Tunisia
North Africa · TND (DT) · dial code +216 · Arabic, French
- Local currency
- TND
- Phone numbers
- +21620123456
- National ID
- CIN: coming
Available in Tunisia
- Phone verification (SMS OTP)
- SMS and bulk SMS
- Document OCR and verification
- Liveness detection
- Face match
- Address verification
- Verification Suite (applicant links and embed)
- Website audit
- Domain verification
- AI content detection
- Video and voice calls
- Live streaming
- Chat
- WhatsApp assistant and platform
- File tools (PDF, images, audio)
- Short links
- QR codes
- Video meetings
Nigeria only
These read Nigerian identity, banking and utility records, so they do not work for Tunisia. 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)
{
"error": {
"code": "not_available_in_country",
"message": "BVN verification is only available for Nigeria. ...",
"status": 403
}
}Coming: CIN verification
A Tunisia-specific identity check against the CIN (Ministry of Interior) is planned. Until it launches, you can verify people in Tunisia with document OCR, liveness and face match, which work with any passport, national ID or driver's licence photo.
Prices in TND
Your balance is held in naira. Prices below are converted at ₦444.9131 per TND, rounded up. Top-ups in TND are credited at the same rate.
| Service | Price | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Phone verification (SMS OTP) | DT 0.02 | per code sent |
| SMS | DT 0.01 | per message |
| Document OCR and verification | DT 0.12 | per document |
| Liveness detection | DT 0.18 | per check |
| Face match | DT 0.18 | per check |
| Address verification | DT 0.34 | per check |
| Video call | DT 0.01 | per participant-minute |
| Voice call | DT 0.01 | per participant-minute |
| Website audit | DT 0.68 | per scan |
| AI text detection | DT 0.18 | per check |
Phone number format
Tunisia mobile numbers are written locally as 20 123 456 and internationally as +21620123456. There is no national 0 prefix to remove; we add +216 in front of what you send.
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": "+21620123456" }'
# 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": "20123456", "country": "TN" }'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: "20123456", country: "TN" }), // or phone: "+21620123456"
});
const { id } = await res.json(); // then POST /v1/phone/verify/check with { id, code }import os, requests
r = requests.post(
"https://api.identifyorg.com/v1/phone/verify/start",
headers={"X-IdentifyOrg-Key": os.environ["IDENTIFYORG_KEY"]},
json={"phone": "+21620123456"},
)
verification_id = r.json()["id"]Topping up your balance
Card payments in TND, 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 Tunisia is governed by the Organic Law 2004-63. Phone verification stores only a salted hash of each code; check your own obligations as the data controller.

