How to Get Meta Verified on Facebook (and Why Verification Gets Stuck)

Meta lists requirements for you and for the profile you want to verify. If any one isn’t met, you can’t buy the subscription. Meta says the requirements may change.

1. Age: you must be at least 18, or the age of majority where you live.
2. Country: you must be in a country where Meta Verified is available.
3. Profile type: a Facebook personal or professional creator profile. It may need a profile picture and name that meet Meta’s Meta Verified naming standards (external site, opens in a new tab).
4. Security: turn on Advanced Protection for the profile.
5. Activity: the profile needs to meet Meta’s minimum activity requirements (Meta’s page doesn’t say what they are).
6. Recent changes: Meta says you can’t exceed a limit on how often you’ve changed your profile in a certain period before applying, for example your name, profile picture, username, location or profile type. If you’ve just made several changes, wait before applying.
7. ID and rules: have a government-issued photo ID, and follow Facebook’s Terms of Service and Community Standards.

Verifying two profiles? They must be in the same Meta Account (one Facebook, one Instagram), and both may need similar names and pictures. Instagram has its own profile rules: see Meta’s eligibility page (external site, opens in a new tab).

Meta’s Facebook app steps cover the whole process: payment, two-factor authentication, your name and picture, then your ID. On iPhone you pay through the Apple App Store; on Android, through Google Play.

Where you pay matters later: Meta says you must cancel where you signed up. See how to cancel Meta Verified.

Meta says you can start on a computer, but after you click Subscribe you need to finish subscribing in the Facebook mobile app.

Computer (browser)

1. Log into Facebook on a computer and click your profile picture (top right).
2. Click Settings & privacy, then Settings.
3. Click Meta Account, then Meta Verified.
4. Select the profile, then click Single profile subscription (or Two-profile subscription).
5. Click Pay to get benefits, enter your payment information, then click Continue and Subscribe.
6. Open the Facebook app on your phone and continue from the two-factor step: see Fix 4.

After payment, Meta asks you to turn on two-factor authentication, confirm or edit your name and picture, and upload photos of your government-issued photo ID (front and back).

1. Two-factor authentication: select a security method, tap Next, and follow the on-screen instructions.
2. Name and picture: tap Confirm profile name and Confirm profile picture, or tap Edit profile name (then Update profile name) or Upload a new picture (then Edit > Update profile picture), then review your edits and tap Submit.
3. ID: select the type of ID, tap Next, then Take photo of the front. Check it’s readable, tap Next, photograph the back, then tap Submit.
4. Tap Finish to complete the verification process.

Meta says that after you’re verified, changing your profile name or picture may mean going through verification again, so get them right now. If you’re eligible, Meta may verify you using your activity across its products instead, such as how long you’ve had your name and how complete your profile is.

Meta says it reviews your application and sends an update on your verification status within 3 business days. While it’s pending, you may not be able to update your profile name, username, category, location or date of birth.

1. Don’t try to change those details during review: wait for Meta’s notification.
2. Once approved, your profile is verified and you get access to Meta Verified benefits, including support.
3. Turned down? Meta says you’re eligible for a refund if it couldn’t verify your identity; rejections for false information or because you’re not eligible don’t qualify. See Meta Verified refunds. Meta also has a page on troubleshooting verification issues, linked from its subscription page (external site, opens in a new tab).

Meta says only Meta Verified subscribers can use Meta Verified Support, and only after they’ve completed verification.

Meta lets you verify up to two eligible profiles (one Facebook and one Instagram) in the same Meta Account, and you may get a discounted bundle price.

Meta says both profiles must be added to the same Meta Account, and its overview (external site, opens in a new tab) adds that both may need similar names and pictures.