Lookup Kenya Passport

Verify a Kenyan passport and fetch holder details from the immigration database using the passport number.

Request

[GET]

{{baseURL}}/api/v1/ke/kyc/passport

Header

Header	Type	Description
AppId	string	Create an app to get your app ID on dashboard here
Authorization	string	Private/secret key. Use <key> not Bearer <key>

Query parameter

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
id_number*	string	The Passport Number	required

Sample response

Response

{
  "entity": {
    "address": "BOX 12345-67890 NAIROBI KAREN KAREN LOCATION",
    "citizenship": "",
    "date_of_birth": "2000-09-20",
    "date_of_birth_from_passport": "",
    "date_of_issue": "2019-02-14",
    "expiration_date": "2022-02-13",
    "first_name": "Joe",
    "gender": "M",
    "last_name": "Leo",
    "middle_name": "Doe",
    "occupation": "",
    "passport_number": "A00000000",
    "phone_number": "Not Available",
    "phone_number2": "Not Available",
    "photo": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQABLAEsAAD/2wBDAAYEBQYFBAYGB...",
    "photo_from_passport": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQABLAEsAAD/2w...",
    "place_of_birth": "NAIROBI"
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
entity	object	Contains the verification response data
entity.address	string	Residential address of the passport holder
entity.citizenship	string	Citizenship of the individual
entity.date_of_birth	string	Date of birth from the national registry (yyyy-MM-dd)
entity.date_of_birth_from_passport	string	Date of birth as recorded on the passport
entity.date_of_issue	string	Date the passport was issued (yyyy-MM-dd)
entity.expiration_date	string	Expiry date of the passport (yyyy-MM-dd)
entity.first_name	string	First name of the passport holder
entity.gender	string	Gender of the individual
entity.last_name	string	Last name of the passport holder
entity.middle_name	string	Middle name of the passport holder
entity.occupation	string	Occupation of the individual
entity.passport_number	string	Passport number
entity.phone_number	string	Primary phone number of the individual
entity.phone_number2	string	Secondary phone number of the individual
entity.photo	string	Base64-encoded photo from the national registry
entity.photo_from_passport	string	Base64-encoded photo from the passport
entity.place_of_birth	string	Place of birth of the individual

Test Credentials for Sandbox

Kindly use this Test Passport Number in sandbox Environment

Passport Number = A00123456