Verify identity with an ID scan and selfie.
The candidate scans a passport or driver’s license and takes a live selfie; vID authenticates the document, matches the face, and checks liveness in under a minute. That verified identity becomes the input to every screening product on this site.
Also called vID, IDV, document verification, biometric identity check.
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How it runs on vID
Identity verified
Search runs
Report returned
What it covers
Whether the passport, national ID, or driver’s license is a genuine document- Whether the live selfie matches the document portrait
- Whether a live person is present; photos, screens, and cheap deepfakes fail liveness
Most background checks still start with a typed name, DOB, and SSN — the step where stolen identities and mistyped numbers enter the file. vID reverses the order: the document supplies the identifiers, the face supplies the person, and partner CRAs like JDP already list “Verified Identity Documentation (vID)” as a first-class verification.
What it covers
- Whether the passport, national ID, or driver’s license is a genuine document
- Whether the live selfie matches the document portrait
- Whether a live person is present; photos, screens, and cheap deepfakes fail liveness
- Identifiers captured from the document, not re-typed, ready for screening
What it doesn’t cover
Say anything about criminal history, licenses, or work eligibility — binding is not screening- Catch a lookalike using a stolen genuine document who also passes liveness
- Replace CBSV or an SSN trace, which answer different questions about a number
Where the data comes from.
The government document in the candidate’s hand
Passports, national IDs, and driver’s licenses, with DataBeam extracting the fields in the same pass.
The live selfie
Matched to the portrait, with liveness checked in the same session.
Why identity comes first.
Every other product on this site assumes this step ran. Without it, searches run on a typed name instead of a verified person.
How the network fulfills it.
vID is Cerebrum’s product. The partner network receives a bound identity and runs the record searches no single company holds in one place.
This is the wrong search if…
You only needed to confirm an SSN
That is CBSV — a different check, and it does not involve a face.
You are running a fingerprint FBI check as the identity step
Fingerprints bind a person to a bureau file; vID binds a person to a document in a minute on a phone. They are not substitutes, and some programs want both.
Commonly ordered with.
- SSN trace & address history
Turns a verified person into a list of counties.
- National criminal search
The first record search a verified identity feeds.
- Consent-based SSN verification
When the number, not just the face, needs an SSA answer.
Add Identity verification to your next check.
Identity-verified, fulfilled through the partner network.
Frequently asked questions.
Start every file with a person.
Setup takes minutes, and the candidate step takes under one. The rest of the stack then runs on a verified person.
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