As for now I know that to verify your paypal account you have 2 options available to verify your paypal account.
1. use your credit card to verify
2. paying money to the account / transfer
My friend didn't do above and his account got verified, what he got was money from about several verified paypal users which made his account verified
1. use your credit card to verify
2. paying money to the account / transfer
My friend didn't do above and his account got verified, what he got was money from about several verified paypal users which made his account verified