Abstract: A system and method for authenticating an image is given. The method encompasses capturing a first image comprising at least one first human object and a second ID image; detecting at least one face of one first human object and processing the first human object based on face attribute checks, face quality checks, and face manipulation checks; performing a liveness check of the identification document to crop and align the region of interest; detecting a face of the at least one second human object; performing ID quality checks and ID tampering checks on the region of interest of the identification document; determining the image face feature vector and an ID card face feature vector; determining a match score between the image face feature vector and the ID card face feature vector and a status indicating one of authentication success, authentication failure, or a requirement for manual review of the image.