Lesson Introduction

LinkedIn® verification can confirm specific information about your profile. Depending on your eligibility, this may include identity, workplace, or educational institution verification. The available route varies, so use this lesson to understand the options before starting a verification process.

Note: This lesson covers verification for individual LinkedIn® members. Workplace verification is becoming more important: LinkedIn® says some members may be required to verify their workplace when adding or editing work experience. LinkedIn® also offers a separate verification process for organisation Pages. If you administer a Company Page, see LinkedIn® Company Page Verification Is Expanding — Here’s What Businesses Need to Know.

Authenticity is key to creating meaningful interactions. The verification badge on your profile indicates that you were able to confirm specific information about your account.

Having verified information helps provide authenticity signals to others that you’re who you say you are.

Seeing verified information on others’ profiles helps foster a trusted community so you can make more informed decisions around connecting with other professionals.

LinkedIn® says verified members see 60% more profile views and 50% more engagement on average. Treat those figures as LinkedIn®’s own platform data rather than independent evidence of causation.

LinkedIn® says profile verification is optional and available at no additional cost.

Choose the Verification Route Available to You

A current and valid Passport: 99% of current Passports are NFC
NFC equipped smartphone: If you are using Apple Pay or Google Pay then your smartphone has NFC
The LinkedIn® App installed on your smartphone

Another important requirement is that your name On LinkedIn® must be exactly the same as shown on your passport. So a David who likes to be called Dave, and an Elizabeth who likes to be called Liz will need to change their name On LinkedIn® before starting the steps below.

To get the verification badge I recommend removing emojis, punctuation, and swanky any qualifications from your name. MSc might look cool, but it’s not your name.

Verification Availability

Verification availability varies by member, country, employer, educational institution and verification method, and LinkedIn® continues to expand and change the routes it supports. Rather than relying on a country list that can quickly become outdated, check the verification options currently shown on your own LinkedIn® profile. LinkedIn® will present the methods available to you.