Are you wondering how to get one of those pretty little blue checkmarks next to your brand’s name on Facebook? You’re in the right place.
For both emerging or established brands, getting verified on Facebook is a big deal. It proves you’re someone authoritative enough to receive the verification, as the blue tick isn’t handed out to just anyone.
Many public figures and companies with a sizable following who want to get verified on Facebook never actually do, so getting that coveted blue checkmark bumps you up to an elite status that customers are sure to appreciate.
Keep reading to find out how to get your Facebook Page verified, why verification is so important, and how to increase your chances of getting and staying verified.
What is Facebook verification?
Facebook verification is the process of getting your Facebook Page verified. The verified blue badge on a Page means that Facebook has confirmed that the profile does, in fact, belong to a particular public figure, creator, or brand — rather than a fan or impersonator.
Verified badges on Facebook (and Instagram) appear next to the Page or account’s name, both on the profile page and in search.
For instance, not to brag, but we have our Facebook page verified with the blue badge.
The Facebook verification team meticulously reviews all requests to decide whether an account is eligible to get the highly sought-after checkmark.
Why verify your Facebook Page?
If you or your business have achieved a high level of influence and authority, the real question is: why not verify your Page?
The first and obvious reason for getting verified on Facebook is the prestige and credibility associated with it. Seeing that blue checkmark next to your account, people will consciously or subconsciously acknowledge that you’re someone established enough to be verified.
The verification badge proves that many people know about you, look for you, and might even try to impersonate you with fake accounts.
In other words, the checkmark works as immediately visible social proof.
The verification badge also lets your prospects and customers easily find and follow your real Page and get up-to-date, accurate information about your brand.
Without the badge, it can be challenging to know whether a Facebook Page is authentic. So the ability to differentiate your official account from fan accounts, similarly-named brands, and imposter accounts is crucial.
But there are more reasons why the Facebook verification badge is much more than a nice-to-have.
For example, Hootsuite and AdEspresso have a few Facebook groups for niche purposes like support and learning. So it’s helpful for our Facebook audience to find the more general, official Pages separately at the top of search results when searching “Hootsuite” or “AdEspresso.”
Finally, Facebook verification gains you early access to some new Facebook features that aren’t yet available to all accounts. So you can have an edge over your competitors who may not have the same access.
How to verify your Facebook Page
The process of getting verified on Facebook is different for business Pages and personal profiles.
Note that you need to fill out the same form linked below if you wish to verify a personal profile (as a public figure or celebrity). Additionally, you’ll be asked to upload a copy of your official government-issued photo identification such as a passport or driving license.
Here we describe the steps to verify a Facebook Business Page.
Step 1: Head over to the verification request page
To get considered for Facebook verification, you’ll need to fill out and submit this request form.
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As this is for a business Page, select Page under Verification type.
Next, click the Select Page to verify drop-down to find your business Page on the list. Note that you need to sign in as an admin of the Business Manager account to submit this form.
Step 2: Select the right category for your account
Categorizing your account correctly is important because it helps Facebook establish if you have relevant influence in a certain industry to warrant verification. So make sure to select the right category and the country your business operates out of.
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Step 3: Attach identifying documents
Facebook needs rock-solid proof that you are exactly who you say you are. So the next step is to upload pictures of identifying documents.
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As you can see above, for a business Page verification, you’ll need to attach a copy of your company’s phone or utility bill, certificate of formation, articles of incorporation, or tax exemption documents.
Step 4: Explain why you’re pursuing verification
This is a critical step in receiving the blue verification badge from Facebook. You must provide a compelling reason for why you’re seeking verification.
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Here are some sample reasons why your business need to get verified on Facebook:
- We have a large following across multiple platforms, and there are many fan accounts. We need our audience to instantly know that this is the official account so there’s no confusion.
- As a renowned business publication, we’ve been featured in several media outlets and considered an expert in our niche. Verifying our Facebook account will help us maintain credibility and help our audience find us easily.
- We’re a large corporation with many franchise branches and verifying the core brand account will help our customers view it as the central source of branded information.
To boost your odds of getting verified, be specific about how the blue badge could benefit both your business and Facebook’s users.
Step 5: List your other social media accounts and add comments
Link to your other social media accounts. Perhaps your business is verified on Twitter, so you can leverage that verification on Facebook, too.
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Feel free to add any additional comments that you’d like Facebook to consider at this point.
Step 6: Send the request and wait for a decision
Finally, review all the information you’ve entered, and when you’re ready, click Send.
Then, you wait. Facebook says: “Once we review your request, you’ll receive a notification letting you know if your account has been verified or not. If your request is denied, you can submit a new request after 30 days.”
There’s no particular timeframe in which you can expect to hear back. You could get a response within 48 hours, or it could take 45 days or longer.
Verification for large multinational businesses and corporations may take longer, as Facebook’s team may need to dig deeper to manually review the supporting documents to confirm the claim is authentic.
If you get rejected, supply additional information that you think may help in your next attempt.
Why can’t I verify my Facebook Page?
Even if a business page fits the bill, Facebook often denies the verification request. Here are a couple of common reasons for rejection and how you can set things right.
1. There’s an issue with the documents you submitted
The documents you submitted could have a few issues that are holding you back from getting verified.
For example, your document may:
- Not be of an accepted type — learn more about correctly uploading official documents here.
- Be a self-filed document — Facebook needs documents with an accompanying official signature or seal.
- Be blurry, low resolution, expired, unviewable, or corrupted — ensure you’ve scanned your document in high resolution.
- Not contain your full business address.
- Be in an unsupported language.
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2. Your business information doesn’t match up
Attention to detail is the name of the game.
For instance, your request can be rejected if the business name listed on your Facebook Business Settings is different from the name you have on your submitted documents. If that’s the case, update your business name in Business Settings or submit a new document that has the business name matching the one in your Business Settings.
Keep the following things in mind:
- Your business website and email domain must match.
- Your website should feature your business’s name and logo.
- Your business name must be listed on your submitted documents. For example, if a utility bill doesn’t have the business name included, it would be rejected.
- Your documents must include your business headquarters address and business phone number.
5 tips to increase your chances of getting verified on Facebook
Here are a few best practices to boost your odds of being verified on Facebook.
1. Build a complete profile and post regularly
You should fill out your Facebook profile in its entirety. This means having a profile and cover picture, a detailed About section, a link to your official business website, mission statement, contact info, etc. — leave nothing blank.
Ensure your account is deemed active by posting frequently. If you post once every couple of months, Facebook likely won’t bother verifying you.
2. Have a clear reason for why your business needs a verification
The stronger the case you build for getting the blue badge, the more likely you are to receive approval. Refer to the sample reasons we shared earlier, and in essence, be upfront in the application form about why the checkmark is a win-win for both your brand and Facebook users.
3. Talk about your brand’s mentions in well-known publications
Has your business been mentioned in any major publications? Did a company executive recently make an expert appearance in a news article on a reputed publication? Is your brand often mentioned or linked to on Facebook?
If so, ensure you mention these points in the form as it can help you get approved.
4. Know the additional requirements for certain accounts
While this may not affect your business account’s verification, it doesn’t hurt to know about Facebook’s additional verification requirements for law enforcement agencies, city governments, politicians, and elected officials.
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5. Keep your Facebook account professional and relevant
To ensure Facebook instantly recognizes your page as a serious contender for verification, your account should be an official and authentic representation of your brand.
So make sure to share on-brand content and delete anything that negatively affects your credibility, such as:
- Off-brand logos, personal posts, or low-quality images
- Posts with poor grammar, spelling, and unprofessional copy
- Content that doesn’t match your brand voice
Review your business Page through a customer’s eyes and update/remove anything that looks out of place.
How to stay verified on Facebook
Once you get that hard-earned blue badge, the last thing you want to do is throw it away.
So make sure never to do any of the following, which could cause your verification status to be revoked (and your account itself may even be suspended or deleted):
- Providing false or misleading information during the verification process
- Violating any industry-specific guidelines that are part of the agreement to granting verification
- Violating Facebook’s Terms of Service or Community Standards
Also, this may go without saying but never engage with anyone offering to sell you a verified badge. Facebook doesn’t sell verified badges, and any Page or profile found doing so will have their badges removed, as per the Help Centre.
Other important things to know about Facebook verification
If you also wish to get verified on Instagram (a Facebook-owned platform), the process is quite similar.
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If a Facebook Page linked to your Instagram account is already verified, you will still need to get verified on Instagram separately. And if you don’t have the blue checkmark on Instagram, you can link to your Instagram profile from your official Facebook page to let people know that the profile is authentic.
Lastly, if you can’t get verified after multiple attempts or aren’t yet eligible, here are a few ways to showcase your business page’s authenticity:
- Use the description in your bio to tell users about who you are.
- Use Stories to provide a behind-the-scenes look into your business.
- Encourage followers to tag you so your audience can see your branded interactions.
- Link to your Facebook and Instagram account from your official website, YouTube channel, or Twitter account.
Time to get verified
Facebook looks at many factors when verifying accounts. Even if you’re eligible for verification, submitting a request doesn’t guarantee a blue tick.
Still, considering the credibility, social proof, and other benefits that come with the badge, there’s no harm in giving it a try.
Follow the steps and tips outlined above, and consider combining all your pages that could be regarded as “duplicates” to improve your odds of getting verified. That’s about it!
So, have you had your Page verified? How long did it take you to get the coveted badge? Let us know in the comments below.
Whoa, I was looking for these steps and finally found them I would definitely use them for my profile.
I’m so glad! Good luck!
Congratulation , good luck with your PAGE
Plese tell how to verify page i dont know
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Thanks alot for ths info
Nice, I already got verified with a grey badge like a half years ago, but it disappeared. (Keep in mind, I did not change the name or type of the page.)
Now I cannot even start a new verification. Once visit the URL that read on FB Community, it says it’s not available right now. But Hungary has the opportunity to both of badges, so I don’t get it.
Checked 5 pages. 0 have a “verification” option under “General” or anywhere.
Same here…
same here..
there is no verification tab in the page
I’ve got the Grey verification on my FB Business page, but it won’t allow me to verify again for the blue? It says verified. My public figure page I was declined bc I’m not famous enough, and now the verification part has disappeared from general settings. I don’t see it on my personal page either.
Have a page with nearly 30K followers, but the option to verify does not exist. Any advice?
thanks a lot guys!
Nope no page verification option available . Is this country specific.
Also don’t see the option “Page verification” under general settings. Anyone know how to do this for non-profit organizations?
I’ve read on the Facebook community pages that the lack of a verification option is often due to your location. Is there any way to bypass this? Any loophole?
There’s no Page verification option with my page. My location is South Sudan. Now, does that mean I can’t verify my page even after having all requirements? Please advice
There’s no Page verification option with my page. My location is Egypt. Now, does that mean I can’t verify my page even after having all requirements? Please advice
My page does not have the ‘Page Verification’ option, the first item in the list shown in my settings is ‘Page Visibility’…
Rain Longson – Artist on fb
there is no option for page verification in the setting.
how can I verify my facebook page?
Same here…no option for page verification.
Very nice, ill try
Amazing Admin!
I Will Use this method to get verified account 🙂
Every where I have looked has the steps which include the “Page Verification” option in General Settings…I do not have this in my settings at all. Any help would really be appreciated!
Thanks for this post but nowadays facebook don’t have this option verify page so how can i do? my country is Cambodia…
Every where I have looked has the steps which include the “Page Verification” option in General Settings…I do not have this in my settings at all. Any help would really be appreciated!
Nice article but I guess i’m not famous enough.
The page verification option does not exist on my page.
nice but its not working in nepal
Looks like it works before and now Facebook modify its rules. Not working for my page with no option to verify.
Nice Steps, But i am unable to find page verification option in General option under settings. please help me.
Thank You
I have a page of 650k plus fans and there is no option of verification in my page setting !! I have completed all section like about impressium ,website ,phone no, team member, we are posting authentic contents ..everything is ok but still there is no option for verification …
Same goes with me as well!
Thank you so much for for the this step by step guide. I ll try my best to follow them to verify my page.
Thanks again
I never verified my facebook account in ever. One day my friend told me to verify my FB account but I will ignore and he suggests me to read your this post. And after reading your post I can understand that how much important the FB verification. Thanks for guiding.
It was very helpful to me thanks for this Article.
its not available for every one and not for all regions so there must be something wrong and there is no obvious policy!!! although İ have likes and working on my page based on daily bases.
Regards
Hi, i wish to get blue tick verification in my fb profile
Thank you for these steps.
Will you just suggest me any video with full steps of verification of Facebook page
Very Nice Information About Verify Facebook Page
Thank you
First its a lot difficult for me to get verified But at lot of Work On My page And Website Amazing Posts Make Me Verified.That’s all done by my site.
Very good write-up. I certainly love this website. Thanks!
no, i can’t see any page verification in my page setting, please do share the right method.
Many Thanks
I just get “page not found” :/
Awesome tutorials, I tried more than 15 times using mobile numbers, but cannot verify my page, finally on another way.
Thanks for sharing this info.
i am verifying my local bussiness page with phone number hope facebook will give me gray badge so i we will look official. Thanks for guidence
Need to get verify badge
Sarcastivhyderabdi
Page Verification option is not visible?
Please help me with this issue.
It is very helpful to all.
I have Business Fan Page, where “Page Verification” option do not shown in the settings. i also tried for manual apply, but after studies i found there have no applying option for business fan page. So how can i apply or have this option? Please let me know. Thank you
thank u for your good information
now I’m going to try my best for it
Hello,
In my facebook page i can’t find Page Verification in General. So who can help me to solve this problem ?
I really need to do it.
Thanks advance for your help?
Can you get BOTH personal page AND fan page verified??
Hi what do you do if you can’t see the “page verification” tab under settings general on your page
Hello Ana,
I tried as you said but nothing happened with my page. Could you please help me a bit???
Nice article, I really like it. But there are any other requirement for facebook verified pages like – 1. FB page age 2. Minimum likes on Page etc.
I have a page of 548k plus fans and there is no option of verification in my page setting !! I have completed all section like about impressum, website, phone no, team member, we are posting authentic contents ..everything is ok but still there is no option for verification …
Sam issue. I can find page verificaiton section.
Nice Steps, But i am unable to find page verification option in General option under settings. please help me.
Thank You
7K Likes in my page and have the verify option. Got verified in less than a day. I used the call option to get verified. Yay.
May be from USA
Hi Can help me.. 600k like but cant verified..
Still wont verify my page even after sending Articles of Corporation from the State.
System is Broken
Have a page with nearly 650K followers, but the option to verify does not exist. Any advice?
Have a page with nearly 656K followers, but the option to verify does not exist. Any advice?
sir I have a page please tell me how this verify
Hello. Sir i used facebook 1 year old And i loved Facebook and services.me 6000 followers and 1000 request sir I want a verify badge .
How long does verification take? I sent in a pic July 4 and no verification or reply.
Hi , We try to verify our facebook page but show error message How can i do this ? Error : This feature isn’t available to everyone right now. Best regards
Please help! I cannot find page verification option.
Best Regards.
thank u nice informative post!
I won’t the green verification on my fb public figure
i have my page of public figure. its 2k likes and it lacks the option for verification under settings. is it my location or just facebook is discriminatory. the page’s link is fb.me/odebanthony
Same here…no option for page verification.
Sir, I am following same process but page verification is not showing in my setting option.
This is a really amazing article. I loved the way you have presented this article and looking forward to reading such more articles in the future as well.
That’s helpful and really thanks for also the difference between grey and blue tick.
I was searching for such an article and I have ended up here! Thank you very much for sharing such information.
Thanks for sharing very helpful article
Is the process to verify a face-book page and profile still same Or different. please help me where i can apply for the verification badge
hi i did everything and put on my mobile number and they called me with a four digits verification code and i typed the numbers and after that it told me that i cant verify my page with this info…kindly help what should i do now thanks in advance
I have also the same problem. No verification option is found on my FB page.
Very nice Information. You covered all things related to the Facebook page verification process. Thank you for sharing this.
Hi,
Superb article… I just want to add one more thing.
Saw lots of comments that they can’t see the verification request link in the settings…
Just published a new updated post with all information. Please do check it out.
Superb
Thank you ,even i am waiting that 🙂
I have Unable to see Verification Page Option On My Page
What an interesting topic.
Once again, Thanks for sharing
Hi Ana, thanks very much for this info, you’re really an amazing writer, this publication was well explained and easy to assimilate. However i did follow all the step and procedures but didn’t see the verification button… I need your update on that… Thanks
I received a code when FB rang me but I got a message stating this page can’t be verified. We waste so much time with FB !
An outstanding guideline to the interested gues like me. However; I came here from Google by searching “how to verified my facebook page”. Thanks to Adespresso for this informative helpful post.
Masud Parvage
Founder @ Niche Park
I have had “too many tries” at verifying with my phone number and need to “check back later.” It’s been over two weeks, and I still can’t verify my business page with the phone number. Will this ever change?
Nice one
This is helpful, thanks a lot
Now I’ve Learned. Facebook i am coming
I have had “too many tries” at verifying with my phone number and need to “check back later.” It’s been over two weeks, and I still can’t verify my business page with the phone number. Will this ever change?
I have had “too many tries” at verifying with my phone number and need to “check back later.”
What an interesting topic.
Once again, Thanks for sharing
Getting a verified Facebook page really makes people to believe in your business on Facebook but it has never been easy to get a verified Facebook page.
This article has really help, kudos!
Hello there! Your post is wonderful. I don’t see verification option on my page.
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Nice post, i think getting a facebook page verification will help boost my business.
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Hey does this still work in 2019? I just tried the following steps and keeping my fingers crossed 🙂
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Getting Facebook page verification has always been my greatest desire..
Thanks for the tip..
I created a facebook page for my blog a year ago. But I have not yet verified my page. This guide has motivated me to get a blue badge for my page by completing all the steps. I’m going to soon try to verify my blogs facebook page. Thanks for this article.
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thanks for this tutorial. verifying facebook page is one challenge i hope to pass through when its time to verify mine.
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Hello, if this thread is still active, can you please explain how to get in help from FB, because once I submit the form for the verification, instantly I get a negative reply, like in a second after my submission. Is there another way to check why it goes wrong?
Thank you
Thanks to some information on this page i was successfully verified within 5 hours of applying.
Thanks guys!!!