Understand what Nyvarra does and how certificates work

Nyvarra sends certificates that prove themselves. Every certificate carries a QR code and a verification link. Anyone who scans it sees who issued it, who it was issued to, and whether it has changed since, without an account and without contacting you.

Three people use every certificate

• The organizer sends it. That's you, if you run events, courses or a society.
• The recipient keeps it in a free Passport and shares it with anyone.
• Whoever checks it, usually an employer or an admissions office, scans the QR code and gets the answer.

Receiving and keeping certificates, and individual public verification checks, are free. Issuers pay when they need paid capacity or features; specialized enterprise services have their own arrangements.

Nyvarra proves who issued a certificate and that it hasn't been altered. The issuer stands behind what the certificate says; Nyvarra is not an accreditor.

Understand the four parts before you start

Your issuer identity answers who is making the statement. A set groups certificates for one event, course, team or other purpose. A certificate type separates different awards within that set, such as Participant and Speaker. A design decides how each certificate looks. Keeping those decisions separate lets you reuse a layout without accidentally giving everyone the same award.

A recipient is the person named on the record. Their Passport is a personal place to collect and share certificates. It is separate from the issuer's workspace: joining an organization's team gives someone staff access, while receiving that organization's certificate does not.

What issuing actually creates

Issuing creates a signed record with the recipient, issuer and certificate details, plus a verification address. The downloadable certificate is a presentation of that record. Email is the delivery channel, so an email failure and a certificate failure are different problems. A record can exist even when its notification has not arrived.

A verification check establishes the record's origin, integrity and current status. It does not establish that the person presenting it is the named recipient, or that an employer, university or regulator accepts the qualification. The person checking must compare the name and award and apply their own acceptance requirements.

Choose the right next step

• Organizing an event or course: follow Send your first certificates.
• Already received one: start with Find your certificate.
• Checking an applicant: follow Check a certificate.
• Already have finished certificate files: read Seal existing PDFs.
• Need to understand the screens: read Find your way around.