Portugal

Southern Europe · EUR (€) · dial code +351 · Portuguese

Local currency: EUR
Phone numbers: +351912345678
National ID: Cartão de Cidadão: coming

Available in Portugal

Nigeria only

These read Nigerian identity, banking and utility records, so they do not work for Portugal. Calling them for another country returns 403 not_available_in_country:

BVN verification
NIN verification
Driver's licence (FRSC)
Bank account name check
BVN to account match
CAC business registry check
Credit bureau score
Bills (airtime, data, electricity, TV)
Business payment gateway (collections)

Response, 403

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_available_in_country",
    "message": "BVN verification is only available for Nigeria. ...",
    "status": 403
  }
}

Coming: Cartão de Cidadão verification

A Portugal-specific identity check against the Cartão de Cidadão (IRN) is planned. Until it launches, you can verify people in Portugal with document OCR, liveness and face match, which work with any passport, national ID or driver's licence photo.

Prices in EUR

Prices for Portugal ·change

Your balance is held in naira. Prices below are converted at ₦1,497.6776 per EUR, rounded up. Top-ups in EUR are credited at the same rate.

Service	Price	Unit
Phone verification (SMS OTP)	€0.01	per code sent
SMS	€0.01	per message
Document OCR and verification	€0.04	per document
Liveness detection	€0.06	per check
Face match	€0.06	per check
Address verification	€0.11	per check
VAT number validation (live)	€0.90	per check
Video call	€0.01	per participant-minute
Voice call	€0.01	per participant-minute
Website audit	€0.21	per scan
AI text detection	€0.06	per check

Phone number format

Portugal mobile numbers are written locally as 912 345 678 and internationally as +351912345678. There is no national 0 prefix to remove; we add +351 in front of what you send.

curl

curl -X POST https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start \
  -H "X-IdentifyOrg-Key: io_live_xxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "phone": "+351912345678" }'

# The same number in local format needs the country:
curl -X POST https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start \
  -H "X-IdentifyOrg-Key: io_live_xxxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "phone": "912345678", "country": "PT" }'

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "X-IdentifyOrg-Key": process.env.IDENTIFYORG_KEY, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ phone: "912345678", country: "PT" }), // or phone: "+351912345678"
});
const { id } = await res.json(); // then POST /v1/phone/verify/check with { id, code }

Python

import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start",
    headers={"X-IdentifyOrg-Key": os.environ["IDENTIFYORG_KEY"]},
    json={"phone": "+351912345678"},
)
verification_id = r.json()["id"]

Topping up your balance

Card payments in EUR, converted to your naira balance at the rate shown when you pay. Provider availability is set per country, and cards in US dollars are the fallback where a local-currency option is not open yet.

Data protection

Personal data in Portugal is governed by the GDPR and Law 58/2019. Phone verification stores only a salted hash of each code; check your own obligations as the data controller.