# Assigning a branch to a user

## Prerequisites

Initially, Upvest must create a `branch_id` for you. To do this, contact us - for example, the Upvest Launch Manager - and together we will agree how the branches should be structured according to your requirements.

Once we have created these branches, we will provide the corresponding `branch_ids` that you can assign at user level.

## Creating a user with a branch

To create a user with a branch, execute the following request:

**POST** [`/users`](/api/users/create_user)

**Example request**

{
  "first_name": "Karl",
  "last_name": "Schmidt",
  "email": "karl.schmidt@example.com",
  "salutation": "SALUTATION_MALE",
  "title": "DR",
  "birth_date": "1972-09-30",
  "birth_city": "Berlin",
  "birth_country": "DE",
  "birth_name": "Schmidt",
  "nationalities": [
    "DE",
    "AU"
  ],
  "phone_number": "4930901820",
  "postal_address": {
    "address_line1": "Rosenweg 221",
    "address_line2": "apt. 33",
    "postcode": "45678",
    "city": "Berlin",
    "state": "BE",
    "country": "DE"
  },
  "address": {
    "address_line1": "Rosenweg 221",
    "address_line2": "apt. 33",
    "postcode": "45678",
    "city": "Berlin",
    "state": "BE",
    "country": "DE"
  },
  "fatca": {
    "status": false,
    "confirmed_at": "2020-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  },
  "terms_and_conditions": {
    "consent_document_id": "d0b83880-3809-4eee-b0df-ca50db84c15a",
    "confirmed_at": "2020-08-24T14:14:22Z"
  },
  "data_privacy_and_sharing_agreement": {
    "consent_document_id": "7ab0fc5c-8157-4acd-b02d-6ccda0e81dec",
    "confirmed_at": "2020-08-24T14:16:22Z"
  },
  "branch_id": "e6373bfa-ff12-4004-8de9-747ac96764da"
}
## Adding a branch to an existing user

To add the `branch_id` to an existing user, make the following call:

**POST** [`/users/{user_id}/data_change_requests`](/api/users/user_data_change)

**Example request**


```json
 {  
    "branch_id": "e6373bfa-ff12-4004-8de9-747ac96764da"
 }
```

You can find a detailed guide about users in this [guide](/products/tol/guides/users).