During the identity verification process, you may be asked to take a selfie. This article explains the process to submit a selfie, as well as information for troubleshooting your selfie submission.
Tip: You can also take a selfie using a smartphone. For more information, visit Taking video selfies using a smartphone
Take a selfie
To take and submit a selfie with a computer and a webcam:
- Select the Take a selfie with my webcam button at the bottom of the screen.
- Select Continue.
- Select Allow access to allow ID.me to use your computer's webcam.
Note: Can't grant access to your webcam? Visit How do I grant permission to use my device’s camera? - Select Start liveness detection then stay within the camera’s circle to let your computer's webcam scan your face for the video selfie.
- After your selfie is successfully submitted, continue with the verification process.
Selfie troubleshooting
If your selfie submission was rejected, you can retry using selfie best practices. If ID.me is unable to capture your selfie after multiple attempts, you will see “Unable To Capture Your Selfie”.
To finish submitting your selfie:
- Select Continue and enter additional information.
- After completing the rest of the Self-Service steps, select Join video call.
Note: Once you see this screen, you can return to complete your video call at any time. If you cannot connect to your video call, you will also receive an email to return at your convenience. - After you finish your short video call, ID.me will send you an email with important next steps to complete the verification process. Be sure to follow the steps carefully to complete your verification.