Saudi Arabia

Gulf · SAR (SAR) · dial code +966 · Arabic

Local currency: SAR
Phone numbers: +966512345678
National ID: National ID / Iqama: coming

Available in Saudi Arabia

Nigeria only

These read Nigerian identity, banking and utility records, so they do not work for Saudi Arabia. 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: National ID / Iqama verification

A Saudi Arabia-specific identity check against the National ID / Iqama (Absher / National Information Center) is planned. Until it launches, you can verify people in Saudi Arabia with document OCR, liveness and face match, which work with any passport, national ID or driver's licence photo.

Prices in SAR

Prices for Saudi Arabia ·change

Your balance is held in naira. Prices below are converted at ₦355.2947 per SAR, rounded up. Top-ups in SAR are credited at the same rate.

Service	Price	Unit
Phone verification (SMS OTP)	SAR 0.02	per code sent
SMS	SAR 0.01	per message
Document OCR and verification	SAR 0.15	per document
Liveness detection	SAR 0.23	per check
Face match	SAR 0.23	per check
Address verification	SAR 0.43	per check
VAT number validation (live)	SAR 3.80	per check
Video call	SAR 0.01	per participant-minute
Voice call	SAR 0.01	per participant-minute
Website audit	SAR 0.85	per scan
AI text detection	SAR 0.23	per check

Phone number format

Saudi Arabia mobile numbers are written locally as 051 234 5678 and internationally as +966512345678. The leading 0 is a national prefix: we drop it when we add +966, so local-format numbers work if you also send the country.

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": "+966512345678" }'

# 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": "0512345678", "country": "SA" }'

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: "0512345678", country: "SA" }), // or phone: "+966512345678"
});
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": "+966512345678"},
)
verification_id = r.json()["id"]

Topping up your balance

Card payments in SAR, 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 Saudi Arabia is governed by the Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL). Phone verification stores only a salted hash of each code; check your own obligations as the data controller.