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Identity verification

  • How-to

    Verifying your identity on Airbnb

    At Airbnb, trust is the cornerstone of our community—where millions of people across the world place trust in each other as they travel or host services, experiences, or homes.
  • How-to

    Submit an ID for verification

    Often, your legal name and address and/or other personal information are enough for us to verify your identity. We may also ask you to provide a copy of your government-issued ID that includes a photo of you.
  • How-to

    Verify your phone number

    Once you’ve added your phone number to your account, guests, hosts, and Airbnb can contact you about your reservation.
  • How-to

    Ways your ID info may be used

    Sometimes, where permitted by applicable law, we may use personal info from a government ID to run background checks against public records for criminal convictions.
  • How-to

    Facial recognition for identity verification and preventing identity misuse

    Get more info on our identity verification process, a series of steps we take to help ensure users are genuine.
  • How-to

    Photo matching

    You may be asked to share a photo of your government ID and selfie in the identity verification process.
  • Rules

    ID verification in China

    To reduce fraud, Airbnb provides a localized ID verification process, specially designed for Chinese Hosts and guests.