Passport Verification API Integration
Validate a passport file number and confirm holder details for onboarding and background checks.
What Passport Verification API integration does
Passport verification validates a passport file number against MEA Passport Seva and confirms the holder's details and file status. Among Indian identity documents the passport is the strongest available proof of identity and nationality, which is why it carries disproportionate weight in high-value onboarding and background screening.
Verification against the issuing authority matters more here than for most documents, because a passport is also the document most worth forging. A physical passport can be convincingly counterfeited; a file number that does not resolve against Passport Seva cannot. For cross-border finance, employment screening and any flow where nationality or travel history is material, this check is the difference between having seen a document and having verified one.
What teams build with it
High-value onboarding
Verify identity for private banking, wealth management or large-ticket products where enhanced due diligence applies.
Employment background checks
Confirm identity and nationality as part of pre-employment screening, particularly for regulated or security-sensitive roles.
Cross-border services
Establish nationality for remittance, forex, travel and international product eligibility.
Enhanced due diligence
Add passport verification to the standard identity stack where risk scoring calls for a stronger document.
Endpoints included
POST/passport/v1/verifyConfirms a passport file number and returns issue status.
Try it in the sandbox
https://sandbox.aeologic.io/passport/v1/verify{
"file_number": "DL1234567890123",
"dob": "1992-04-18"
}What you need before we start
- The passport file number and the holder details you intend to match
- A documented basis for enhanced verification under your compliance policy
- Customer consent covering verification against MEA records
How we deliver it
- Scoping of which journeys require passport-grade verification
- Sandbox integration with synthetic responses
- Match-rule design covering partial and inconclusive results
- Production access with audit logging
Related Identity & KYC integrations
Industries using Passport Verification
Passport Verification API integration — FAQs
What does the verification confirm?
It validates the passport file number against Passport Seva and confirms holder details and file status.
Is this integration available now?
Passport verification is currently in certification with our engineering team. It can be included in a scoped engagement with a delivery date confirmed during planning.
Can it replace Aadhaar e-KYC?
It is a different control rather than a replacement. Most enhanced due diligence flows run both, because they establish different facts.
Ship Passport Verification in days
Tell us your stack and we'll wire up Passport Verification API integration for your team.
Talk to Aeologic