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Hi. I am spreading this knowledge in case anyone needs it, because when I needed help regarding it I found no info on the topic whatsoever. 

 Now that I have solved it, I thought I'd share what I know to help others.
 
If you are in Egypt, or your ID is not in English, there is a chance you tried verifying yourself, and that it failed and your gigs and seller account got closed.
 
If that happened, or if you are STILL going to verify for the first time in the future, here are the steps.
 
1) If your account got closed in an attempt to verify, contact Customer Support (you could email support@fiverr.com ) and ask them to re open your ability to verify
 2) If your verification method is a national ID, which only come in Arabic, and you don't have a passport or driver's license that have an English option, then you will have to write your info in Arabic. The issue with the verification is that the ID scanner is incapable of translating. The rules say that you have to write your name in English and that is what causes the problem. If your ID is in a different language, you have to write it in that different language
 3) If, like Egypt, you have 4 names, 1 first name, 2 middle names and a last name, you will need to write your first name in Arabic in the first name slot in the form, and then your 2 middle names and last name in the last name slot in Arabic (do not use the optional middle name slot.) Of course leave spaces between the 2 middle names and last name while filling it in the last name slot. Make sure to write it EXACTLY as it appears on your national ID card
 4) You will have to write your address in Arabic too, and it has to be the same address that is on your national ID word for word, letter for letter and number for number. Don't add extra details like apartment number and floor if it is not written on the ID. Make sure that any numbers are also Arabic numbers not English numbers... for example use ٤ not 4 as long as the numbers are in Arabic on the national ID card.
 5) you also have to write your city in Arabic exactly as it is shown on your ID card
 
Only if you do that and nothing else will it say verification successful and move on to taking a photo of your face.
 
Good luck and happy freelancing. 

Discovered what is needed for ID Verification to work for Egyptian (and maybe other Arabic) National IDs in case anyone needs this info

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