> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.shorpay.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quick Start for Professionals

> Create your profile, sign your contract, and get paid.

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

## 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)

## Step 1: Accept Your Invitation

<Steps>
  <Step title="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.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create Your Account">
    Set a password or continue with SSO. Verify your email.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm Your Role">
    Shor asks whether you're here to get paid (professional) or hiring (employer). Choose **I'm a Professional**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## 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.

## 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.

## 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

Your employer countersigns. Once both sides sign, the contract is active.

## Step 5: Link a Bank Account for Withdrawals

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](/professional/payout-methods) for the full flow.

## 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.

## Next Steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="View Your Payments" icon="money-bill-wave" href="/professional/payments">
    See pay history, upcoming payments, and receipts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Manage Your Contracts" icon="file-signature" href="/professional/contracts">
    Review active and past contracts, request changes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Tax Documents" icon="file-invoice-dollar" href="/professional/tax-documents">
    View and download US tax forms you've signed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Work With Multiple Companies" icon="buildings" href="/professional/companies">
    Manage contracts across several employers in one account.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>