diff --git a/src/domain/verifier/useCases/index.ts b/src/domain/verifier/useCases/index.ts
index 6115548f..9e6b8425 100644
--- a/src/domain/verifier/useCases/index.ts
+++ b/src/domain/verifier/useCases/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import getVerificationMap from './getVerificationMap';
 import lookForTx from './lookForTx';
 import parseIssuerKeys from './parseIssuerKeys';
 import parseRevocationKey from './parseRevocationKey';
+import validateVerifiableCredential from './validateVerifiableCredential';
 
 export {
   convertToVerificationSubsteps,
@@ -17,5 +18,6 @@ export {
   getVerificationMap,
   lookForTx,
   parseIssuerKeys,
-  parseRevocationKey
+  parseRevocationKey,
+  validateVerifiableCredential
 };
diff --git a/src/domain/verifier/useCases/validateVerifiableCredential.ts b/src/domain/verifier/useCases/validateVerifiableCredential.ts
index 72567a0d..0a4bd28d 100644
--- a/src/domain/verifier/useCases/validateVerifiableCredential.ts
+++ b/src/domain/verifier/useCases/validateVerifiableCredential.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export default function validateVerifiableCredential (credential: BlockcertsV3):
       validateDateRFC3339StringFormat(credential.validFrom, 'validFrom');
     }
     if (credential.validUntil) {
-      validateDateRFC3339StringFormat(credential.validUntil, 'validUntil')
+      validateDateRFC3339StringFormat(credential.validUntil, 'validUntil');
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/parsers/parseV3.ts b/src/parsers/parseV3.ts
index f8be22d8..524f588b 100644
--- a/src/parsers/parseV3.ts
+++ b/src/parsers/parseV3.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ export default async function parseV3 (certificateJson: BlockcertsV3, locale: st
     description,
     credentialSubject
   } = certificateJson;
+  try {
+    domain.verifier.validateVerifiableCredential(certificateJson);
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw new Error(`Document presented is not a valid Verifiable Credential: ${error.message}`);
+  }
   let { validFrom } = certificateJson;
   const certificateMetadata = metadata ?? metadataJson;
   const issuer: Issuer = await domain.verifier.getIssuerProfile(issuerProfileUrl);
diff --git a/test/application/parsers/parser-v3.0.test.ts b/test/application/parsers/parser-v3.0.test.ts
index 8f45d07a..363ccd30 100644
--- a/test/application/parsers/parser-v3.0.test.ts
+++ b/test/application/parsers/parser-v3.0.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ describe('Parser v3 test suite', function () {
       const parsedCertificate = await parseJSON(fixtureCopy);
       expect(parsedCertificate.isFormatValid).toBe(false);
     });
+
+    describe('when the certificate is not a valid Verifiable Credential', function () {
+      it('should throw an error', async function () {
+        const fixtureCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(fixture));
+        fixtureCopy.issuanceDate = '2022-05-22';
+        const parsedCertificate = await parseJSON(fixtureCopy);
+        expect(parsedCertificate.isFormatValid).toBe(false);
+        expect(parsedCertificate.error).toBe('Document presented is not a valid Verifiable Credential: issuanceDate must be a valid RFC3339 string. Received: `2022-05-22`');
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('given it is called with valid v3 certificate data', function () {