> [!CAUTION]
> **Caution:** This documentation is for Google Ads API **v24** . The latest active version is [**v26**](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/latest/StartIdentityVerificationRequest).

Request message for `StartIdentityVerification`.

[Proto definition ![GitHub](https://developers.google.com/site-assets/logo-github.svg)](https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/blob/master/google/ads/googleads/v24/services/identity_verification_service.proto)

| Fields ||
|---|---|
| ## `customer_id` | `string` Required. The Id of the customer for whom we are creating this verification. |
| ## `verification_program` | `IdentityVerificationProgram` Required. The verification program type for which we want to start the verification. |