UPC ID CHECKER APP

Free identity verification with your smartphone

ID check with the app

Have you ordered a SIM card? A short identity check must be carried out before delivery.* With the UPC ID Checker App, you can do this very easily by scanning your identity card (Swiss identity card, Swiss passport, B or C residence permit). Fast, secure and uncomplicated.

UPC Switzerland LLC is obliged by law, according to the federal law on the surveillance of post and telecommunications traffic (BÜPF), to identify by means of a legally valid ID document all customers who purchase a SIM card, and to store a digital copy of the ID in the customer account. Further information can be found in the customer privacy policy.

YOUR ADVANTAGES

FREE

Free identity verification with the app. Verification via the postman costs CHF 40.-

ANY TIME

With the app you can verify your ID any time and anywhere.

DIGITAL

The verification of your ID is done digitally via your mobile.

QUICK GUIDE

Download the UPC ID Checker App on your smartphone and complete the identity check in just 3 steps:

Scan code

Scan the QR code which you have received by email.

Scan ID

Then scan the front and the back of your ID.

Selfie Video

Create a short selfie video.

Important: You can perform verification within 5 days of receiving the QR code. After this time, the ID check will automatically be done by the postman upon delivery.

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TUTORIAL

Tips for the ID check

Once you have finished ordering your SIM card, you will receive an email with all the necessary information and your personal QR code. Now download the UPC ID Checker App and start the ID check.

Scan QR code

Via desktop: Open the email and scan the QR code with the UPC ID Checker App. Make sure that the QR code is in the centre of the camera image.

Via smartphone: Click on the link in the email.

Scan ID

Credit card-sized cards should be scanned with your smartphone camera in landscape format, paper card-sized cards in portrait format.

Make sure that the ID document is in the centre of the camera image and well lit (without any reflections through the plastic cover).

First scan the page of your passport with your photo on it, then the page with the other personal details.

Selfie Video

Make sure you move your head a little while recording the selfie video.

Please note that the identity check must be performed from start to finish using the same device. If you do not do this, the operation may be interrupted and will have to be repeated.