# Scan an ID or cert card to add a client

> Add a client by scanning their passport, licence or dive card.

https://docs.seascape.bz/check-in/scan-an-id-or-cert-card

Instead of typing a walk-in's details, scan their card. Use **Scan a client's card** on **Check-In**, or **Scan card** on the **Clients** page, and hold up a passport, driver's licence or dive certification card. The camera finds the card on its own.

Seascape reads the name, date of birth and nationality, and for a dive card the agency, level and cert number, then makes the client profile in one step. The photo is kept privately on the client's profile.

Check what it read before you save.