Identification types

The types of documents accepted when making a payment through Mercado Pago vary by country.

Important

Keep in mind that this information does not apply to Mexico.

Get the document types

You can get the document types accepted as follows:

GET /v1/identification_types

          
    <?php
        require ('mercadopago.php');
        $mp = new MP ('ACCESS_TOKEN');
        $identification_types = $mp->get('/v1/identification_types');
        print_r ($identification_types);
    ?>

          
curl -X GET \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
'https://api.mercadopago.com/v1/identification_types?public_key=PUBLIC_KEY'

Response

          
    [
        {
            "id": "DNI",
            "name": "DNI",
            "type": "number",
            "min_length": 7,
            "max_length": 8
          },
          ...
      ]

The results included in this response will coincide with the country associated with your Mercado Pago account. For more information about this feature and its attributes, go to API reference.

Identification types by country

The document types accepted by country are listed below.

Argentina

Identification type	ID
Documento Nacional de Identidad	`DNI`
Cédula de Identidad	`CI`
Libreta Cívica	`LC`
Libreta de Enrolamiento	`LE`
Others	`Otro`

Brazil

Identification type	ID
Cadastro de Pessoas Físicas	`CPF`
Cadastro Nacional da Pessoa Jurídica	`CNPJ`

Chile

Identification type	ID
Rol Único Tributario	`RUT`
Others	`Otro`

Colombia

Identification type	ID
Cédula de Ciudadanía	`CC`
Cédula de Extranjeria	`CE`
Número de Identificación Tributaria	`NIT`
Others	`Otro`

Peru

Identification type	ID
Documento Nacional de Identidad	`DNI`
Carné de Extranjería	`CE`
Registro Único de Contribuyentes	`RUC`

Uruguay

Identification type	ID
Cédula de Identidad	`CI`
Others	`Otro`

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