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# 60425: Verification SID invalid or not provided

Log Type: APPLICATION

Log Level: ERROR

## Description

This error occurs when you send a Verify request with a missing or malformed Verification SID. For a Verification Check request, `verificationSid` must be a `SID<VE>` value that starts with `VE` and is 34 characters long. If you do not send `verificationSid`, send `to` instead.

### Possible causes

* The request includes `verificationSid`, but the value does not match the required `SID<VE>` format.
* The request omits `verificationSid`, and you also did not provide `to`. Verify requires one of those values when you create a Verification Check.
* The request passes the wrong SID type, such as a Service SID that starts with `VA`, instead of a Verification SID that starts with `VE`.
* The SID was copied incorrectly, truncated, or includes extra characters. Verify expects `verificationSid` to be 34 characters long.

### Possible solutions

* Send the `verificationSid` exactly as returned when the verification was created. Make sure it starts with `VE` and is 34 characters long.
* If you do not have the Verification SID, create the Verification Check request with `to` instead of `verificationSid`.
* Confirm that you are using a Verification SID and not another resource SID such as `serviceSid`. `serviceSid` values start with `VA`, while Verification SIDs start with `VE`.

#### Additional resources

* [Verification Check API](/docs/verify/api/verification-check)
* [Verifications API](/docs/verify/api/verification)
* [Verify V2 returns a 404 after Fetching a Verification SID](https://help.twilio.com/articles/360033357033-Verify-V2-returns-a-404-after-Fetching-a-Verification-SID)