Add certificates you issued before Nyvarra

If you've issued certificates for years, the people holding them still get asked whether they're real. Historical import adds those records so they can be checked like new ones.

• Upload up to 5,000 historical records at a time from the Historical import page.
• You map your spreadsheet's columns, preview the records, then import. Each keeps its original issue date.
• Available on Institution. On Enterprise, we load your past records for you.

Choose historical records or Seal

Historical import is for records of awards issued before Nyvarra, preserving their earlier issue dates. Seal is for finished certificate files that need Nyvarra verification added. A recipient importing an external Open Badge into Passport is a third, separate workflow. Choose according to what you hold: a historical register, finished artwork, or an externally issued badge.

Prepare the historical register

1. Identify the issuing organization and the set the records belong to. Confirm your workspace has historical-import access.
2. Prepare the original recipient details, award information and issue dates. Retain the source register so you can resolve questions later.
3. Open Settings → Past certificates in the set, map the source columns and inspect the preview. Import no more than 5,000 records at once.
4. Resolve ambiguous dates and duplicate rows before confirmation. Do not substitute today's date merely because an old date is missing.
5. Confirm the import and inspect a sample across early and late dates, unusual names and different award types.

Explain the dates honestly

The date an issuer originally awarded a certificate and the date Nyvarra began keeping its record can be different. A later import does not mean Nyvarra witnessed the original event or independently assessed the award. Verification should be read with the issuer and the recorded history.

If a record cannot be matched

Return to the source register and resolve the identity or award with the issuer's records. Do not merge people merely because their names are similar. Contact support if the import is blocked by a format or access issue, with a redacted example of the columns and the displayed error.