> ## Documentation Index
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# Screen Government ID

> Screen a government-issued ID with fuzzy matching

Screens passports, tax IDs, national IDs, and similar identifiers. Matching is exact and substring, with results ranked by trigram similarity — it does not correct typos.

<ParamField path="government_id" type="string" required>
  The government-issued ID to screen.
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="lists" type="string">
  Comma-separated [list slugs](/api/screen/lists) to narrow the scope (default: all enabled lists; unknown slugs return `400`).
</ParamField>

Returns the shared [screening envelope](/api/screen); `match` on each hit is `exact` or `partial`.