacy policy. LinkedIn does not receive any biometric data about LinkedIn members from these partners.
Workplace verification
- Via Microsoft Entra Verified ID (available for select companies)
- Via LinkedIn Learning License through companies (available for select companies)
- Via Work Email (available for select companies)
- Via active LinkedIn Recruiter license (not available for Recruiter Lite users)
Educational Institution verification
- Via education email
- Via LinkedIn Learning License
LinkedIn members have the option to verify their identity by uploading a government ID and/or taking a live selfie using certain trusted partners. These trusted partners (and their authorized processors) have sole access to such data and it’s deleted according to the applicable trusted partner’s privacy policy. LinkedIn does not receive any biometric data about LinkedIn members from these partners.
We’re continuing to expand eligibility and availability, and new types of verifications may become available in the future. To learn more about each form of verification, click on the following to expand the section.
An identity verification means that the individual’s government-issued ID was verified by one of LinkedIn’s verification partners. Currently, identity verification is limited to select geographies. We may expand identity verification globally and add more verification partners in the future.
- In the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, the identity verification is performed by CLEAR, a third-party identity verification service. It's available for those with a valid government-issued ID and a personal phone number registered in either the U.S., Canada, or Mexico. To learn more about how this verification works and the steps to verify, check out Identity verification by CLEAR. A free CLEAR account will be created for you during the process if you don’t have one already. This is separate from the paid CLEAR Plus membership for airport security access. If you already have a CLEAR account, you can continue the verification using your CLEAR identity.
- In many additional countries, the identity verification is performed by Persona, a third-party identity verification service. It’s available for those with a valid NFC-enable passport. To learn more about the availability, how this verification works, and the steps to verify, check out Identity verification by Persona.
A workplace verification means that a member has confirmed information that helps indicate work at the specific company using their work email, Microsoft Entra Verified ID, a LinkedIn Learning license provided by their company, or an active LinkedIn Recruiter license provided by their company.
- Via work email: You can verify your workplace by providing your current company email address and confirming it through the code sent to that email. Currently this method of verification is eligible to limited companies. To learn more about how this verification works and the steps to verify, check out workplace verification using your work email.
- Via Microsoft Entra Verified ID: If your company uses Microsoft Entra Verified ID and has taken specific steps to enable workplace verification, you’ll be able to verify and display that on your LinkedIn profile. To learn more about how this verification works and the steps to verify, check out Workplace verification via Microsoft Entra Verified ID.
- Via LinkedIn Learning license: If your company has provided you with a LinkedIn Learning license and has been included in workplace verification, you can display a workplace verification on your LinkedIn profile. To learn more about how this verification works and the steps to verify, check out workplace verification with LinkedIn Learning.
- Via active LinkedIn Recruiter license: If your company provides its employees with the LinkedIn Recruiter corporate subscription product, and you are assigned a Recruiter User role, Recruiter Admin role or a custom role featuring a Hiring Project Creator license with Recruiter Search permissions, you may be able to add and display a Verified Recruiter label workplace verification on your LinkedIn profile. To learn more about how this verification works and the steps to verify, check out workplace verification with LinkedIn Recruiter license.
An education verification means the individual's association to an educational institution has been verified using an education email or supported LinkedIn Learning license provided by that institution.
- Education email: You can verify your educational institution by providing your email address for your current experience or education and confirming it through the code sent to that email. Currently, this method of verification is available to limited educational institutions. To learn more about how this verification works and the steps to verify, check out educational institution verification using your associated email.
- LinkedIn Learning license: If your educational institution has provided you with a LinkedIn Learning license and has been included in educational institution verification, you can display a verification on your LinkedIn profile. To learn more about how this verification works and the steps to verify, check out educational institution verification with LinkedIn Learning.
Your choices around verifications
- Verifications are visible, but you can remove them anytime. A verification indicating that your Identity, Workplace, or Educational Institution has been confirmed will be visible on your profile once a member completes the verification process. The actual information used for verification (i.e. the email address, information on your ID card or the workplace credential) will not be visible. The issuing country of your ID could be visible on your profile. You can remove verifications anytime in settings. Learn more about our practices in our Privacy Policy.
- There is no additional cost to verify and add verifications to your LinkedIn profile.
- The display of verifications on your profile may change as the feature evolves.
- Verifications on your profile may be changed (e.g. Workplace verification may be removed if your organization changes the approved email domains for workplace verification with work email).
- If you change your name, you may have to re-verify in order to keep your verification visible on your profile. When you verify your educational institution, workplace or identity, the name you use must match what’s on your LinkedIn profile.
- Your verification may be shown on other features on the LinkedIn platform. For example, if you’re a customer with access to Job Slots and you actively post jobs, your verifications may show up on the jobs you post. These verifications are meant to help you build trust with job seekers and potential candidates.
- Adding verifications is optional. It’s not a required step to complete your profile.
If you need assistance verifying your identity, please fill out the form here.