Verify users from AAF Virtual Home
AAF Virtual Home is a member of AAF, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with AAF Virtual Home by having them sign in with their AAF Virtual Home account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Australia
- Federation
- AAF
Institution details
- Organization
- AAF Virtual Home
- Description
- Australian Access Federation Virtual Home Organization
- Country
- Australia
- Website
- http://vho.aaf.edu.au
- SAML Entity ID
https://vho.aaf.edu.au/idp/shibboleth- Federation
- AAF
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- technical
- support
- http://refeds.org/metadata/contactType/security
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with AAF Virtual Home?
Yes. AAF Virtual Home participates in AAF, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their AAF Virtual Home account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does AAF Virtual Home support persistent identifiers?
No. AAF Virtual Home only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is AAF Virtual Home in?
AAF Virtual Home is located in Australia.
How do I verify students from AAF Virtual Home?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at AAF Virtual Home. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
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