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Build trust, increase transparency, and get access to more features by completing advertiser verification. You’ll just need to complete a few tasks, such as answering a few questions about your organization. After getting verified, some of your info will appear in ad disclosures and the Ads Transparency Center, which provides context about an advertiser and their ads.
You may need to submit your documents as part of advertiser verification.
Note: The documents required are based on your account type “organization” or “Individual”. You can check your “Account type” in your Google Ads payments profile via the “Settings” page for “Billing & Payments”. If your “Account type” is “Individual”, but you need to verify as an organization or vice versa, contact us before starting the verification process. These documents are required for the successful completion of the verification process.
To complete this task, follow these steps:
In your Google Ads account, click the Billing icon .
Click Start task and follow the provided instructions.
Make sure that the details in the submitted documents exactly match your payments profile info, including the organization name, if applicable. If there’s a mismatch, you can change your payments profile name during the task.
When submitting a government-issued photo ID, ensure that:
Organizations may be required to provide 2 different types of documentation for advertiser verification: organization registration documents and a government-issued photo ID from an authorized representative. Acceptable documents include:
Registration documents:
Certificate of incorporation or registration
Extract from commercial register
Business license
Tax certificate
Only for government departments and agencies: an official letter including full name, address and date
An authorized representative is an admin of the Google Ads account and/or the payments profile paying for the ads. The government-issued photo ID can be issued in any country.
Individuals must submit a government-issued photo ID issued by Afghanistan as part of the verification program. Acceptable documents include:
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