Account checkup

Add a profile photo, confirm your email and verify your ID from the account checkup. None of it is needed to ride.

Updated
5 October 2026

The checkup helps your driver recognise you and helps GuyWay give your account back if you lose your phone. None of the items is needed to ride.

Before you start. Open the Account tab. The Complete your account card shows how many items are left. Tap Continue checkup.

Profile photo

  1. Tap Profile photo.
  2. Take a photo, or choose one, and save it.

Your driver sees it at the pickup. You can also tap your picture on the Account tab.

Confirm your email

  1. Tap Verify your email.
  2. Check the address under Your email and tap Send code.
  3. Type the six-digit code from the email.

The code lasts 15 minutes. An email that matches your Apple, Google or Facebook sign-in counts as confirmed.

Verify your ID

  1. Tap the ID item, then Verify your ID.
  2. Under Which document, choose Passport, Guyana ID card or Driver's licence.
  3. Tap Take a photo, or Choose from my photos. Fit the document in the frame, with no glare.
  4. Tap Use this photo.
StatusMeaning
We're checking itThis usually takes a day
Checked by GuyWayYour account shows ID verified
We could not accept that photoTap Send a new photo

The result also arrives in Inbox. Drivers see your first name and photo, never your ID. The Privacy Notice says what is kept and for how long.

Related: Your account and settings, Your data and privacy