One integration to validate passports, licences and VEVO work-rights.

They answer two different questions. A DVS (Document Verification Service) check confirms an identity document is genuine and that its details match the issuing agency's records, returning only match or no-match, with nothing about visa status. A VEVO (Visa Entitlement Verification Online) check confirms whether a person holds a valid visa and what work conditions apply. Right-to-work compliance generally needs both, and this service performs both in one workflow, and also validates the physical document image for authenticity and tampering.

Both. For a single document you can call the real-time API synchronously and receive the extracted data and decision in the same response. For batches, or slower checks such as VEVO, use asynchronous mode: you get a job id immediately and we POST each result to your signed webhook when it is ready, with polling as a fallback. A single mode flag switches between them.

Both. IDV Pacific can extract and validate a passport or licence from an image and run the VEVO check from it, or run VEVO in bulk directly from CRM or CSV data you already hold: name, date of birth, document number and country. That makes it practical to re-verify an existing workforce at scale. Exact row caps and turnaround are confirmed in your service agreement.

Four jurisdictions operate labour-hire licensing schemes: Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the ACT. South Australia broadened its scheme to cover all labour-hire providers from 29 January 2026, with a transition period to 29 July 2026. NSW, WA, Tasmania and the NT have no state scheme, and licences are not transferable between states.

No single check makes you compliant, and the legal obligation cannot be delegated. It sits with every party in the work arrangement. What the service does is give you the evidence to meet your VEVO work-rights, VOI, KYC and AML obligations: a documented VEVO check performed before employment is the primary evidence for the Migration Act “reasonable steps” defence, and every check returns a timestamped audit PDF recording the date, outcome and details confirmed.

It is the employer’s legal duty to verify work rights before employing. Since the Migration Amendment (Strengthening Employer Compliance) Act 2024 (in force 1 July 2024), significant civil penalties apply per worker and criminal penalties can include imprisonment; serious or repeat offenders can be declared “prohibited employers” and publicly named, business name and ABN, on the Australian Border Force website. See the Department of Home Affairs guidance on work-related contraventions.

Data is designed to be processed and stored onshore in Australia and not sent offshore. Traffic to the API uses TLS 1.2 or 1.3 with optional mutual-TLS; batch files move over SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) with key-based authentication; stored files, results and audit PDFs are encrypted at rest with AES-256. Source document images and liveness selfies are removed after processing, with only the structured result and audit record retained. Handled under the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles.

Yes to the sandbox: it returns deterministic results for named test scenarios (pass, refer, expired, tamper, VEVO in-effect or ceased) regardless of the file uploaded, including the full asynchronous webhook flow. The JSON shown here is illustrative, to teach the request and response shape. The complete endpoint reference, field definitions, error catalogue and batch specification are in the API Programmer’s Guide and Batch User Guide, which you can request below.