To obtain an EV SSL certificate from GeoTrust, an organization must submit various documentation to verify its identity and the approver's identity. This includes an agreement form, documents proving the organization has been registered for over 3 years or financial records if registered less than 3 years, domain ownership verification, and documents showing the approver is authorized to represent the organization such as employment records and a legal opinion letter. GeoTrust will directly contact organizational leadership to confirm the approver's identity if no other records are available.

1. EV SSL Certificate
Documents Required
by GeoTrust®

2. To approve an EV SSL certificate request GeoTrust® requires multiple
identification information from its approver and Organization.
Submit Acknowledgement of Agreement Form: When a user requests an
issuance of an EV SSL certificate, he must fill out the Acknowledgement of
Agreement Form and send it to GeoTrust.

3. As EV SSL certificate issuance requires a high level of
authentication. GeoTrust has described list of entities which can
apply for EV SSL certificates.
 Government Agencies
 Unincorporated Associations
 Sole Proprietorships
 General partnerships
 Corporations

4. The following Authentication documents are required:
(1) Business/Organization authentication
GeoTrust will asks for the following list of organization documents:
• Government Agencies/organization: Official government agency records including the
Organization’s registration number, date of registration and address.
• If the organization that is applying for the EV SSL is registered for less than 3 years,
GeoTrust verifies its identity by following documents:
i. Verifying via a non-government data source (e.g., Dun & Bradstreet
information).
ii. By checking the organization’s demand deposit account directly through the
financial institution or via a lawyer’s opinion letter.

5. • Approver also needs to include non-government data sources such as the organization’s address
(2) Domain Authentication
To issue an EV SSL certificate GeoTrust needs the domain registrar details. The registered domain
name must match the domain name which the user wishes to secure with the EV SSL certificate.
i. GeoTrust only approves a domain name which is registered with ICANN or IANA registrar.
ii. The domain name which the user wishes to secure with the EV SSL certificate must
match with the domain name entered while generating CSR.
iii. If the domain registrar details are kept private by the admin, he will need to unblock it.

6. (3) Approver’s Authentication
The EV SSL certificate approver must be an authorized person of the organization and he/she must
have the authority to manage and obtain the EV SSL Certificate on behalf of the organization.
GeoTrust will normally ask for following list of documents to verify the approver’s identity:
i. The EV SSL certificate approver’s Name, Title and employment details via an
independent source.
ii. Lawyer’s Opinion letter & Approver’s corporate resolution.
GeoTrust directly contacts the CEO or COO for the approver’s identity. If there is no record
available for company’s CEO and COO, GeoTrust will contact The Human Resource department.

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