How to Automate Identity Verification from Google Forms Responses with Fastkey

Google Forms is one of the most widely used tools for collecting information — from job applications and tenant screenings to client onboarding and event registrations. But once a form is submitted, the manual work begins. If your process requires identity verification, someone on your team has to take that form response, log into a separate platform, and submit the request by hand. With Fastkey and Zapier, that step is completely automated.

How It Works

This integration connects Google Forms to Fastkey through Zapier. Every time someone submits your form, an identity verification request is automatically sent to them:

Trigger: A new response is submitted through your Google Form
Action: Fastkey sends the respondent an identity verification request via email
The person verifies their identity using their government-issued photo ID and facial recognition through Fastkey's secure portal
Results are delivered to your Fastkey dashboard — with options to save them to Google Drive, Sheets, or send notifications

The respondent doesn't need to download any app or create an account. They simply click the link in the email, scan their ID, take a selfie, and they're done.

What Is Identity Verification?

Identity verification (IDV) confirms that a person is who they say they are. Fastkey's verification process uses government-issued photo identification (passport, driver's licence, or national ID card) combined with facial recognition technology. The system compares the photo on the ID to a live selfie of the person to confirm they match.

This goes beyond simply asking someone to upload a photo of their ID. It's a biometric comparison that prevents fraud and confirms the document is authentic.

Use Cases

Any process that collects personal information through Google Forms and requires identity verification can benefit from this automation:

Tenant Screening

Landlords and property managers who use Google Forms for rental applications can automatically send identity verification to every applicant. Confirm the tenant is who they claim to be before showing the property or signing a lease.

Client Onboarding

Professional services firms — accountants, lawyers, financial advisors — often collect client intake information through forms. Automatically verify new clients as part of your KYC (Know Your Client) process.

Job Applications

If you accept job applications through Google Forms, you can trigger identity verification for every applicant. Especially useful for positions that require background checks or security clearances.

Event Registration

For events that require verified attendees — conferences with restricted access, age-gated events, or secure facilities — automate the verification as soon as someone registers.

Volunteer Screening

Organizations that onboard volunteers working with vulnerable populations can verify identity automatically as part of their screening process.

Setting Up Your Google Form

Your Google Form needs to collect a few key pieces of information for the identity verification to work:

First name and last name (separate fields work best)
Email address — this is where Fastkey sends the verification link
Phone number (optional but recommended)

You can include any other fields your process requires. The Zap only uses the name, email, and phone fields to send the verification request — the rest of your form data stays in Google Sheets as usual.

Setting Up the Zap

Create a Fastkey account at fastkey.com/register (Business account required)
Search for "Fastkey" and "Google Forms" on Zapier to find the template
Connect your Google account — Zapier will ask for permission to access your Google Forms
Select your form — choose the specific Google Form you want to connect
Connect your Fastkey account — enter your Fastkey email and password
Map the fields — match the form's name and email fields to Fastkey's verification request fields
Turn on your Zap — every new form submission will now trigger a verification

Extending the Workflow

Once verification results come back, you can chain additional Zaps to complete your workflow:

Save the verification PDF to Google Drive — organized by folder, date, or applicant name
Log the result in Google Sheets — add a row with the verification status alongside the original form response
Send a Slack notification — alert your team when a verification is complete
Email the report — forward the result to a manager, landlord, or compliance officer

Why Google Forms + Fastkey?

Google Forms is free, flexible, and already used by millions of people and businesses. But it doesn't have built-in identity verification. Fastkey fills that gap. Instead of building a custom solution or using an expensive enterprise platform, you can add verified identity checks to any Google Form workflow in minutes — with no coding required.

Get Started

Turn any Google Form into a verified intake process. Connect Google Forms to Fastkey through Zapier and automatically verify the identity of every person who submits a response. Visit our Zapier integration page for more details and workflow ideas.