From 3ab401701ca28b3ec30d4df4b78969c956740071 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sophia <littlejohn.sophia@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 05:21:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Allow onboarding for users not living in country of their
 passport (#1583)

---
 onboarding-api/src/controllers/user/startKyc.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/onboarding-api/src/controllers/user/startKyc.ts b/onboarding-api/src/controllers/user/startKyc.ts
index 912e9b480f..4e7ff44089 100644
--- a/onboarding-api/src/controllers/user/startKyc.ts
+++ b/onboarding-api/src/controllers/user/startKyc.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export const startKycController = async (req: Request<any, any, InferType<typeof
       reference: kycReference,
       callback_url: '',
       email: userData?.email ?? '',
-      country: body.countryOfCitizenship,
+      country: '',
       language: 'EN',
       redirect_url: '',
       verification_mode: 'any',