January 2025 Releases

Instant Verification: Update to Low Income Instant Verification Logic

We have updated our verification logic to reflect the 2025 Federal Poverty Level Guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Instant approvals now use the latest income thresholds, with default set at 130% of FPL and options for 150%, 180%, or 200%.

Instant Verification: New Source Attribution in Downloadable Reports

To comply with regulations around certain Instant Data Sources, we have added a new "Source Attribution" column to downloadable reports in MySheerID or our Reporting API. Currently, this column will only display a note when verifications use data from CNOUS (French National Center for University and School Works) for French University Student approvals. These rows will state:

"Verification performed using API-sourced data from the French National Center for University and School Works (CNOUS), available through data.gouv.fr."

All other rows will remain blank.

For more details on data points in reports, visit our Developer Center. We've also updated our Reporting glossary in the Product Knowledge Base to define this new column.

Column order in our verification reports is not fixed and new columns may appear without notice due to factors including, but not limited to: New data points that SheerID exposes in reporting and Metadata that you include in verification requests. If you are consuming SheerID reports programmatically, code defensively. Your integration should be tolerant of header changes.

Some updates may not apply to every program. Contact the Product Support Team if you have questions about how these updates apply to your specific programs.