Department of Veterans Affairs

United StatesInCommonTransient identifiers
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Verify users from Department of Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans Affairs is a member of InCommon, 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 Department of Veterans Affairs by having them sign in with their Department of Veterans Affairs account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.

Persistent identifiers
No
Country
United States
Federation
InCommon

Institution details

Organization
Department of Veterans Affairs
Country
United States
SAML Entity ID
https://idp.va.gov/idp/liblynx
Federation
InCommon

SAML capabilities

NameID formats
Not advertised
Entity categories
registered-by-incommon
Single logout
Advertised

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.

Public contacts

Frequently asked questions

Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Department of Veterans Affairs?

Yes. Department of Veterans Affairs participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Department of Veterans Affairs account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.

Does Department of Veterans Affairs support persistent identifiers?

Not necessarily. Department of Veterans Affairs does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.

Which country is Department of Veterans Affairs in?

Department of Veterans Affairs is located in United States.

How do I verify students from Department of Veterans Affairs?

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 Department of Veterans Affairs. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.

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