diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/verifayda/verifayda.dto.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/verifayda/verifayda.dto.ts
index f446b6fb3..4842b479c 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/verifayda/verifayda.dto.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/verifayda/verifayda.dto.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ export class CompleteVerificationResultDto {
 
   @ApiPropertyOptional({ description: 'Verified gender from Fayda (VERIFY flow).' })
   gender?: string;
+
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({ description: 'Whether the verified identity was saved to IAM. False if the IAM write failed.' })
+  userDataSaved?: boolean;
 }
 
 export class VerifaydaCallbackDto {
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/verifayda/verifayda.service.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/verifayda/verifayda.service.ts
index 795a6f158..407046cb4 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/verifayda/verifayda.service.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/verifayda/verifayda.service.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export interface CompleteVerificationResult {
   phoneNumber?: string;
   birthdate?: string;
   gender?: string;
+  userDataSaved?: boolean;
 }
 
 @Injectable()
@@ -219,8 +220,8 @@ export class VerifaydaService {
         const login = await this.issueLoginToken(userId);
         result = { purpose: 'LOGIN', verified: true, ...login };
       } else {
-        // VERIFY — prove identity and hand the verified attributes back to the
-        // caller. No domain writes; the session row tracks status as usual.
+        // VERIFY — prove identity, save to IAM, return verified attributes.
+        const { userDataSaved } = await this.upsertIamUser(normalized);
         result = {
           purpose: 'VERIFY',
           verified: true,
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ export class VerifaydaService {
           phoneNumber: normalized.phoneNumber,
           birthdate: normalized.birthdate,
           gender: normalized.gender,
+          userDataSaved,
         };
       }
 
@@ -265,13 +267,13 @@ export class VerifaydaService {
   }
 
   async getVerificationStatus(iamUserId: string): Promise<VerificationStatusDto> {
-    const rows = await this.dataSource.query<{ metadata: Record<string, any> | null; name: { en: string; am: string } | null }[]>(
-      `SELECT metadata, name FROM iam.users WHERE id = $1 LIMIT 1`,
+    const rows = await this.dataSource.query<{ verified_by: string | null; updated_at: Date | null; name: { en: string; am: string } | null }[]>(
+      `SELECT verified_by, updated_at, name FROM iam.users WHERE id = $1 LIMIT 1`,
       [iamUserId],
     );
     const iam = rows[0] ?? null;
-    const faydaVerified = iam?.metadata?.faydaVerified === true || iam?.metadata?.faydaVerified === 'true';
-    const faydaVerifiedAt = iam?.metadata?.faydaVerifiedAt ? new Date(iam.metadata.faydaVerifiedAt) : undefined;
+    const faydaVerified = iam?.verified_by === 'fayda';
+    const faydaVerifiedAt = faydaVerified && iam?.updated_at ? new Date(iam.updated_at) : undefined;
     const fullName = iam?.name?.en ?? iam?.name?.am ?? undefined;
     return { verified: faydaVerified, verifiedAt: faydaVerifiedAt, fullName };
   }
@@ -387,18 +389,39 @@ export class VerifaydaService {
   }
 
   private normalizeUserInfo(raw: FaydaUserInfo): NormalizedFaydaUserInfo {
+    const nameEn   = raw['name#en'] as string | undefined;
+    const nameAm   = raw['name#am'] as string | undefined;
+    const genderEn = raw['gender#en'] as string | undefined;
+    const genderAm = raw['gender#am'] as string | undefined;
+    const addressEn = raw['address#en'] as string | undefined;
+    const addressAm = raw['address#am'] as string | undefined;
+    const rawPhone  = (raw.phone_number ?? raw['phone_number#en'] ?? raw['phone_number#am'] ?? raw.phone) as string | undefined;
+
     return {
       sub: raw.sub,
-      fullName: raw.name ?? raw['name#en'] ?? raw['name#am'],
-      phoneNumber:
-        raw.phone_number ?? raw['phone_number#en'] ?? raw['phone_number#am'] ?? raw.phone,
-      email: raw.email,
-      gender: raw.gender,
-      birthdate: raw.birthdate,
-      picture: raw.picture,
+      fullName: (raw.name as string | undefined) ?? nameEn ?? nameAm,
+      phoneNumber: rawPhone ? this.standardizePhoneNumber(rawPhone) : undefined,
+      rawPhoneNumber: rawPhone,
+      email: raw.email as string | undefined,
+      gender: genderEn ?? genderAm ?? (raw.gender as string | undefined),
+      birthdate: raw.birthdate as string | undefined,
+      picture: raw.picture as string | undefined,
+      nameEn,
+      nameAm,
+      genderEn,
+      genderAm,
+      addressEn,
+      addressAm,
     };
   }
 
+  private standardizePhoneNumber(phone: string): string {
+    const digits = phone.replace(/\D/g, '');
+    if (digits.startsWith('251')) return `+${digits}`;
+    if (digits.startsWith('0'))   return `+251${digits.slice(1)}`;
+    return `+${digits}`;
+  }
+
   // LOGIN via Fayda is now handled entirely by the IAM package's own OIDC flow.
   // This method is kept as a stub so completeVerification() still compiles;
   // it throws immediately without touching the database.
@@ -411,6 +434,88 @@ export class VerifaydaService {
     });
   }
 
+  private async upsertIamUser(
+    normalized: NormalizedFaydaUserInfo,
+  ): Promise<{ iamUserId: string | null; userDataSaved: boolean }> {
+    try {
+      const iamMetadata = {
+        sub: normalized.sub,
+        address: { am: normalized.addressAm ?? '', en: normalized.addressEn ?? '' },
+        email: normalized.email ?? '',
+        gender: { am: normalized.genderAm ?? '', en: normalized.genderEn ?? '' },
+        name:   { am: normalized.nameAm   ?? '', en: normalized.nameEn   ?? '' },
+        phoneNumber: normalized.rawPhoneNumber ?? '',
+      };
+
+      // Step 1 — already verified with same Fayda sub
+      const bySub = await this.dataSource.query<{ id: string }[]>(
+        `SELECT id FROM iam.users WHERE metadata->>'sub' = $1 LIMIT 1`,
+        [normalized.sub],
+      );
+      if (bySub.length > 0) {
+        return { iamUserId: bySub[0].id, userDataSaved: true };
+      }
+
+      // Step 2 — existing user by phone or email, not yet Fayda-verified
+      const conditions: string[] = [];
+      const params: unknown[] = [];
+      if (normalized.phoneNumber) {
+        params.push(normalized.phoneNumber);
+        conditions.push(`phone_number = $${params.length}`);
+      }
+      if (normalized.email) {
+        params.push(normalized.email);
+        conditions.push(`email = $${params.length}`);
+      }
+      if (conditions.length > 0) {
+        const byContact = await this.dataSource.query<{ id: string }[]>(
+          `SELECT id FROM iam.users WHERE ${conditions.join(' OR ')} LIMIT 1`,
+          params,
+        );
+        if (byContact.length > 0) {
+          const existingId = byContact[0].id;
+          await this.dataSource.query(
+            `UPDATE iam.users
+                SET metadata    = COALESCE(metadata, '{}'::jsonb) || $1::jsonb,
+                    verified_by = 'fayda',
+                    updated_at  = NOW()
+              WHERE id = $2`,
+            [JSON.stringify(iamMetadata), existingId],
+          );
+          return { iamUserId: existingId, userDataSaved: true };
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Step 3 — new user
+      const name     = { am: normalized.nameAm ?? '', en: normalized.nameEn ?? '' };
+      const username = normalized.phoneNumber ?? normalized.email ?? normalized.sub;
+      const inserted = await this.dataSource.query<{ id: string }[]>(
+        `INSERT INTO iam.users (
+            id, name, username, email, phone_number, metadata,
+            user_type, status, is_active, has_set_password,
+            is_phone_number_verified, verified_by,
+            created_at, updated_at
+          ) VALUES (
+            gen_random_uuid(), $1::jsonb, $2, $3, $4, $5::jsonb,
+            'individual', 'accepted', true, false,
+            false, 'fayda',
+            NOW(), NOW()
+          ) RETURNING id`,
+        [
+          JSON.stringify(name),
+          username,
+          normalized.email   ?? null,
+          normalized.phoneNumber ?? null,
+          JSON.stringify(iamMetadata),
+        ],
+      );
+      return { iamUserId: inserted[0].id, userDataSaved: true };
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.logger.error(`Fayda IAM upsert failed: ${(err as Error).message}`);
+      return { iamUserId: null, userDataSaved: false };
+    }
+  }
+
   private async markSessionFailed(
     state: string,
     errorCode: string,
diff --git a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/verifayda/verifayda.types.ts b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/verifayda/verifayda.types.ts
index 450bfaff5..442a22d2f 100644
--- a/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/verifayda/verifayda.types.ts
+++ b/apps/edr-passenger-api/src/modules/verifayda/verifayda.types.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,19 @@ export interface FaydaUserInfo {
 
 export interface NormalizedFaydaUserInfo {
   sub: string;
+  // Convenience / display fields
   fullName?: string;
-  phoneNumber?: string;
+  phoneNumber?: string;   // standardized e.g. +251911234567
   email?: string;
   gender?: string;
   birthdate?: string;
   picture?: string;
+  // Raw localized fields — preserved for IAM-identical writes
+  nameEn?: string;
+  nameAm?: string;
+  genderEn?: string;
+  genderAm?: string;
+  addressEn?: string;
+  addressAm?: string;
+  rawPhoneNumber?: string; // unstandardized, stored in IAM metadata
 }