Who or what does it describe?
Identify the person, legal business, account holder, address holder, or authorized representative named by the current verification step.
Document hub · subject before file
Know what a document is meant to prove.
A passport, company record, address document, and bank statement describe different subjects. Start with the exact field and request before choosing or correcting a file.
Map the subject, purpose, and file.
Most document guidance becomes clearer when these decisions stay separate.
Which field should it support?
Separate personal identity, residential address, company registration, authority, billing, and deposit-account ownership.
Does the submission meet the request?
Check validity, completeness, legibility, date, format, language, password status, and authenticity against the live Seller Central task.
One business can have several legitimate evidence subjects.
The name or address that matters depends on what the field is asking Amazon to verify.
Government-issued ID
The record supports the real person named in the identity step.
Address evidence
The document should support the requested person's address—not automatically the LLC or registered-agent address.
Open Business Details →Company registration
Registry details describe the entity and do not replace the owner's identity.
Open Business Details →Deposit-account evidence
A payout-account task is different from using a statement as proof of residence.
Guide under reviewDocuments for a video call
Use the exact invitation to prepare the real participant and requested evidence.
File format and completeness
Readable, complete, authentic records still need to match the purpose of the request.
Review planning tools →Document planning route
Review planning toolsMap the categories before preparing a file.
The checklist separates owner, company, address, payment, and current-request tasks. It does not ask for an upload, email, or document contents.