To open a New Money Company Emerald account, we require you to upload a government-issued photo ID that represents your nationality.
For most documents this includes the front and back of the document (passports being the main exception). We then ask you to take a selfie and compare it with the document you uploaded.
We automatically check the document validity and usually are able to open your account within 30 seconds.
Documents we do not accept:
Temporary documents
Expired documents
Documents from those under the age of 18
Print-at-home documents
Additionally, keep in mind:
This document should be representative of your nationality, which may differ from your residency. If we need additional information, we will request it after the fact.
We will ask you to take a photo of the original document, this cannot be a photo-of-a-photo, copy, or scan of the document.
If we cannot read the information on the ID (due to the document being damaged or the photo being blurry) this will delay your ability to open your account.
We recommend that you take a photo in good lightning
Place the document on a dark, contrasting surface
Don't let glare from overhead lightning or flashes obscure the ID
Hold you phone steady when taking the photo
Documents we support, by country
Africa
Country | Document Type |
🇩🇿 Algeria | Drivers License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
🇦🇴 Angola | Drivers License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| Voter ID Card |
🇧🇯 Benin | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| Voter ID Card |
🇧🇼 Botswana | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇧🇮 Burundi | Driver License |
| Passport |
🇨🇲 Cameroon | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| Voter ID Card |
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
🇨🇫 Central African Republic | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇹🇩 Chad | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Voter ID Card |
🇰🇲 Comoros | National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇨🇬 Congo | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Voter ID Card |
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Voter ID Card |
| Resident Card |
🇩🇯 Djibouti | National ID |
| Passport |
🇪🇬 Egypt | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇪🇷 Eritrea | Passport |
🇸🇿 Eswatini | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
🇪🇹 Ethiopia | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇬🇦 Gabon | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇬🇲 Gambia | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| Voter ID Card |
🇬🇭 Ghana | Driver License |
| Ghana Card |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| SSNIT |
| Voter ID Card |
🇬🇳 Guinea | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Voter ID Card |
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
🇰🇪 Kenya | Alien Card |
| Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇱🇸 Lesotho | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
🇱🇷 Liberia | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
🇱🇾 Libya | Driver License |
| Passport |
🇲🇬 Madagascar | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇲🇼 Malawi | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇲🇱 Mali | National ID |
| Passport |
🇲🇷 Mauritania | Passport |
| Driver License |
| Other ID Cards |
🇲🇺 Mauritius | National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇾🇹 Mayotte | Passport |
| Driver License |
| Other ID Cards |
🇲🇦 Morocco | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇲🇿 Mozambique | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| Voter ID Card |
🇳🇦 Namibia | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Voter ID Card |
🇳🇪 Niger | Driver License |
| Passport |
🇳🇬 Nigeria | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| Voter ID Card |
🇷🇼 Rwanda | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe | Driver License |
| Passport |
🇸🇳 Senegal | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Voter ID Card |
🇸🇨 Seychelles | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Voter ID Card |
🇸🇴 Somalia | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
🇿🇦 South Africa | Driver License |
| Green Book |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇸🇸 South Sudan | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇸🇩 Sudan | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇹🇬 Togo | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| Voter ID Card |
🇹🇳 Tunisia | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇺🇬 Uganda | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Voter ID Card |
🇪🇭 Western Sahara | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇹🇿 Tanzania | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| Voter ID Card |
🇿🇲 Zambia | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
| Voter ID Card |
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | Driver License |
| National ID |
| Passport |
Asia
Country | Document Type |
🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇦🇲 Armenia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇧🇩 Bangladesh | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇧🇹 Bhutan | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇮🇴 British Indian Ocean Territory | Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇧🇳 Brunei | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇨🇨 Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇰🇭 Cambodia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇨🇳 China | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇨🇽 Christmas Island | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇬🇪 Georgia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇭🇰 Hong Kong | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇮🇳 India | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Aadhaar Card |
| PAN Card |
| Voter Id Card |
🇮🇩 Indonesia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards (e.g. KTP) |
🇯🇵 Japan | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| ID Cards (including |
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇱🇦 Laos | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇲🇴 Macao | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇲🇾 Malaysia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇲🇻 Maldives | Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇲🇳 Mongolia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇲🇲 Myanmar | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇳🇵 Nepal | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇰🇵 North Korea | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇵🇰 Pakistan | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇵🇭 Philippines | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇷🇺 Russia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇸🇬 Singapore | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇸🇬 South Korea | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇹🇼 Taiwan | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇹🇯 Tajikistan | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇹🇭 Thailand | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇻🇳 Vietnam | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
Europe
Country | Document Type |
🇦🇽 Åland Islands | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇦🇱 Albania | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇦🇩 Andorra | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇦🇹 Austria | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇧🇾 Belarus | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇧🇪 Belgium | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇧🇦 Bosnia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇧🇬 Bulgaria | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇭🇷 Croatia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇨🇿 Czech Republic | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇩🇰 Denmark | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇪🇪 Estonia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇫🇮 Finland | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇫🇷 France | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇩🇪 Germany | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇬🇮 Gibraltar | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇬🇷 Greece | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇬🇱 Greenland | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇬🇬 Guernsey | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇻🇦 Holy See (Vatican City State) | Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇭🇺 Hungary | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇮🇸 Iceland | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇮🇪 Ireland | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇮🇲 Isle of Man | Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇮🇹 Italy | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇯🇪 Jersey | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇽🇰 Kosovo | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇱🇻 Latvia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇱🇹 Lithuania | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇱🇺 Luxembourg | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇲🇹 Malta | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇲🇩 Moldova | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇲🇨 Monaco | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇲🇪 Montenegro | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇳🇱 Netherlands | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇲🇰 North Macedonia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇳🇴 Norway | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇵🇱 Poland | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇵🇹 Portugal | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇷🇪 Réunion | Other Id Cards |
🇷🇴 Romania | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇸🇲 San Marino | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇷🇸 Serbia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇸🇰 Slovakia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇸🇮 Slovenia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇪🇸 Spain | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇸🇪 Sweden | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇨🇭 Switzerland | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇺🇦 Ukraine | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
North America
Country | Document Type |
🇺🇸 United States of | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| Other Id Cards |
🇨🇦 Canada | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| Other Id Cards |
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID cards |
🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID cards |
Middle East
Country | Document Type |
🇧🇭 Bahrain | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇨🇾 Cyprus | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇮🇷 Iran | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇮🇶 Iraq | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇮🇱 Israel | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇯🇴 Jordan | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇰🇼 Kuwait | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇱🇧 Lebanon | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇴🇲 Oman | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇵🇸 Palestine | Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇶🇦 Qatar | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
🇹🇷 Turkey | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards (including |
🇾🇪 Yemen | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other Id Cards (including |
Latin America
Country | Document Type |
🇦🇮 Anguilla | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards (e.g. Social Security Card) |
🇦🇬 Antigua and | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards (e.g. Social Security Card) |
🇦🇷 Argentina | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Documento Nacional de Identidad |
| Other ID cards |
🇦🇼 Aruba | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID cards |
🇧🇸 The Bahamas | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID cards |
🇧🇧 Barbados | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID cards |
🇧🇿 Belize | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Voter ID Card |
| Other ID cards |
🇧🇲 Bermuda | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID cards |
🇧🇴 Bolivia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID cards |
🇧🇷 Brazil | Carteira Nacional de Habilitação |
| Registro Geral (RG Card) |
| Passport |
| Resident Card (RNE or RNM Card) |
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID cards |
🇨🇱 Chile | Licencia de conducción |
| Cédula de ciudadanía |
| Passport |
| Resident Card (Cédula de extranjería) |
🇨🇴 Colombia | Driver License |
| Cédula de ciudadanía |
| Passport |
| Resident Card (Cédula de extranjería) |
🇨🇷 Costa Rica | Driver License |
| Citizenship card |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇨🇺 Cuba | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇨🇼 Curaçao | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇩🇲 Dominica | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇩🇴 Dominican | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇪🇨 Ecuador | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇸🇻 El Salvador | Driver License |
| Passport |
| National ID |
| Resident Card |
🇫🇰 Falkland Islands | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇬🇫 French Guiana | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇬🇩 Grenada | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID cards |
🇬🇵 Guadeloupe | Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇬🇹 Guatemale | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇬🇾 Guyana | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇭🇹 Haiti | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇭🇳 Honduras | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇯🇲 Jamaica | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇲🇶 Martinique | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇲🇽 Mexico | Resident Card (FM3/FM2) |
| INE (Instituto Nacional Electoral) |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards (e.g. Matrícula Consular) |
🇲🇸 Montserrat | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇳🇮 Nicaragua | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
| Other ID Cards |
🇵🇦 Panama | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇵🇾 Paraguay | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇵🇪 Peru | Citizenship card (Cédula de ciudadanía) |
| Driver License |
| Passport |
| Resident Card |
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Voter ID card |
| Other ID Cards |
🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇸🇽 Saint Martin | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇸🇽 Sint Maarten | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇸🇷 Suriname | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇺🇾 Uruguay | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇻🇪 Venezuela | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
Oceania
Country | Document Type |
🇦🇸 American Samoa | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇦🇺 Australia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇨🇰 Cook Islands | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇫🇯 Fiji | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇵🇫 French Polynesia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇬🇺 Guam | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇰🇮 Kiribati | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇳🇷 Nauru | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇳🇨 New Caledonia | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇳🇿 New Zealand | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇳🇺 Niue | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇳🇫 Norfolk Island | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | Other ID Cards |
🇵🇼 Palau | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇵🇳 Pitcairn | Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇼🇸 Samoa | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇹🇰 Tokelau | Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇹🇴 Tonga | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇹🇻 Tuvalu | Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
🇻🇺 Vanuatu | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |
| Resident Card |
🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna | Driver License |
| Passport |
| Other ID Cards |