Understand the Certification Status

The certification status indicates whether the certificate you're verifying is currently valid. This documentation explains the meaning of each status and how it impacts the verification process.

Verifying a company's certification is crucial, especially for supply chains and industries that prioritize compliance and risk management.

To support this need, IAF CertSearch provides powerful search capabilities that allow you to validate the status of a company's certificate, ensuring transparency and trust in your business relationships.

Status	Description
Active	Currently valid and compliant.
Suspended	Temporarily inactive, possibly under review.
Withdrawn	Permanently revoked by the Certification Body.
Expired	No longer valid due to reaching its end date.

Each status carries important implications for compliance, supplier trust, risk assessment, and operational decision-making.

By showing all statuses, we ensure that you have access to comprehensive, accurate, and timely data, not just for what’s active today, but also for understanding a certificate’s history and trustworthiness over time.