Backs “How do I get a verification checkmark?” on Profiles, folders, and interface. Written for a user question the data agent could not answer (curation of gaps 135–501). Telegram page fetched 2026-10-16.
| Page | Statement | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| features/profiles-and-folders.md | Only Telegram gives the official checkmark | Page Verification Guidelines (“Only Telegram is able to assign the official verification checkmark to chats”) |
| Telegram verifies active official channels, bots and public groups, not personal accounts | same page (“generally verifies active official channels, bots or public groups”; “Telegram doesn’t verify user accounts at the moment”) | |
| Apply: link from bios of notable verified profiles on at least two platforms, two press articles, then @VerifyBot | same page (requirements and @VerifyBot) | |
| Other services’ icons are not Telegram’s checkmark | same page (third-party verification icons are “completely different”) | |
| Luckgram cannot add a checkmark | follows from “Only Telegram is able to assign…”; Luckgram is a Telegram client on Telegram’s servers (fact availability-telegram-servers) |
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| A different badge next to a name can be the Telegram Premium profile badge, part of Telegram Premium | iOS strings:7773-7774 (Premium feature “Profile Badge”: “A badge next to your name showing that you are helping support Telegram.”) |