FatPirate ID and Passport Verification Guide

What passing ID verification actually gets you

Clearing KYC unlocks the part everyone cares about: your money leaving the account. Until your identity is confirmed, FatPirate holds withdrawals no matter how big your balance is.

The casino runs under a Curaçao licence, and its standard KYC list is short. You need a passport or driving licence, proof of address such as a recent utility bill, and proof of payment for the method you deposited with. Get all three right and the review usually finishes within 24 hours. Get one wrong and the clock resets.

For the identity step specifically, the accepted documents are:

• Passport — the photo page with your picture, name, date of birth and document number visible.
• Driving licence — the plastic card, front and back, with the same personal details legible.
• National ID card — where you hold one, both sides in a single clear shot each.

Whichever you pick, the name and date of birth on it must match what you typed at sign-up exactly. A middle name on the passport that never made it into your account details is enough to trigger a manual check. Verified once, you can withdraw up to £4,000 a day and £30,000 a month without repeating the process.

One point trips people up. The identity document proves who you are, but it does not, on its own, satisfy the whole KYC set. FatPirate still wants a separate proof of address and a proof of payment for your deposit method. Think of the passport or licence as the first of three boxes, not the only one. Send all three in the same sitting and the review runs as a single 24-hour pass rather than a back-and-forth that stretches across days.

Why uploads get rejected, and what it costs you

Most rejections come down to the photo, not the document. The document is fine sitting in your wallet. The problem is the image you send.

Here are the errors that bounce an upload most often:

• Glare across the photo page. Flash or a ceiling light reflects off the laminate and washes out the number line.
• Cropped corners. One edge sits outside the frame, so the reviewer cannot confirm the document is whole and unaltered.
• Blur. A shaky hand turns the machine-readable strip into mush.
• Expired document. A licence that lapsed last month will not pass, however sharp the shot.
• Mismatched details. The address or spelling on the document differs from your account.
• Screenshots or scans of a scan. A photo of your ID on a screen gets flagged as tampered.

Each bounce is not just an annoyance. The support team asks for a fresh file, you re-upload, and the 24-hour window starts again from zero. Two rejections can easily push a same-day payout into a three-day wait. If your documents keep coming back, our page on why verification gets rejected breaks down the fixes case by case.

There is a knock-on effect worth spelling out. Because verification has to clear before any withdrawal leaves the account, a stuck ID check freezes your entire balance, not just the amount you tried to cash out. Players chasing the £20 deposit bonus feel this most: they clear the x40 wagering, build a withdrawable balance, then lose days at the final hurdle because a licence photo had a thumb over the corner. The document itself was valid the whole time. The image was the only thing standing between them and their money.

Photographing your ID so it passes first time

A clean shot takes about a minute once you know what the reviewer is looking for. Follow these steps and you rarely need a second attempt.

1. Lay the document flat on a dark, plain surface. A wooden table or a sheet of dark paper kills reflections better than a white worktop.
2. Turn off the flash. Use daylight from a window or an even room light instead.
3. Hold the phone directly above the document, not at an angle, so all four corners sit inside the frame with a small margin around each edge.
4. Wait for the camera to focus. Tap the screen on the document text and check the number line is sharp before you shoot.
5. For a driving licence or ID card, take the front and the back as two separate photos.
6. Zoom in on the finished image and read your own details. If you can read them, so can the reviewer.
7. Upload the original file. Do not crop, rotate through an editor, or apply filters, because processing can look like tampering.

One extra tip that saves time: name and date of birth on the shot have to match your FatPirate account down to the letter. If you registered as "Jon" but the passport says "Jonathan", fix the account detail with support before you send anything.

File format matters more than most players expect. Upload a straight JPG or PNG taken by your phone camera, kept under the size limit the upload box shows. Avoid PDFs stitched together from several scans, and never send a photo of your ID displayed on another screen. Both patterns read as tampering to an automated first pass and route your file into slower manual review. If the casino also asks for a selfie holding the document, hold it beside your face with the details still readable and use the same flat, well-lit setup you used for the standalone shot.

Which document clears fastest for you

All three identity documents are accepted, but they are not equally quick or convenient. A passport carries everything on one page. A licence doubles as proof of address in some cases but needs two shots. The table lays out the trade-offs so you can pick the one that gets you through with the least fuss.

Whatever you send for identity, address still needs its own document unless your licence carries a current one. Our guide to proof of address at FatPirate covers what counts as a recent utility bill and how old is too old. Do both together and you clear the whole KYC set in a single sitting.

Worth remembering: verification is a one-time step per account. Once you are through, deposits from £10 and withdrawals from £20 flow without another document request, and you can browse every payment method without hitting a wall at cashout.

Common questions about FatPirate ID checks