Identity verification
built for Belize 
Belize National ID and Passport verified with biometric liveness — AML screening including the FIU Consolidated Belize Sanctions List — $0.33 full KYC, 500 free every month.
Trusted by 2,000+ organizations worldwide.
How identity verification works in Belize.
- Fraud landscape
- Belize faces identity fraud pressures from its offshore IBC ecosystem — synthetic identities exploiting thin registry cross-check availability — and PEP exposure through the National Assembly, the Belize Police Department, and the Belize Defence Force networks. The Financial Services Commission warnings list adds an IBC-specific screening layer. Didit scores 200+ real-time fraud signals on every session — deepfake, injection, document tampering, device intelligence, IP geolocation.
- Compliance frameworks
- Money Laundering and Terrorism (Prevention) Act — Chapter 104 (as amended 2019)
- International Business Companies Act — Chapter 270
- Banks and Financial Institutions Act — Chapter 263
- Data Protection Act 2021
- CFATF Mutual Evaluation 2022
- FATF Methodology 2022
Who supervises identity verification in Belize.
CBB
Central Bank of Belize — prudential supervisor for domestic banks, credit unions, and money-services businesses. Sets KYC and AML onboarding requirements under the Money Laundering and Terrorism (Prevention) Act (Chapter 104).
FIU
Financial Intelligence Unit of Belize — issues the Consolidated Belize Sanctions List and receives suspicious-transaction reports under the MLTP Act. Coordinates with CFATF on enforcement.
IFSC
International Financial Services Commission — regulates offshore IBCs, international banks, and financial-services licensees. Maintains the Financial Services Commission warnings list.
CFATF
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force — the FATF-style regional body. Belize is a member and subject to mutual evaluation and follow-up under FATF methodology.
Immigration and Nationality Service
Issues the Belize National Identity Card and Passport. Maintains the authoritative identity records used for document verification cross-checks.
Four modules. One verification.
Capture and read the ID or Passport.
Captured on any phone — auto-classified, OCR-parsed, and template-verified.
- Belize National Identity Card, Passport (chip read on biometric passports), Permanent Resident Card, Driving Licence, and Social Security Card.
- Returns: full name, date of birth, document number, expiry, nationality.
- Belize National Identity Card
- Passport — chip read on biometric e-Passport
- Permanent Resident Card
Match the face. Prove it's a real person..
Selfie confirmed live and matched against the ID portrait.
- Duplicate check: 1:N face search across existing users. Free.
- Active liveness ($0.15) for elevated-risk flows — user turns or blinks.
- Selfie on any phone or laptop camera
- Mobile-handoff QR when the user starts on desktop
Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media.
1,300+ global sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media lists — plus Belize watchlists:
- FIU Belize — Consolidated Belize Sanctions List
- National Assembly of Belize — PEP Level 1 legislative register
- Belize Police Department — PEP Level 2 law-enforcement register
- Belize Defence Force — PEP Level 2 military register
- Financial Services Commission (IFSC) — regulatory warnings
- CBB — Central Bank of Belize administrative sanctions
- CFATF — Caribbean Financial Action Task Force mutual evaluations
- FATF — Financial Action Task Force consolidated list
- UN Security Council — consolidated sanctions list
- OFAC SDN — Specially Designated Nationals
- Interpol — Caribbean-region red notices
- Basel AML Index — Belize country risk tier
Severity-scored. Ongoing monitoring ($0.07/user/yr) re-checks daily and fires a webhook on new hits.
Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media — see the docs for the full module surface.
Database validation against the immigration registry.
- There is no public government database validation API for Belize currently exposed as a standalone Didit service — the Immigration and Nationality Service does not currently offer a public consumer API open to third-party integrators.
Database validation against the immigration registry — see the docs for the full module surface.
Every Belize document Didit accepts.
Civil-registry and AML coverage for Belize.
Open a new country in one click. We do the hard work.
Common questions about Belize.
Infrastructure for identity and fraud.
One API for KYC, KYB, Transaction Monitoring, and Wallet Screening. Integrate in 5 minutes.