---
title: "Create Application"
method: POST
path: "/partner/applications"
tags: ["Partner Onboarding"]
---

# Create Application

`POST /partner/applications`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.meow.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.meow.com/v1/partner/applications`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/meow/apis/meow-api/docs/partner/applications/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Create a new onboarding application with business details. The applicant receives an invitation email to set their password and complete onboarding.

## Request body

- PartnerCreateApplicationRequest
  - `business_name` string, required: Legal business name.
  - `business_date_of_incorporation` string, date, required: ISO 8601 full-date in the format `YYYY-MM-DD` (per [IETF RFC 3339](https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/html/rfc3339.html#anchor14)).
  - `incorporation_state` 'AL' | 'AK' | 'AZ' | 'AR' | 'CA' | 'CO' | 'CT' | 'DC' | 'DE' | 'FL' | 'GA' | 'HI' | 'ID' | 'IL' | 'IN' | 'IA' | 'KS' | 'KY' | 'LA' | 'ME' | 'MD' | 'MA' | 'MI' | 'MN' | 'MS' | 'MO' | 'MT' | 'NE' | 'NV' | 'NH' | 'NJ' | 'NM' | 'NY' | 'NC' | 'ND' | 'OH' | 'OK' | 'OR' | 'PA' | 'RI' | 'SC' | 'SD' | 'TN' | 'TX' | 'UT' | 'VT' | 'VA' | 'WA' | 'WV' | 'WI' | 'WY' | 'PR'
  - `legal_structure` 'ccorp' | 'corp' | 'estate' | 'foreign_entity' | 'llc' | 'llp' | 'lp' | 'nonprofit' | 'partnership' | 'scheme' | 'scorp' | 'soleprop' | 'trust', required
  - `business_address` OnboardingAddress, required
    - `address` string, required: Street address line 1.
    - `address_2` string, nullable: Street address line 2.
    - `city` string, required: City name.
    - `state` string, nullable: State or province code.
    - `zip` string, required: Postal or ZIP code.
    - `country` 'AW' | 'AF' | 'AO' | 'AI' | 'AX' | 'AL' | 'AD' | 'AE' | 'AR' | 'AM' | 'AS' | 'AQ' | 'TF' | 'AG' | 'AU' | 'AT' | 'AZ' | 'BI' | 'BE' | 'BJ' | 'BQ' | 'BF' | 'BD' | 'BG' | 'BH' | 'BS' | 'BA' | 'BL' | 'BY' | 'BZ' | 'BM' | 'BO' | 'BR' | 'BB' | 'BN' | 'BT' | 'BV' | 'BW' | 'CF' | 'CA' | 'CC' | 'CH' | 'CL' | 'CN' | 'CI' | 'CM' | 'CD' | 'CG' | 'CK' | 'CO' | 'KM' | 'CV' | 'CR' | 'CU' | 'CW' | 'CX' | 'KY' | 'CY' | 'CZ' | 'DE' | 'DJ' | 'DM' | 'DK' | 'DO' | 'DZ' | 'EC' | 'EG' | 'ER' | 'EH' | 'ES' | 'EE' | 'ET' | 'FI' | 'FJ' | 'FK' | 'FR' | 'FO' | 'FM' | 'GA' | 'GB' | 'GE' | 'GG' | 'GH' | 'GI' | 'GN' | 'GP' | 'GM' | 'GW' | 'GQ' | 'GR' | 'GD' | 'GL' | 'GT' | 'GF' | 'GU' | 'GY' | 'HK' | 'HM' | 'HN' | 'HR' | 'HT' | 'HU' | 'ID' | 'IM' | 'IN' | 'IO' | 'IE' | 'IR' | 'IQ' | 'IS' | 'IL' | 'IT' | 'JM' | 'JE' | 'JO' | 'JP' | 'KZ' | 'KE' | 'KG' | 'KH' | 'KI' | 'KN' | 'KR' | 'KW' | 'LA' | 'LB' | 'LR' | 'LY' | 'LC' | 'LI' | 'LK' | 'LS' | 'LT' | 'LU' | 'LV' | 'MO' | 'MF' | 'MA' | 'MC' | 'MD' | 'MG' | 'MV' | 'MX' | 'MH' | 'MK' | 'ML' | 'MT' | 'MM' | 'ME' | 'MN' | 'MP' | 'MZ' | 'MR' | 'MS' | 'MQ' | 'MU' | 'MW' | 'MY' | 'YT' | 'NA' | 'NC' | 'NE' | 'NF' | 'NG' | 'NI' | 'NU' | 'NL' | 'NO' | 'NP' | 'NR' | 'NZ' | 'OM' | 'PK' | 'PA' | 'PN' | 'PE' | 'PH' | 'PW' | 'PG' | 'PL' | 'PR' | 'KP' | 'PT' | 'PY' | 'PS' | 'PF' | 'QA' | 'RE' | 'RO' | 'RU' | 'RW' | 'SA' | 'SD' | 'SN' | 'SG' | 'GS' | 'SH' | 'SJ' | 'SB' | 'SL' | 'SV' | 'SM' | 'SO' | 'PM' | 'RS' | 'SS' | 'ST' | 'SR' | 'SK' | 'SI' | 'SE' | 'SZ' | 'SX' | 'SC' | 'SY' | 'TC' | 'TD' | 'TG' | 'TH' | 'TJ' | 'TK' | 'TM' | 'TL' | 'TO' | 'TT' | 'TN' | 'TR' | 'TV' | 'TW' | 'TZ' | 'UG' | 'UA' | 'UM' | 'UY' | 'US' | 'UZ' | 'VA' | 'VC' | 'VE' | 'VG' | 'VI' | 'VN' | 'VU' | 'WF' | 'WS' | 'XK' | 'YE' | 'ZA' | 'ZM' | 'ZW', required
  - `physical_address` OnboardingAddress
    - `address` string, required: Street address line 1.
    - `address_2` string, nullable: Street address line 2.
    - `city` string, required: City name.
    - `state` string, nullable: State or province code.
    - `zip` string, required: Postal or ZIP code.
    - `country` 'AW' | 'AF' | 'AO' | 'AI' | 'AX' | 'AL' | 'AD' | 'AE' | 'AR' | 'AM' | 'AS' | 'AQ' | 'TF' | 'AG' | 'AU' | 'AT' | 'AZ' | 'BI' | 'BE' | 'BJ' | 'BQ' | 'BF' | 'BD' | 'BG' | 'BH' | 'BS' | 'BA' | 'BL' | 'BY' | 'BZ' | 'BM' | 'BO' | 'BR' | 'BB' | 'BN' | 'BT' | 'BV' | 'BW' | 'CF' | 'CA' | 'CC' | 'CH' | 'CL' | 'CN' | 'CI' | 'CM' | 'CD' | 'CG' | 'CK' | 'CO' | 'KM' | 'CV' | 'CR' | 'CU' | 'CW' | 'CX' | 'KY' | 'CY' | 'CZ' | 'DE' | 'DJ' | 'DM' | 'DK' | 'DO' | 'DZ' | 'EC' | 'EG' | 'ER' | 'EH' | 'ES' | 'EE' | 'ET' | 'FI' | 'FJ' | 'FK' | 'FR' | 'FO' | 'FM' | 'GA' | 'GB' | 'GE' | 'GG' | 'GH' | 'GI' | 'GN' | 'GP' | 'GM' | 'GW' | 'GQ' | 'GR' | 'GD' | 'GL' | 'GT' | 'GF' | 'GU' | 'GY' | 'HK' | 'HM' | 'HN' | 'HR' | 'HT' | 'HU' | 'ID' | 'IM' | 'IN' | 'IO' | 'IE' | 'IR' | 'IQ' | 'IS' | 'IL' | 'IT' | 'JM' | 'JE' | 'JO' | 'JP' | 'KZ' | 'KE' | 'KG' | 'KH' | 'KI' | 'KN' | 'KR' | 'KW' | 'LA' | 'LB' | 'LR' | 'LY' | 'LC' | 'LI' | 'LK' | 'LS' | 'LT' | 'LU' | 'LV' | 'MO' | 'MF' | 'MA' | 'MC' | 'MD' | 'MG' | 'MV' | 'MX' | 'MH' | 'MK' | 'ML' | 'MT' | 'MM' | 'ME' | 'MN' | 'MP' | 'MZ' | 'MR' | 'MS' | 'MQ' | 'MU' | 'MW' | 'MY' | 'YT' | 'NA' | 'NC' | 'NE' | 'NF' | 'NG' | 'NI' | 'NU' | 'NL' | 'NO' | 'NP' | 'NR' | 'NZ' | 'OM' | 'PK' | 'PA' | 'PN' | 'PE' | 'PH' | 'PW' | 'PG' | 'PL' | 'PR' | 'KP' | 'PT' | 'PY' | 'PS' | 'PF' | 'QA' | 'RE' | 'RO' | 'RU' | 'RW' | 'SA' | 'SD' | 'SN' | 'SG' | 'GS' | 'SH' | 'SJ' | 'SB' | 'SL' | 'SV' | 'SM' | 'SO' | 'PM' | 'RS' | 'SS' | 'ST' | 'SR' | 'SK' | 'SI' | 'SE' | 'SZ' | 'SX' | 'SC' | 'SY' | 'TC' | 'TD' | 'TG' | 'TH' | 'TJ' | 'TK' | 'TM' | 'TL' | 'TO' | 'TT' | 'TN' | 'TR' | 'TV' | 'TW' | 'TZ' | 'UG' | 'UA' | 'UM' | 'UY' | 'US' | 'UZ' | 'VA' | 'VC' | 'VE' | 'VG' | 'VI' | 'VN' | 'VU' | 'WF' | 'WS' | 'XK' | 'YE' | 'ZA' | 'ZM' | 'ZW', required
  - `user_email` string, email, required: Email address of the primary representative who will own the account.
  - `partner_reference_id` string, nullable: Your own reference ID for this application, used to make creation idempotent.

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- PartnerApplicationResponse
  - `entity_id` string, uuid, required: Public ID of the onboarded business entity, stable across the onboarding lifecycle and matching the `entity_id` used in the Customer API, MCP, and webhook payloads.
  - `status` 'pending_document_upload' | 'pending_user_action' | 'submitted' | 'under_review' | 'approved' | 'rejected', required
  - `business_name` string, nullable, required: Legal business name.
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required: ISO 8601 date-time in the format `YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.nnn[Z|[+|-]hh:mm]` (per [IETF RFC 3339](https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/html/rfc3339.html#anchor14)).
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required: ISO 8601 date-time in the format `YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.nnn[Z|[+|-]hh:mm]` (per [IETF RFC 3339](https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/public/rfc/html/rfc3339.html#anchor14)).
  - `application_id` string, uuid, required: Unique application identifier.
  - `partner_reference_id` string, nullable, required: Your reference ID.
  - `onboarding_url` string, required: URL the applicant opens to complete onboarding.

## Other responses

- `400`: The request could not be processed.
- `401`: Authentication failed.
- `403`: The API key is not authorized for this operation.
- `429`: Too many requests.

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