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# Retrieve a business entity verification



## OpenAPI

````yaml /spec/openapi.json get /business_entities/{business_entity}/verification
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Nmbr API
  description: API to interact with Nmbr Payroll
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://sandbox.nmbr.co/services/payroll
security:
  - CompanyToken: []
tags:
  - name: Accounting Codes
  - name: Accounting Code Rules
  - name: Adjustments
  - name: Allowances
  - name: Allowance Line Items
  - name: Allowance Types
  - name: Async Tasks
  - name: Bank Accounts
  - name: Business Entities
  - name: Business Entity Verifications
  - name: Business Entity ROE Authorizations
  - name: Business Presets
  - name: Calculations
  - name: Companies
  - name: Contractors
  - name: Deductions
  - name: Deduction Line Items
  - name: Deduction Types
  - name: Earnings
  - name: Earning Line Items
  - name: Earning Types
  - name: Effective Tax Properties
  - name: Employees
  - name: Employee Benefits
  - name: Employee Benefit Line Items
  - name: Employee Benefit Types
  - name: Employer Benefits
  - name: Employer Benefit Line Items
  - name: Employer Benefit Types
  - name: Employer Statutory Withholding Line Items
  - name: Employer Statutory Withholding Types
  - name: Forms
  - name: Form Batches
  - name: Form Types
  - name: Holidays
  - name: Integrations
  - name: Journal Entries
  - name: Overtime Rates
  - name: Partners
  - name: Pay Rates
  - name: Pay Schedules
  - name: Pay Splits
  - name: Pay Stubs
  - name: Payments
  - name: Payrolls
  - name: Reimbursements
  - name: Reimbursement Line Items
  - name: Reimbursement Types
  - name: Remittance Accounts
  - name: Remittance Account Enrollments
  - name: Reports
  - name: Statutory Withholding Line Items
  - name: Statutory Withholding Types
  - name: Tags
  - name: Tag Groups
  - name: Tax Properties
  - name: Tax Property Templates
  - name: Tokens
  - name: Usage Records
  - name: Usage Summaries
  - name: Vacation Pay
  - name: Vacation Pay Settings
  - name: Webhooks
  - name: Work Assignments
paths:
  /business_entities/{business_entity}/verification:
    get:
      tags:
        - Business Entity Verifications
      summary: Retrieve a business entity verification
      operationId: business-entities-verification-show
      parameters:
        - name: business_entity
          in: path
          schema:
            type: string
          required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  id:
                    type: string
                    description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr.
                    readOnly: true
                  object:
                    type: string
                    description: >-
                      The type of the object in Nmbr
                      (`"business_entity_verification"`).
                    readOnly: true
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/BusinessEntityVerification'
              example:
                id: <id>
                object: business_entity_verification
                data:
                  status: approved
                  link_status: complete
                  link: https://nmbr.co/kyb?token=<token>
                  external_id: <id>
                  business_entity:
                    id: <id>
                    object: business_entity
                    links:
                      self: /business_entities/<id>
                  created_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z'
                  updated_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z'
components:
  schemas:
    BusinessEntityVerification:
      type: object
      title: Business Entity Verification
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - approved
            - failed
            - incomplete
            - requested
        link_status:
          type: string
          description: >-
            How far the business got through the verification link shared with
            it. Scoped to that link, not the provider's overall profile, and
            carrying no verdict (the decision is on `status`). `not_started`
            (link shared but not completed), `in_progress` (submitted, not yet
            picked up), or `complete` (submitted and picked up for review,
            covers in-review and any terminal decision). `null` until a status
            is available.
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
          enum:
            - complete
            - in_progress
            - not_started
        link:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        external_id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          maxLength: 255
        business_entity:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              description: The unique identifier of the object in Nmbr.
              readOnly: true
            object:
              type: string
              description: The type of the object in Nmbr (`"business_entity"`).
              readOnly: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          description: The date and time the object was created in Nmbr.
          readOnly: true
          format: dateTime
        updated_at:
          type: string
          description: The date and time the object was last updated in Nmbr.
          readOnly: true
          format: dateTime
  securitySchemes:
    CompanyToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````