A step-by-step guide to getting your APID, building your verified profile, and using it strategically across your CV and LinkedIn to get noticed by the right employers.
In a competitive job market where every candidate claims strong results and significant experience, the professionals who stand out are not necessarily those with the most impressive claims. They are the ones whose claims can be independently verified. Here is a practical step-by-step guide to building your verified APID and using it strategically across your CV and LinkedIn profile. Step 1 is creating your free account. Go to ascentpassport.com and sign up with your email address. You receive a verification OTP, confirm it, and your account is created. Your APID is generated automatically in the format AP-2026-XXXXXXXX. This takes under two minutes and costs nothing. Step 2 is completing identity verification. Navigate to Step 2 in your dashboard and enter your PAN number if you are based in India or your passport number if you are an international professional. This step anchors your APID to your verified identity and provides a significant boost to your AP Score. Your PAN is encrypted and never visible to any employer who checks your passport. They see only that identity verification is complete. Step 3 is building your employment history. For each previous role, add the company name, your designation, your department, your start and end dates, and the HR contact email for that organisation. If you do not have a specific HR person's email, a general hr@companyname.com address is sufficient. AscentPassport's HR Outreach Agent drafts and sends a professional verification request automatically. Add a description of your responsibilities for each role. This improves your Profile Completeness score directly. Step 4 is adding your professional profiles. Link your LinkedIn URL and GitHub profile if relevant. The Digital Footprint Agent uses these to corroborate your claimed employment history, and connecting them adds points to your AP Score immediately. Step 5 is adding your APID to your CV. Place it in the contact information section at the top, alongside your email and phone number. A simple line reading APID: AP-2026-YRKA6976 followed by your full passport URL is sufficient. Some professionals add a small shield icon or the AscentPassport logo next to it. Recruiters who recognise it check it before contacting you. Those who do not recognise it will follow the link and find a clean, professional presentation of your verified career. Step 6 is adding it to LinkedIn. Under Licences and Certifications in your LinkedIn profile, add a new entry. Name it Verified Career Identity. Set the issuing organisation to AscentPassport. Add your APID number as the credential ID and paste your full passport URL as the credential URL. Anyone viewing your LinkedIn profile can now click through to your verified passport directly from there. Step 7 is using your passport link actively in applications. When submitting through job portals or email, include your passport link in the cover letter or the additional information field. Reference it explicitly: My verified employment history is available at this link. This positions you as a transparent candidate who has nothing to hide and everything to prove. The total setup time is under ten minutes. The professional return is a permanent, portable credibility signal that strengthens every job application you make for the rest of your career. A final note on timing: the candidates who build their verified APIDs early in the adoption curve gain the most sustained advantage. As APID verification becomes more common in the hiring market, having a high AP Score with strong HR confirmation across a multi-year career history will be the standard expectation, not a differentiator. The professionals who build that foundation now will have the most complete and trusted records when that expectation arrives. Start building yours today. The APID is the only credential that gets more valuable over time without any additional work from you. As more of your former employers confirm your records in response to platform outreach, your AP Score rises automatically. As more employers on the platform recognise and trust the APID, your verified identity opens more doors. The initial five-minute investment pays dividends indefinitely.