Set up worker legal entity | Deel

Independent contractors use this endpoint to complete legal-entity onboarding, triggering post-commit screening and background checks. Suitable for the IC Embedded flow in the public API. Token scopes: worker:write

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Authentication

The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail.

$ curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \
>   -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE'

Learn more about authentication

## Authentication The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail. ```curl curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE' ``` [Learn more about authentication](/api/authentication)

AuthorizationBearer

Standard OAuth2 security scheme based on https://swagger.io/docs/specification/authentication/

Request

Legal entity setup payload with company, personal, and optional invoice details.

dataobjectRequired

Response

Successful operation.

dataobject

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

401

Unauthorized Error

403

Forbidden Error

404

Not Found Error

409

Conflict Error

500

Internal Server Error

$	curl -X POST https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/onboarding/workers/legal-entity \
>	-H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>	-d '{
>	"data": {
>	"company": {
>	"country": "US",
>	"entity_type": "llc",
>	"legal_company_name": "Evidence Corp LLC"
>	},
>	"personal": {
>	"zip": "10001",
>	"city": "New York",
>	"street": "101 5th Ave"
>	}
>	}
>	}'

1	{
2	"data": {
3	"entity_type": "llc",
4	"company_type": "company",
5	"onboarding_step": "PROFILE_COMPLETED",
6	"legal_company_name": "Evidence Corp LLC"
7	}
8	}

$	curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \
>	-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE'