Identification

  • Provide the Identification information of the applicant including Country of Legal Residence, State which the applicant resides, Citizenship, and Identification Number.

  • Fully Disclosed Client (Individual, Joint, Retirement, Org, Trust)

  • Advisor Client (Individual, Joint, Retirement, Org, Trust)

  • Non-Disclosed- NonQI Client (Individual, Joint, Org, Trust)

  • Non-Disclosed- QI Client with Trading (Individual, Joint, Org, Trust)

  • Non-Disclosed- QI Client with No Trading (Individual, Joint, Org, Trust)

  • Individual: AccountHolder

  • Retirement: AccountHolderDetails, PrimaryBeneficiary

  • Joint: FirstHolderDetails, SecondHolderDetails

  • Org: AssociatedIndividual

  • Trust: Individual

  • For certain countries, IBKR will require a specific ID_Type.

  • If DriversLicense OR Passport is provided AND ExpirationDate is missing, an error will be thrown.

  • Our system validates the ID_Type vs IssuingCountry to ensure that valid data is in fact provided.

  • Validations for SIN and SSN

    • You will receive an error if any of the following combinations are provided:

      • Consecutive numbers (00000000)

      • Incremental numbers (123456789)

      • Any letters (sjdjfhvyr or 928a84374)

      • Any special characters (283.848.039 or 039.20394 or dashes)

      • Less than 9 numbers (93803948)

      • More than 9 numbers (3828475844)

Preferred ID_Type by IssuingCountry

*Regular Expression used to validate the ID_Type vs IssuingCountry

Issuing

Country

Required Document

ID_Type

Regular Expression used to validate the ID Number

ARG

Documento Nacional Identidad Number

NationalCard

^\d{8}$

AUS

Australian Driver’s License

DriversLicense

^.{0,64}$

AUS

Tax File Number

NationalCard

^(\d{8}|\d{9})$

BRA

Cadastro de Pessoas Fisicas

NationalCard

^\d{11}$

CAN

Social Insurance Number

SIN

^\d{9}$

CHN

Resident Identity Card Number

NationalCard

^\d{17}(\d|X)$

DNK

Det Centrale Personregister

NationalCard

^\d{10}$

ESP

Numero de Identifacion Fiscal

NationalCard

^\d{8}[A-Z]$

FRA

Institut National Etudes Economiques

NationalCard

^\d{15}$

FRA

French National National Id

NationalCard

^\d{4}([A-Z]|\d){3}\d{5}$

IND

Permanent Account Number

PANNumber

^[A-Z]{5}\d{4}[A-Z]{1}$

ITA

Italian National Id

NationalCard

^([A-Z]{2}\d{7}|\d{7}[A-Z]{2}|[A-Z]{2}\d{5}[A-Z]{2})$

ITA

Codice Fiscale

NationalCard

^[A-Z]{6}\d{2}[A-Z]\d{2}[A-Z]\d{3}[A-Z]$

MEX

Clave Unica Registro de Poblacion

NationalCard

^[A-Z]{4}\d{6}[A-Z]{6}\d{2}$

MYZ

MYS    National Registration Identity Card

NationalCard

^\d{12}$

NZL

New Zealand Driver’s License Number

DriversLicense

^[A-Z]{2}\d{6}$

RUS

Transborder Passport Russian Federation

NationalCard

^\d{10}$

RUS

Russian International Passport Number

NationalCard

^\d{9}$

SGP

National Registration Identity Card

NationalCard

^[A-Z]\d{7}[A-Z]$

SWE

Personnummer

NationalCard

^(\d{10}|\d{12})$

TUR

Kimlik Number

NationalCard

^\d{11}$

USA

Social Security Number

SSN

^(?!\b(\d)\1+(\d)\1+(\d)\1+\b)(?!123456789|219099999|078051120)(?!666|000)\d{3}(?!00)\d{2}(?!0{4})\d{4}$

ZAF

South African Identification Number

NationalCard

^\d{13}$

XSD

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<xsd:element name="Identification" use="Required" />
<xsd:sequence>
 <xsd:attribute name="citizenship" type="citizenship" use="Required" />
 <xsd:attribute name="citizenship2" type="citizenship" use="Optional" />
 <xsd:attribute name="citizenship3" type="citizenship" use="Optional" />
 <xsd:attribute name="<ID_Type>" type="String" use="Required" />
 <xsd:attribute name="IssuingCountry" type="IssuingCountry" use="Required" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
 <xsd:attribute name="IssuingState" type="IssuingState" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" use="Required for IB-AU accounts only if DriversLicense is provided" />
 <xsd:attribute name="ExpirationDate" type="YYYY-MM-DD" use="Required IF Passport OR DriversLicense is provided" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
 <xsd:attribute name="RTA" type="String" use="Required for IB-AU accounts only" />
 <xsd:attribute name="CardColor" type="CardColor" use="Required for MedicareCard is provided as ID document, for IB-AU accounts only" />
 <xsd:attribute name="MediCareReference" type="String" use="Required for MedicareCard is provided as ID document, for IB-AU accounts only" />
</xsd:sequence>
<xsd:Choice name="<ID_Type>"
 <xsd:attribute name="Passport" type="String" use="Optional" />
 <xsd:attribute name="AlienCard" type="String" use="Optional" />
 <xsd:attribute name="NationalCard" type="String" use="Required for China Citizens and Residents" />
 <xsd:attribute name="DriversLicense" type="String" use="Optional" />
 <xsd:attribute name="PANNumber" type="String" use="Required for India Citizens and Residents" />
 <xsd:attribute name="SSN" type="String" use="Required for United States Citizens and Residents" />
 <xsd:attribute name="SIN" type="String" use="Required for Canadian Citizens and Residents" />
 <xsd:attribute name="MedicareCard" type="String" use="Optional for Australia Citizens and Residents" />
</xsd:Choice>

Parameters

Name

Type

Description

citizenship

3 Digit ISO Code

Citizenship of the applicant. 

citizenship2

3 Digit ISO Code

If the applicant has multiple citizenship, provide the additional citizenship of the applicant. 

citizenship3

3 Digit ISO Code

If the applicant has multiple citizenship, provide the additional citizenship of the applicant. 

IssuingCountry

3 Digit ISO Code

Country which the <ID_Type> was issued

IssuingState

3122 ISO Code

State which the <ID_Type> was issued; only applicable IF ID_Type=DriversLicense AND IssuingCountry=AUS
hasExpirationDate

true

false

 Indicate IF ID document has an ExpirationDate.

<ID_Type>

String

ID number associated with the ID Document Provided. For certain countries, IBKR will require a specific ID_Type.

ID Document and ID Number cannot be expired.

ExpirationDate YYYY-MM-DD Provide expiration date of the ID document.
RTA String

Only applicable IF ID_Type=DriversLicense AND IssuingCountry=AUS
ID_Type
SSN String Social security number, required for US Residents and citizens.
SIN String Social insurance number, required for Canada Residents and citizens.
PANNumber String India PanCard, required for India Residents and citizens.
DriversLicense String Drivers License
Passport String Passport
NationalCard String National Identification Card
TaxId String

Tax ID 
AlienCard String Alien Card
Australia MedicareCard
CardColor

BLUE

GREEN

YELLOW

Only applicable IF ID_Type=MedicareCard AND IssuingCountry=AUS
MedicareCard String

Only applicable IF ID_Type=MedicareCard AND IssuingCountry=AUS

Numeric, 10 digits
MediCareReference String

Only applicable IF ID_Type=MedicareCard AND IssuingCountry=AUS

Numeric, Between 1-9 digits
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SSN- Only required for United States Residents and Citizens 
<Identification SSN="989444798" citizenship="USA" IssuingCountry = "USA"/>
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PANNumber- Only required for India Residents and Citizens 
<Identification PANNumber="AABPK6504E" citizenship="IND" IssuingCountry = "IND"/>
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SIN- Only Required for Canada Residents and Citizens 
<Identification SIN="989444798" citizenship="CAN" IssuingCountry = "CAN"/>
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DriversLicense– Australia
<Identification citizenship="AUS" DriversLicense="156554654" hasExpirationDate="true" ExpirationDate="2022-07-30" RTA="9999999" IssuingState="AU-QLD" IssuingCountry="AUS" />
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MedicareCard– Australia
<Identification IssuingCountry="AUS" IssuingState="AU-ACT" citizenship="AUS" hasExpirationDate="true" ExpirationDate="2030-07-30" MedicareCard="1234567890" CardColor="GREEN" MediCareReference="12345"/>

All Other Countries

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DriversLicense
<Identification citizenship="DEU" DriversLicense="156554654" IssuingCountry="DEU" hasExpirationDate="true" ExpirationDate="2028-07-30" />
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NationalCard
<Identification citizenship="DEU" NationalCard="156554654" IssuingCountry="DEU" />
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Passport
<Identification citizenship="DEU" Passport="156554654" IssuingCountry="DEU" ExpirationDate="2028-07-30" hasExpirationDate="true" />
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AlienCard
<Identification citizenship="DEU" AlienCard="156554654" IssuingCountry="DEU" />
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TaxId
<Identification citizenship="DEU" TaxId="156554654" IssuingCountry="ESP" />