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If a company is hiring you through Shor, this guide gets you from invitation to first payment.

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Before You Start

Have ready:
  • The invitation email from your employer (check spam if you haven’t seen it)
  • A government-issued photo ID (passport, driver’s license, or national ID)
  • A phone or laptop with a camera for the selfie
  • Bank account details (optional at signup; added later from Finance → Connections for when you want to withdraw from your Shor balance)

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Step 1: Accept Your Invitation

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Click the Invite Link

Open the email from Shor and click Accept invitation. You’ll land on a signup page pre-filled with your name and email.
2

Create Your Account

Set a password or continue with SSO. Verify your email.
3

Confirm Your Role

Shor asks whether you’re here to get paid (professional) or hiring (employer). Choose I’m a Professional.

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Step 2: Pick How You’re Contracting

Tell Shor whether you’re working as an Individual (freelancer or independent contractor) or through a Business entity (your own company or LLC). If it’s a business, you’ll add the business name, registered address, and country and state of incorporation. This choice affects your contract template and the tax form you’ll fill in later.

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Step 3: Verify Your Identity

Click Start Verification. A secure verification session opens (usually about 2 minutes) and walks you through uploading your ID, taking a selfie, and providing any extra details needed for your country. Most verifications finish instantly. If anything needs manual review, we’ll email you as soon as it’s complete. Once verification is done, you land on your professional dashboard.

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Step 4: Sign Your Contract

From your dashboard, open the pending contract. The signing flow:
  1. Lets you read the full contract and check the terms
  2. Collects the right US tax form if needed (W-9 for US persons, W-8BEN for foreign individuals, W-8BEN-E for foreign entities)
  3. Asks you to accept EOR terms if you’re being hired as a full EOR employee
  4. Has you sign electronically, legally binding with a full audit trail
For contractor agreements, the employer countersigns; once both parties sign, the contract is active. For EOR employment contracts, no employer signature is required; the contract is active once you sign. Payments arrive in your Shor account within minutes of your employer approving them. You don’t need a bank account for that to happen. What a bank account enables is withdrawing from your Shor account to your own bank, whenever you need to. Set this up from Finance → Connections by linking your bank. Withdrawals use your country’s local rail (ACH, SEPA, UPI, FPS, etc.) and you choose when each one goes out. See Your Shor account & withdrawals for the full flow.

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Step 6: Get Paid

Once your contract is signed and KYC is verified, your employer can pay you. Each payment credits to your Shor account within minutes of approval. You’ll see:
  • An email when each payment is approved
  • Your balance in Finance → Accounts going up shortly after
  • A detailed pay stub or invoice in the payment detail view
  • Any US tax forms you’ve signed, available in Settings → Tax Forms
Withdraw to your bank when you want. See the next step below.

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Next Steps

View Your Payments

See pay history, upcoming payments, and receipts.

Manage Your Contracts

Review active and past contracts, request changes.

Tax Documents

View and download US tax forms you’ve signed.

Work With Multiple Companies

Manage contracts across several employers in one account.