Why was my document rejected?

Your documents might be rejected for the following reasons:

  1. Document has missing information or doesn’t meet requirements
  2. A document will be rejected if it doesn’t meet our requirements.

    Select the relevant document type to see what information must be included in the table below.


    Document type

    Requirements

    ID

    • Government issued
    • Under your own name (matching the name in your Payoneer account)
    • Date of birth (matching date of birth provided upon signing up for Payoneer account)
    • ID type/document type must match the type chosen upon signing up for a Payoneer account
    • ID number/document number must match the type chosen upon signing up for a Payoneer account
    • Photo
    • Cannot be expired

    Note: for some countries we require the back side of the ID depending on the ID document type.


    Note: if your ID doesn’t match your billing country, we will request that you provide additional documents, such as proof of address from your billing country.

    Utility bill

    • Gas, water, electricity, landline phone, mobile broadband, internet or cable bills, or credit card statements
    • Government issued or issued by a government recognized entity
    • Under your own name/company name (matching the name in your Payoneer account)
    • Full address (matching the address provided upon signing up for Payoneer account)
    • Date of issuance
    • Cannot be older than 3 months

    Bank statement

    Document must include:

    • Name of owner of bank account (matching your own name as a Payoneer account holder)/company name
    • Bank name
    • Bank account number
    • Optional: Verification features (routing, IBAN, SWIFT, bank and branch code)

    If you are providing a bank statement to verify your residential address:

    • Full address (matching the address provided upon signing up for Payoneer account)
    • Issuing date cannot be older than 3 months
    • We can accept screenshots of online bank statements (the screenshot must have the bank URL in the website address)
    • We cannot accept screenshot from a mobile broadband in general (with and without URL)
    • We can accept PDF format as long as it's the original file and not a screenshot of the PDF

    If you are providing a bank statement to verify bank details or change bank details:

    • Cannot be older than 3 months (not applied for bankbook/passbook
    • We can accept online screenshots with URL (from a computer)
    • We cannot accept screenshots from a mobile broadband in general (with and without URL)
    • We can accept PDF format as long as it's the original file and not a screenshot of the PDF

    Photo of yourself with the day’s date

    The photo must show you holding a piece of paper with that day's date handwritten on it. The picture should be clear, with your face unobscured, and it should be easy to see the paper that you’re holding. Make sure the picture is not mirrored or reversed.

    Note: the date must be hand-written, readable, not flipped (mirror-imaged) and on a clean piece of paper.


    HID sample

    Certificate of incorporation

    • Company’s name
    • Registration number

    If you are providing certificate of incorporation to verify your residential address:

    Tax document

    • A copy of an official government document verifying your SSN, such as a social security card or an IRS official document.
    • A copy of an official government document verifying your company's EIN (Employer Identification Number), such as an EIN letter or an IRS official document.

    Note: A Social Security number is an ID number exclusively used for US citizens. This document is for an individual person not a company.

    IRS document including EIN

    • A copy of the IRS authorization letter.
    • A copy of an official government document verifying your company's EIN (Employer Identification Number), such as an EIN letter or an IRS official document.

    Certificate of good standing - proof of company activity

    Acceptable forms of this document are usually:

    • Certificate of good standing
    • A formal letter on a proper letterhead from an independent auditor (accountant) or solicitor (attorney/lawyer)
    • A document from the company's registration authority, or equivalent, confirming the company's status
    • Registration authority - Companies House for the UK

    Authorized representative letter

    An official document with business letterhead, confirming that the contact person is authorized to manage the account on the company's behalf.


    It should have the following requirements:

    • Official letterhead
    • Name of the authorized representative
    • Name of the UBO/CEO/attorney signing the letter

    Credit card photo

    In order for the screenshot to be valid the following details must be visible:

    • Full name/company name
    • The last 4 digits of the card
    • Note: you must not show all 16 digits and can cover up all card numbers except the last 4 digits

    • Expiration date of the card

    If you are using a virtual card or your card doesn’t have the card holder’s name on it, you may provide a card statement.


    • Full name/company name
    • Expiration date
    • The BIN number (first 6 digits of the card) and the last 4 digits


  3. Insufficient quality

Rejection reason

What should I do next?

Camera flash

The document provided is partially unreadable due to camera flash obscuring the information.

Resubmit the document, making sure it’s clear, readable and in high resolution.

Make sure no information is obscured by your camera’s flash or your hand.

Low quality

The document is unreadable, or the file is corrupted.

Resubmit a valid file type that provides a high-quality image, such as JPG, PNG, or BMP, or a high-resolution PDF scan.

Make sure the new photo or scan is clear, readable, in color, and in high resolution.

Ensure the document is fully displayed and is not cropped – you need to submit the entire document, from beginning to end.

Cropped/Information hidden

The document is partially cropped, or the details in the document you provided are covered up.

Resubmit the document and ensure that the entire document is uncropped and clearly visible from edge to edge.

Unsure that all the details are clearly visible.

The document provided is a copy of copy

Make sure the document is a direct copy or scan of the original document.

Ensure the document is clear, readable, in color, and in high resolution.

The address in the document is not your personal residential address/not a company registration address

Make sure the document has your personal residential address/your company registration address, provided upon signing up for a Payoneer account.

Damaged document

The document’s quality and validity are affected due to damage to the document.

Resubmit an alternative valid document.

Phone screenshot

The document provided is a smartphone screenshot.

Resubmit a photo or scanned copy of the original document.


Learn what to do if you made a mistake in your name, legally changed your name, or changed the name of the authorized representative on your company account.

Learn what to do if you made a mistake in your company name, legally changed your name, or changed the name.

Learn more about what to do if you made a mistake in your date of birth.

Learn what to do if you want to change the country on your Payoneer account.

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