About verified accounts

The blue verified badge

on Twitter lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic.

The badge appears next to the name on an account’s profile and next to the account name in search results. It is always the same color and placed in the same location, regardless of profile or theme color customizations.

Accounts that don’t have the badge next to their name but that display it somewhere else, for example in the profile photo, header photo, or bio, are not verified accounts.

Verified badges must be applied by Twitter, and accounts that use a badge as a part of profile photos, background photos, or in any other way that implies verified status, are subject to permanent account suspension.

What types of accounts get verified?

An account may be verified if it is determined to be an account of public interest. Typically this includes accounts maintained by users in music, acting, fashion, government, politics, religion, journalism, media, sports, business, and other key interest areas.

If you think your account should be verified, let us know. This article includes information about submitting a request to verify an account.

A verified badge does not imply an endorsement by Twitter.

Request to verify an account

The blue verified badge

on Twitter lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic.

We approve account types maintained by users in music, acting, fashion, government, politics, religion, journalism, media, sports, business, and other key interest areas. If you believe your account is of public interest and should be verified, this article outlines information about submitting a request.

Submitting a request

To be able to complete the form, your account must have the following:

• A verified phone number
• A confirmed email address
• A bio
• A profile photo
• A header photo
• A birthday (for accounts that are not company, brand, or organization accounts)
• A website
• Tweets set as public in Tweet privacy settings

Profile and account recommendations

Some common characteristics of verified accounts include:

• If the account belongs to a person, the name reflects the real or stage name of the person.
• If the account is a corporation or company account, the name reflects the real name of the corporation or company.
• The profile and/or header photo reflects the person, the corporation’s branding, or the company’s branding.
• If the account is a corporate or company account, the email address associated with the account is a corporate or company email address.

Additional information

When submitting a request to verify an account, we ask for additional information that can help us evaluate it. Here are some tips to keep in mind:

• We’ll ask you to tell us why we should verify an account. If the account represents a person, we want to understand their impact in their field. If it represents a corporation or company, let us know their mission.
• When providing URLs to support your request, choose sites that help express the account holder’s newsworthiness or relevancy in their field.
• We may request that you scan and upload a legible copy of your government-issued ID (such as a passport or driver’s license) to confirm your identity.

Submit a request to verify an account

You can submit a request to verify an account by filling out this form, and we’ll respond to your request via email. Note: In order to access the form, you must be logged in to the Twitter account you would like verified. If you are not already logged in, you will be redirected to the Twitter login page.

If your request is denied, you can submit another request for the same account 30 days after receiving the email from us.

If you’ve submitted a request and have not yet received an email from us, we may be having trouble delivering it. This article includes troubleshooting steps that may help.

I'm not receiving emails from Twitter

Yellow warnings like the one pictured above mean we're having problems delivering to the email address you provided. If our emails to you continue to bounce back as undeliverable, we'll stop attempting delivery for some of your notifications.

Note: Based on the email notification preferences you've selected, Twitter may email you notifications about account activities like new messages, new followers, or Twitter newsletters. If we've stopped attempting delivery for these emails, you may also be unable to receive important emails, like password reset emails.

If you're seeing this yellow warning, please follow these steps:

1. Double-check your email address. Make sure the address on your account is spelled correctly. If you need to make a change, you can update your email address in your account settings.
2. Click the "try sending a message again" link within the yellow warning. We'll start trying to deliver your email again. Please note that if your email continues to bounce back to us as undeliverable, this yellow warning will return to let you know that we're having trouble delivering emails to your address.
3. Sign into the email address associated with your account, and check for emails from Twitter. Be sure to also search for emails from Twitter in your spam, junk, or bulk mail folders, as well as filters or tabs.
4. If the issue persists, visit your account settings and change your email address to a new one. Make sure you use an email address that has never been used on this or any other account before. We've found that emails from Twitter are nearly always delivered to major webmail providers like gmail.com,yahoo.com, or hotmail.com.

Note: If you’ve mistakenly clicked This isn’t my account from one of our emails, we will stop attempting delivery to that address. You will need to visit your account settings and add a new email address to your account.

I know my email is valid! Why are you still unable to deliver?

• Even if you're generally able to receive emails at your email address, your email client or ISP (internet service provider, such as Comcast, SBC, etc.) may be blocking mail from Twitter or mistakenly filtering our emails as spam.
• If your email is being regularly bounced back to us as undeliverable, we won't be able to consistently deliver your important notifications to that email address. If you'd like to troubleshoot further with your ISP, you may want to ask them to make sure they're whitelisting email from Twitter. Please note that we aren't able to retrieve bounce logs for individual bounced emails.
• Unfortunately, if we're blocked or filtered by a particular email provider or ISP, we aren't able to fix this issue on an individual basis. We are constantly working on our side to increase our email delivery, and we appreciate your patience!

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