Advertiser verification: Document requirements for advertiser verification

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Build trust, increase transparency and get access to more features by completing advertiser verification. You’ll just need to complete a few tasks, such as answering a few questions about your organisation. After getting verified, some of your info will appear in ad disclosures and the Ads Transparency Center, which provides context about an advertiser and their ads.

Learn more about Advertiser verification.

You may need to submit your documents as part of advertiser verification.

Note: The documents required are based on your account type 'organisation' or 'Individual'. You can check your 'Account type' in your Google Ads payments profile via the 'Settings' page for 'Billing & Payments'. If your 'Account type' is 'Individual', but you need to verify as an organisation or vice versa, contact us before starting the verification process. These documents are required for the successful completion of the verification process.

To complete this task, follow these steps:

Go to Advertiser verification within the Billing menu.
Select Start task and follow the provided instruction.

Make sure that the details in the submitted documents exactly match your payments profile info, including the organisation name, if applicable. If there’s a mismatch, you can change your payments profile name during the task.

When submitting a government-issued photo ID, ensure that:

The ID is valid (not expired)

The image is in colour, not black and white

The image is clear and well lit

The image should not be a photocopy

Learn more about issues with submitting documents.

Personal data and documents will not be shared with any third party, as per the Google data protection policy.

Acceptable documents by location

For advertisers in South Sudan, learn more about Document requirements for advertiser verification in South Sudan.

Organisations may be required to provide two different types of documentation for advertiser verification: organisation registration documents and a government-issued photo ID from an authorised representative. Acceptable documents include:

Registration documents:

Certificate of incorporation or registration

Extract from commercial register

Business licence

Tax certificate

Authorised representative’s government-issued photo ID:

Passport
Identification card
Driving licence
Permanent residence card

An authorised representative is an admin of the Google Ads account and/or the payments profile paying for the ads. The government-issued photo ID can be issued in any country.

Individuals must submit a Namibian government-issued photo ID issued as part of the verification programme. Acceptable documents include:

Passport

National ID card

Driving licence

Residence permit

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