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  1. Certificate Approval Process

Extended Validation (EV) Process

Unlike Domain Validated (DV) & Organization Validated (OV) certificates, EV certificates requires a more extensive validation process than that of Domain Validation and Organization Validation SSL certificates to confirm the identity and legitimacy of the organization that owns and operates the website

  • Validation Process: Rigorous validation process including legal identity, physical presence, operational existence, and domain ownership verification.

  • Issuance Time: Longer issuance time due to the rigorous validation process. Typically, issuance would take 1-5 Business days.

Process Involved:

  1. Domain Control Validation (DCV): Domain Control Validation can be done online and it's an customer friendly automated process.

  2. Extended Organization Validation (OV): Extended Organization Vetting process includes,

    1. Organization Identity & Address verification,

    2. Doing Business As / Tradename verification (if 'O' value provided is a Tradename),

    3. Authenticity of certificate request verification through online email link acceptance by Certificate Requester,

    4. Verified Method of Communication - emSign delivers the code using reliable method of communication (email / telephone). Requester will receive a link to submit the code to prove the authenticity of the certificate request.

    5. Physical existence / Place of Business Verification,

    6. Operational existence,

    7. Contract Signer Verification,

    8. Certificate Approver Verification,

    9. Signer's authority to sign the Subscriber Agreement &

    10. Approver's authority to approve EV certificate request .

  3. Online Consent Acceptance by Certificate Requester: As part of SSL EV process, Requester Consent link will be sent to Certificate Requester's email address.

  4. Online Subscriber Agreement Acceptance by an authorized Contract Signer: As part of SSL EV process, Subscriber Agreement link will be sent to an authorized Contract Signer's email address.

  5. Online EV Request Approval by an authorized Certificate Approver: As part of SSL EV process, EV Request Approval link will be sent to an authorized Certificate Approver's email address.

  6. Certificate Signing Request (CSR): As part of SSL EV process, CSR has to be submitted to Certifying Authority (emSign).

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