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Connect WhatsApp: official onboarding and verification.
How official WhatsApp Business API onboarding works, and what to do while you wait for Meta.
Steps
What to do
- 01
Choose your number
Decide which phone number your business will use on the WhatsApp Business API.
- 02
Start onboarding in Mijra
Follow the guided steps to link your Meta business account and connect the number.
- 03
Submit for verification
Meta reviews your business details. The time this takes is set by Meta and varies.
- 04
Use other channels while you wait
Instagram, Messenger and web chat work in the meantime.
- 05
Set up templates and opt-in
Prepare the message templates your automations will send, and make sure customers have opted in.
Good to know
Before and after
- If Meta delays your onboarding, your trial is extended by the same number of days.
- WhatsApp messaging fees are paid by you directly to Meta.
- Mijra connects through the official API via a Meta partner.
