Did you get stuck when you needed to do the ID verification on OnlyFans? Don’t worry — just take a deep breath. This article will cover everything you need to know about why OnlyFans ID verification is not working and how you can fix it.
How does OnlyFans ID verification work?
During your sign-up process on the platform as a content creator, you will be asked to provide an ID, which is basically your government-issued ID. Of which the ID will be used to confirm whether you’re a legit aspiring creator or not.
Now, you must be aware that the government ID is the only one that can be used in this verification stage. So if you don’t have any, you will have to get yours before applying as a creator on OnlyFans.
After you have submitted your ID, it will be checked with other information you’ve previously submitted, such as your name and address. If the data matches, you will be one step closer to creating your account.
Keep in mind that after you successfully verify your ID, you will still have to go through some other verification processes necessary for creating the account such as the Face verification and bank verification.
However, if the ID doesn’t seem to match your previously provided information, you will be stuck at this stage and probably won’t get your account created.
OnlyFans id verification not working? Why and How to fix
Several reasons could have caused Onlyfans ID verification not to work. Some of these include expired documents, electronic government IDs, and fake IDs, amongst others.
Verifying your ID is just one of the few essential and inevitable processes every aspiring creator must go through to own an account.
That means you must complete this process and move to the next until you’re done if you intend to become a content creator on OnlyFans.
However, more often than not, aspiring creators face an ID verification not working problem, which many of them don’t find easy to resolve. So you don’t have to worry that you’re the only one facing the issue — you’re not. Here’s why your OnlyFans ID verification was declined and how to fix it.
1. The ID you submitted is fake
One primary reason why your application could have been rejected is that you submitted a fake ID.
OnlyFans does not accept any ID that looks fake or is actually fake. In fact, the platform’s verification system, thanks to some third party affiliation, is smart enough to detect whether the ID is real or fake.
Unfortunately, if it detects or finds something fishy about your ID, your application will be rejected.
So, what’s the solution?
If you know the ID is fake, just get a real government-issued ID and submit it. Meanwhile, if your ID isn’t fake and still rejected, you might have to wait for some time to try again. But ensure you submit a very clear image of the ID this time.
2. The ID you submitted is an Electronic version
OnlyFans does not support using the electronic version of a government ID. The platform requires you to use only the physically documented version.
Probably, this is done to ensure that aspiring creators don’t try to forge an ID. So, if you’ve tried applying and got rejected, you probably submitted an electronic or virtual ID.
So, what’s the solution?
Check the ID you have submitted to find out whether it is an electronic or virtual one. If it is, you should switch to the physically documented version. And if you don’t have this, you should get it before reapplying to become a content creator because it is required.
3. Your information does not match what’s on your government ID
When you submit the government ID, Onlyfans does try to match the information with other data you’ve submitted or provided in the past.
If any part of them does not match, your application would be declined OnlyFans does this to ensure the transparency and authenticity of every aspiring creator.
So, what’s the solution to this?
Go through the information you submitted earlier and check for differences between the details on the ID and the information. If there are any, you should try making the changes to match what you have in your ID.
If you don’t see anything that seems different on either of them, try changing the order of how your name appears.
That is because sometimes, the order in which some platforms read names is slightly different from how it looks on the government-issued ID. So, for example, you can try changing “James Cauldron’ to ‘Cauldron James’s and try applying again.
4. Your photo contains inappropriate content
The fact that you want to become a content creator on the platform does not mean you can just upload any photo of your choice. Yes, Onlyfans is a platform for NSFW. But even at that, the platform requires you to provide a clean photo of yourself at the verification stage.
You’re expected to upload a clean photo that best represents who you are and make it easy for the platform’s algorithm to verify your identity. Moreover, OnlyFans frowns at photos that contain or portray pornography or violence of any sort.
So, what’s the solution to this?
All you need to do is check if the photo you uploaded [that got rejected] contains anything inappropriate. If you see any, you should quickly remove them and use another photo.
Moreover, you’re advised to use a clean and clear selfie this time to prevent this issue from reoccurring. This is because the platform intends to match the photo on your ID with the one on your Onlyfans profile photo.
5. You didn’t submit a selfie taken with your ID
Your ID may have been rejected because you only submitted your ID, but you didn’t show yourself in the picture. After you have submitted your ID, OnlyFans want to know whether you’re actually the owner of the document you submitted. So you’re also required to take a selfie that clearly shows you and the document. Yes, they’re that strict.
So what do I do?
Check the images you’ve uploaded and find out whether you’ve submitted a selfie taken with the ID. If you haven’t done that, make sure you take one that shows you and the ID very clearly. But if you’ve done it the right way, it means the problem is not from the selfie part.
6. The images on either side of the ID were missing
OnlyFans want to see the full ID document and, most especially, the two images on both sides of the document. So if you have submitted the document while it shows only one of the images, the document would be rejected because the platform’s algorithm would think you were using a fake or forged ID.
What should I do to fix it?
Check whether the image you submitted shows only one image instead of two. If that’s the case, you need to take another picture and upload it. And ensure that the two images are clearly shown in this new picture so that the document can be easily processed.
Final Thoughts
Being unable to pass through this stage successfully means that you can’t complete other processes and, thus, can’t have the account created. In this article, we’ve looked into the common reasons why your ID verification on OnlyFans didn’t work and how to fix them.
Meanwhile, ensure you submit a very clean selfie taken together with your ID according to OnlyFans’ requirements because it’s a crucial part many aspiring creators miss. Finally, by reading this article, you should no longer have problems verifying your ID and proceeding to the next step.
