KYC Registration and Verification
From online application to secure verification.
A complete national platform for onboarding and verification, covering KYC application, payment, officer decision, digital credential issuance and secure verification. Digitalization is inevitable; the real question is how to achieve it without a multi-year, high-risk IT transformation. The platform starts as a working national system on existing infrastructure, with integrations and automation added as requirements evolve — and government control retained throughout.
5 stages
Application to verification
~8 weeks
Target deployment
3 models
Biometric, signed VDS, card
24×7
Availability
One platform for onboarding and verification
Online Application
Individuals, agencies and companies apply, upload documents, pay and receive their credential entirely online, reducing reliance on in-person application processes.
OCR and MRZ Validation
Passport data is read automatically from the data page and checked: check digits verified, OCR and MRZ cross-checked, expiry confirmed.
Face Matching and Liveness
The passport photo is compared with a live selfie, and liveness is confirmed before the application moves on.
Integrated Online Payment
Payment through third-party providers, supporting international card schemes — Visa, Mastercard, American Express, UnionPay — and local payment methods where required.
Officer Review Workflow
Structured digital workflows carry every application from submission through review, decision and issuance. Your officers approve, reject and revoke.
Signed eCredential
The credential is issued as a tamper-evident secure PDF. It is digitally signed, so any modification is revealed.
ICAO VDS Verification
An ICAO Visible Digital Seal lets the verifier app confirm the authenticity of the credential and the issuing authority.
Status and Revocation Checks
Current validity is checked against the credential issuing system at every verification, and revoked credentials are identified.
Immutable Audit Trail
Every action is logged with full case history, and records cannot be modified.
One flow from application to verification
The applicant side, the government side and verification are joined in one flow, from the applicant’s first click to the check in the verifier app.
- Applicant · Agency · Company
- Applicant portal
- Documents uploaded
- OCR · MRZ · Face check
- Online payment
- Administration portal
- Officer review & decision
- Signed credential + ICAO VDS
- VerificationApp & web verification
Status and revocation checked against the credential issuing system at every verification
One platform for digital credential issuance and its lifecycle
A web-based, payment-enabled platform. The applicant enters their details, uploads the passport data page and pays online; the application moves from draft to submitted once payment is complete.
How every application is checked
The final solution scope, configuration and integrations are defined according to the requirements of each government project.
- 01
Passport scan
Data page captured; machine-readable zone located.
- 02
OCR extraction
Passport fields read automatically from the data page.
- 03
MRZ validation
Check digits verified; OCR and MRZ cross-checked; expiry confirmed.
- 04
Face match + liveness
Passport photo compared with a live selfie; liveness confirmed.
State officers stay in control at every step
Policy, data ownership and final credential decisions remain with the issuing authority.
- Structured review of every application
- Approve, reject or request more information
- Issue and revoke, with full case history
- Roles and permissions defined by the authority
Every action recorded in the immutable audit trail
Security you can verify
Every credential is checked on two independent layers: the authenticity of the document itself, and its current status in the issuing system.
Digital signature
Tamper-evident: any modification is revealed.
ICAO VDS
Enables verification of document authenticity and the issuing authority.
Validity
Current validity checked against the credential issuing system.
Revocation status
Revoked credentials are identified at every verification.
Immutable audit trail. Every action is logged; records cannot be modified.
- TLS
- Encryption
- At rest & in transit
- Data encryption
- Role-based
- Access control
- 24×7
- Availability
One platform. Three deployment models.
The same core registration process supports three different deployment models, selected by the responsible authority to fit its regulatory, operational and security requirements.
- 1Option
Biometric Digital Registration
Face-based identification · powered by IDMETRIX ABIS
- Facial recognition is the sole biometric identification modality
- Facial biometric enrolled into the authorized facial database
- Officer captures the person’s face via a mobile or web application
- IDMETRIX ABIS searches the facial database; a match identifies the registered record
- The officer receives the information authorized for their role
- A unique registration number / reference is issued and can be delivered electronically, e.g. by email, and retained on a mobile device
No QR code. No physical card required: the face is the identification modality.
- 2Option
Digitally Signed VDS Credential
Secure portable QR credential
- Visible Digital Seal (VDS) issued as a protected QR credential
- Digitally signed using a certificate issued under the issuing authority’s Certificate Authority (CA)
- The issuing authority is established as the trusted issuer
- Origin of the signed credential can be verified; integrity of signed data can be checked
- Unauthorized modification of signed data is detectable
- VDS data content configurable per project
A portable digital credential backed by cryptographic trust.
- 3Option
Physical Citizen Credential
Plastic card · smart card
- Plastic ID card or smart card, where required by legislation
- Visible identification information on the credential
- Optional machine-readable or electronic functionality
- Issued from the same registration platform
- Backed by the same central digital identity record
A physical credential supported by the central digital record.
- Start with biometric registration
- Add a digitally signed VDS credential
- Extend to physical or smart cards
The responsible authority selects the model that best fits its regulatory, operational and security requirements.
From decision to deployment
Target deployment: approximately eight weeks.
- Weeks 1–2
Configure
Credential types, fees, workflows and portal branding set up to your policy
- Weeks 3–5
Integrate
Payment provider, email / SMS notifications, environments prepared
- Weeks 6–7
Validate
User acceptance testing, administrator training, runbooks and handover
- Week 8
Go live
Production cutover with engineering support from the IDMETRIX team
Using existing infrastructure where appropriate. Indicative target, subject to agreed scope, infrastructure readiness, third-party access and customer approvals.
Reuse existing infrastructure. Runs in your data centre or preferred hosting: software-led modernization rather than heavy replacement.
Local-partner delivery model. Local partners lead customer relationships and first-line support; IDMETRIX provides the platform, training and engineering escalation.
Start standalone. Scale on your terms.
- TodayInitial scope
A complete working system
- Application, payment and notifications
- OCR, MRZ, face matching and liveness
- Officer-led review and decisions
- Signed digital credentials with ICAO VDS, audit trail
- NextFuture integrations
Automate the checks
- Automated watchlist screening
- National registry integration
- ABIS / external biometric systems
- Semi-automated approval workflows
- BeyondFuture extensions
Connect the ecosystem
- Airline and border-management APIs
- Electronic travel authorization (ETA)
- Mobile verification and analytics
- Connection to social programmes
- Connection to healthcare systems
- Connection to the population registry
API-first, modular architecture. Integrations are additions, not a rebuild.
Interested in this system?
Tell us about your project and we will advise on the right configuration.
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