I was tier 3 verified for a long time. I withdrew USD back in April with no problems. However, when I attempted to withdraw USD a couple of weeks ago the transaction kept failing. I contacted support and was told of a new requirement for ID confirmation. I had to upload a picture of myself holding the ID I provided to get verified in the first place and a note saying this ID was only for Kraken trading. I was told that even though I was tier 3 verified already I could not withdraw USD until I provided this new photo ID verification. Obviously, this is a new requirement they implemented after April.
Was anyone notified of this new requirement? I do not recall receiving any emails or notifications about it.
In any case, when I tried to upload the photo on the Kraken website, the upload would not complete. I contacted support about his problem and was told to email the picture to them. The first picture had too much glare according to support, even though it seemed clear enough to me. The second picture I used I decided to use a printed note instead of a hand written note because the printed note was more clear. This was rejected because the note has to be hand written, according to their rules. I sent a third picture to them 2 days ago and have yet to hear anything back.
In the meantime, my money is sitting with Kraken unavailable to me.
I will wait a little longer and see what they do next. I am posting this in case anyone else is going through the same thing.