Identity verification
Exchanges ask for a government ID, and usually a face check, before you can deposit or trade. Find out what the review asks for, how long Binance says it takes and where it publishes no time at all, why submissions fail, how to appeal, and the official way to update a name, nationality or expired document on an account that is already verified.
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Verification and login codes
How Long Does Binance Verification Take?
48 hours is the official figure: Binance says submitted documents are 'usually reviewed within 48 hours', and that some cases take longer. A review that asks for more, such as proof of address or a source-of-funds declaration, has no published time limit. Inside 48 hours with nothing requested, wait and do not resubmit; when more is asked for, send exactly that through the link in the notice.
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Lockouts, restrictions and closing
Binance Asks for Source of Funds: What to Send
The official list names one or two documents for each source of money: for a salary, a payslip or a bank statement showing the salary, dated within the last 3 months, or the most recent tax statement; for savings, a bank statement within 3 months showing the balance. Every document must show your full name. A private loan and a crypto sale each need two documents at once.
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Binance ID Rejected or KYC Failed: What to Fix
Each rejection message points to one thing to change. A photo problem means retaking the document photo; a failed face check, redoing it in different light or on another device; a details mismatch, matching every confirmed character to the document; an unaccepted document, switching to a type offered for your country. An identity already on another account, or a region rule, is not fixed by resubmitting; for those, or a refusal that looks wrong, there is an appeal.
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Changes to an existing account
Update Binance KYC: Name Change or Expired ID
An expired document, or a name, ID number or nationality that has changed, lets you update a verified identity on Binance; three further listed reasons cover a fiat channel's requirements, a switch to a system-recognisable language and Binance Card. Start from Update Identity on the Identification page. The account stays in Withdrawal Only until the new documents are verified, and another person's identity can never be swapped in.
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Verification and login codes
Binance Proof of Address Rejected: What Passes
A proof of address is refused for one of five reasons: a document type that is not on the list, a date outside the validity window, an address that does not match what you typed, a name that does not match your ID, or a scan that is cropped, black and white or photocopied.
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Verification and login codes
Binance PAN Card Verification Failed in India
When a Binance KYC check fails in India, compare every detail you confirmed with your ID document, check the face-scan rules (face uncovered, enough light), and appeal through Self-Service if the decision still looks wrong. The PAN request comes from Binance's 2025 notice that users in India, new and existing, must re-verify by following the steps in an email it may have sent. A pop-up about the sender when crypto arrives is a separate Travel Rule check.
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Lockouts, restrictions and closing
When a Crypto Exchange Account Holder Dies
The person appointed to handle the estate files a claim with the exchange, attaching the death certificate, the court papers that name them, their own identity document and a letter saying where the assets should go. Binance, Kraken, Coinbase and Bitget all publish this route; Kraken and Coinbase say in writing that there is no beneficiary option, and Binance and Bitget describe only the claim after the death. Nobody has to know the password, and the family should not log in.