Australia Passport Verification (DVS)API

Overview and Purpose

Overview:

The Australian Passport Verification API provides a synchronous, secure interface to verify Australian Passports against the official Government Document Verification Service (DVS)

Key Use Cases

Identity Establishment: Confirming a customer’s legal identity during digital onboarding.

KYC Compliance: Automated verification to meet Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) requirements.

API Details

Sample cURL

curl --location 'https://api.signzy.us/api/v3/kyc/au/passport-verify' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: <AUTH_KEY>' \
--data '{
  "firstName": "Ronald",
  "middleName": "Patrick",
  "lastName": "William",
  "dateOfBirth": "1959-07-22",
  "passportNumber": "PA0000159",
  "consent": true
}'

Request Body

{
    "consent": true,
    "dateOfBirth": "1959-07-22",
    "firstName": "Ronald",
    "lastName": "William",
    "middleName": "Patrick",
    "passportNumber": "PA0000159"
}

Request Body Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
consent	Boolean	Indicates whether the individual has provided consent for verification.	Yes
firstName	String	First name of the individual.	Yes
middleName	String	Middle name of the individual.	No
lastName	String	Last name of the individual.	Yes
dateOfBirth	Date	Date of birth of the individual (format: YYYY-MM-DD).	Yes
passportNumber	String	Passport number of the individual to be verified.	Yes

Response Body (AU DVS Passport Verification API)

{
    "result": {
        "verified": "true",
        "matchStatus": "Full Match 1+1 Verification",
        "verificationId": "DZ-37bc31fd-aab2-4288-a2d0-bb014fe99fd4",
        "fieldVerifications": {
            "firstName": "true",
            "middleName": "true",
            "lastName": "true",
            "dateOfBirth": "true",
            "passportNumber": "true"
        },
        "safeHarbourScore": "M2"
    },
    "reason": "Request Successful",
    "code": "S001"
}

Response Body Parameters (AU DVS Passport Verification API)

Parameter	Type	Description
result	Object	Container for overall verification details.
result.verified	String	Indicates whether the identity verification was successful (true/false).
result.matchStatus	String	Overall match status of the verification (e.g., Full Match 1+1 Verification).
result.verificationId	String	Unique identifier generated for the verification transaction.
result.fieldVerifications	Object	Contains field-level verification results.
result.fieldVerifications.firstName	String	Result of first name verification (true/false).
result.fieldVerifications.middleName	String	Result of middle name verification (true/false).
result.fieldVerifications.lastName	String	Result of last name verification (true/false).
result.fieldVerifications.dateOfBirth	String	Result of date of birth verification (true/false).
result.fieldVerifications.passportNumber	String	Result of passport number verification (true/false).
result.safeHarbourScore	String	Safe Harbour score indicating verification strength (e.g., M2).
reason	String	Description of the overall response status.
code	String	Response code indicating success or failure (e.g., S001).

Success Codes

HTTP Status Code	Success Code	Description
200	S001	Request Successful.
200	S003	Data not Found
200	S006	Data Partially Available

Error Code

HTTP Status Code	Error Code	Description
400	E001	Bad Request
401	E101	Unauthorized Access
403	E201	Forbidden
404	E301	Data Not Found
409	E401	Upstream error
429	E501	Rate Limit Exceeded
500	E601	Internal Server Error
503	E701	Service Unavailable
504	E801	Timeout

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