Binance Selfie Verification: Can You Wear Glasses? Checklist for Repeated Failures
Wearing glasses for Binance selfie verification will be directly rejected by the system. The official rule clearly states "please do not wear hats, glasses, or use filters" — this is not a suggestion, it's a mandatory requirement. If you keep failing, follow the checklist below to troubleshoot; it will almost always work.
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Why Wearing Glasses Causes Failure
The core of facial verification is "matching your live facial image with the photo on your ID document." Glasses (especially reflective lenses or dark frames) obscure eye features and interfere with the liveness detection algorithm.
Binance officially lists "Wearing glasses, hats, or masks" as one of the direct causes of facial recognition failure. If you wear regular prescription glasses, you will most likely be rejected at the first step as "facial features are obscured."
Checklist for Repeated Failures
Step 1: Remove All Facial Accessories — Glasses Must Be Removed
What to do: Before starting face verification, take off glasses, sunglasses, hats, and masks.
How to do it: If you usually wear contact lenses, you can wear contacts, but no frames. Do not push glasses onto your forehead or hang them on your collar — they must completely leave the facial area.
Completion criteria: No obstructions on the face; forehead, eyes, nose, and mouth all clearly visible.
Step 2: Check Lighting
What to do: Perform the verification in an environment with sufficient light but no direct glare.
How to do it: Avoid backlight (face dark) and direct strong light (face reflective). Natural light or even indoor light is best. Binance requires "sufficient lighting," and dynamic face recognition needs a "quiet, bright environment without direct strong light."
Completion criteria: Your face is clearly visible in the camera preview with no shadows or reflections.
Step 3: Follow On-Screen Prompts
What to do: The system will ask you to blink, open your mouth, slowly turn your head, etc.
How to do it:
Place your face completely in the center of the frame.
Ensure forehead, both ears, and chin are all clearly in view.
Hold each movement for about 1.5 seconds, don't rush.
Follow the on-screen instructions, don't move randomly.
Completion criteria: The system completes the action detection one by one and shows a green checkmark icon.
Step 4: Check Device and Network
What to do: Make sure the phone camera permission is enabled and the network is stable.
How to do it: If the system prompts "cannot access camera," go to phone settings and allow the camera permission for the Binance app or browser. Avoid using VPN or proxy during verification; abnormal IP may trigger risk control.
Completion criteria: The camera can start shooting normally, and the verification process does not lag.
Prerequisite: Have a valid government-issued ID (identity card or passport) ready. The photo on the ID should roughly match your current facial features.
Common Reasons for Failure: Besides wearing glasses, these situations can also cause failure: large discrepancy between ID photo and live face (e.g., after plastic surgery or significant changes over years), blurred or expired ID document photo, basic information entered does not match the ID.
Risk Warning: Attempting to use someone else's face or ID to pass verification violates Binance terms and will be directly rejected. Additionally, if a "multiple faces/twins" issue occurs during verification, you will need to submit a declaration video and ID information through a manual appeal process, which takes longer. It is recommended to prepare all materials at once as required.
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Why Some People Say "I Passed While Wearing Glasses"
A few people claim they passed verification while wearing glasses, possibly because:
The lenses were extremely thin and non-reflective, and the algorithm happened not to classify it as obstruction.
The verification was just a "selfie upload" rather than "dynamic liveness detection" (different scenarios have different strictness).
But in the vast majority of cases, the system will reject. Advice: Don't try it; just take them off.
After completing the above steps, how to confirm verification passed?
After verification, the page will show "Verifying" status. Once approved, a green checkmark icon appears. At the same time, Binance will send a notification to your registered email. If it still fails, check if there is an "Apply for Manual Review" entry on the page and submit supplementary materials as prompted.
