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How to Apply for Green Tick verification
How to Apply for Green Tick verification
Updated over a week ago

How it works?

WhatsApp has verified that an authentic, notable brand owns this account.

WhatsApp’s criteria for WhatsApp Official Business Accounts (OBA) is based on a number of factors and is different from policies on other platforms. In addition to following WhatsApp's Commerce and Business Policies, businesses need to be:

  • Notable: Represents a well-known business, often searched brand or entity

  • Verified: Has gone through Business Verification, and

  • 2FA: Has set up two-step verification (BIK ensures that is setup through it’s embedded signup flow for setting up WABA itself)

How to apply for Green Tick?

  • Login to your Facebook business manager and go to ‘Business settings’


  • Click on ‘WhatsApp accounts’


  • Search by your brands name or WABA ID in the search block

  • Click on ‘Settings’, scroll down and click on WhatsApp manager

  • Click on the name of the brand which is the hyper link, highlighted in Blue

  • Click on ‘Submit Request’, which would open up a dialogue box

  • Now fill the form where you need to ‘Request official business account’

  • Now add upto 5 PR links regarding your brand (Please ensure that the links are not paid or promotional in nature. Also, it is better if the publication is a reputed one as the chances of accepting those are higher)

  • Now add the link of the Facebook Page

  • Click on ‘Submit’.

➡️ Wait for 2-3 days for WhatsApp team to process your request.

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