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# Verify Individual Addresses in Nigeria

> Send name, DOB, phone, and address. Get a physical address verification and reference ID for individuals via one API call.

<Warning>
  All file links (e.g. selfie URLs, document URLs) returned in the response expire within **one hour**. We strongly recommend transferring these documents and images to your own infrastructure as soon as you receive them. If a link expires before you are able to download the file, call the [Fetch Address Verification Data](/docs/address-verification/fetch-address-verification-data) endpoint to generate a new link — which will also expire in one hour.
</Warning>

### Request

```http [POST] theme={null}
{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/kyc/address
```

### Header

| Header        | Type   | Description                                                                                         |
| ------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| AppId         | string | Create an app to get your app ID on dashboard [here](https://app.dojah.io/developers/configuration) |
| Authorization | string | Private/secret key. Use `<key>` not `Bearer <key>`                                                  |

### Body parameter

| Parameter    | Type   | Description                                             | Required |
| ------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| first\_name  | string | First name of Individual                                | required |
| last\_name   | string | Last name of Individual                                 | required |
| middle\_name | string | Middle name of Individual                               | optional |
| dob          | string | Date of Birth of Individual in this format (yyyy-mm-dd) | optional |
| gender       | string | Gender of Individual                                    | optional |
| mobile       | string | Active Mobile Number of Individual                      | required |
| street       | string | House number, Street name                               | required |
| landmark     | string | Closest landmark to the street                          | optional |
| lga          | string | LGA                                                     | required |
| state        | string | State                                                   | required |

### Sample response

```json Response theme={null}
{
    "entity": {
        "status":"pending" ,
        "reference_id": "69e10264-4b90-64fe-b4b7-c9dddafd0241"
    }
}
```

### Response Fields

| Field                | Type   | Description                                                                                                                                                    |
| -------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| entity               | object | Contains the response data                                                                                                                                     |
| entity.status        | string | Verification request status. Values: `pending` (verification in progress), `completed` (verification finished), `failed` (verification could not be completed) |
| entity.reference\_id | string | Unique reference ID for tracking this verification request. Use this ID to fetch verification results later                                                    |