🇸🇳 Senegal (SN)

Senegal is a fully live market. D-ME supports three identity document types, all verified via Smile Identity's Senegalese bureau integrations.

Supported ID types

ID Type	`id_type` value	Issuer	Status
Carte Nationale d'Identité (CNI)	`national_id`	ANSD / Direction de l'État Civil	Live
Passeport	`passport`	Direction des Passeports	Live
Carte Électeur	`voter_id`	DGE (Direction Générale des Élections)	Live

ID number formats

ID Type	Format	Example
National ID (CNI)	13 digits (may include spaces)	`1 2345678901234` or `12345678901234`
Passport	2 letters + 7 digits	`AA1234567`
Voter ID	12 alphanumeric	`SN12345678901`

D-ME normalises ID numbers before submission — spaces and hyphens are stripped. You may pass the number as it appears on the document.

Sandbox test IDs

Use these IDs in sandbox to trigger specific responses. They are not real identities.

ID Number	Type	Sandbox result
`1000000000000`	national_id	approved
`1000000000001`	national_id	declined
`AA0000001`	passport	approved
`SN00000000001`	voter_id	approved

In sandbox, any syntactically valid ID number (matching the format above) returns approved. The specific test IDs above are provided for clarity.

Example request

Senegal national ID request body

{
  "id_type": "national_id",
  "country": "SN",
  "id_number": "1 2345678901234",
  "first_name": "Amara",
  "last_name": "Diallo",
  "date_of_birth": "1990-05-15"
}

Name matching

Senegalese names are matched using phonetic normalisation to handle common transliteration variations (e.g., "Amadou" vs "Amadu"). Middle names are optional.

Processing time (live)

ID Type	Typical time	Max time
National ID	8–15 seconds	30 seconds
Passport	5–12 seconds	30 seconds
Voter ID	10–20 seconds	45 seconds