Last Updated on July 26, 2026
Summary✨
- Meta introduces the Facebook Verified feature to confirm users are real people and enhance trust on the platform.
- To obtain the Facebook Verified badge, users must complete a selfie-based verification process using facial recognition technology.
- Eligible users must be at least 18 years old, comply with Community Standards, and avoid fraudulent behavior.
- The Verified badge, which is free, will appear in Marketplace, Dating, Groups, and Profiles, but not in Pages or ProMode accounts.
- Facebook plans to expand the availability of the Verified badge globally, democratizing access beyond celebrities and influencers.
Meta has brought a Facebook Verified feature for ‘eligible’ users. The social media giant says that the feature helps ensure that there’s a real person behind the account and not a fake person. The badge helps users who navigate through the marketplace, Dating, and engage in conversations in groups. The idea that a user is in contact with a real person with no suspicious history on the platform benefits healthy and productive use of the platform too. This post tells you how you can apply for the Facebook Verified badge and what its eligibility criteria are.
Meta says that Facebook Verified is to know that there’s a real person
Meta has stated that the reason behind bringing Facebook Verified is to ensure that the real person is using a particular Facebook account. This reveals to other users that the person with the official badge means that they are real and Facebook has verified it.
Meta says that people don’t use Facebook merely to become friends. It’s also a place where people go around Facebook Marketplace, Facebook Dating, and talk in Groups. But since AI has become an easier tool to make content and messages, the company is bringing “a way for you to know there is a real person on the other side of a profile.”
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How can you get the Facebook Verified badge?
Facebook Verified uses a selfie- based process. That means you need to record a short selfie video where the platform records your face profile from different angles. Then the company uses its facial recognition technology to match your selfie with the photos you have in your Facebook account to ensure that the photo is of the same person using the Facebook account.
Facebook says that the process only takes a few moments. But to be eligible for this, users need to meet the trust and safety standards, or let’s say it’s the Community Standards;
Who is eligible and not for the free Facebook Verified badge?
To be eligible for Facebook Verified, here are the eligibility criteria:
- You must be 18 years or older on Facebook
- Must comply with Facebook’s Community Standards
- You must have avoided fraud, scams, and deceptive practices, and not display “inauthentic behavior”
Meta says that its free Facebook Verified badge service is not applicable to Pages and ProMode accounts.
After you are verified, your badge will appear on Facebook in Marketplace, Dating, Groups, and Profile. The badge appears to the right of the account’s name. The company says that in the near future, the badge will appear in Feed posts too. The badge comes for free too. There’s no subscription charge attached.
Facebook says that its Verified badge doesn’t mean it “endorses the user or guarantees their trustworthiness”. The company says that the motif behind it is only to show that the “moments that matter on Facebook are grounded in real people.”
When can you get the Facebook Verified badge for free?
Meta says that the free Facebook Verified badge will launch globally in phases and start in select markets at first. That means, in Nepal, you will have to wait a few good months to get the verified badge for free. But since Facebook mentions the global expansion, chances are only likely that Nepali users will be eligible for it too, at least by region.
Another cool thing with this initiative is that to date, the verified badge was exclusive to celebrities and well-known figures. Normal users wouldn’t get it even if they like to boast it. But thankfully, Facebook is democratizing its badge feature.
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FAQs on free Facebook Verified badge
The free Facebook Verified badge is a new identity verification feature from Meta that confirms an eligible Facebook account belongs to a real person. It is designed to help users identify authentic profiles while using Marketplace, Dating, Groups, and other Facebook features.
To get the badge, you need to submit a short selfie video through Facebook. Meta uses facial recognition technology to compare your selfie with the photos on your Facebook profile to verify your identity.
To qualify for the free Facebook Verified badge, you must be at least 18 years old, follow Facebook’s Community Standards, and have no history of fraud, scams, deceptive practices, or inauthentic behavior.
No. Meta says the free Facebook Verified badge is currently available only for eligible personal Facebook accounts. It is not supported for Facebook Pages or Professional Mode (ProMode) profiles.
Not yet. Meta is rolling out the feature gradually, starting in select countries. While there is no confirmed launch date for Nepal, the company says it plans to expand the feature globally, so Nepali users are expected to receive access in a future rollout.
