To provide a form identification apparatus by which form processing is promptly securely executed.

The form identification apparatus 100 comprises: a style determination section 12 promptly determining the form style of the received form based on ruled line information indicative of the style of the form, or the ruled line information and feature information; an extract verification determination section 16 extracting the specified region of the determined form style, collating the prescribed region with a previously set confirmation item, and precisely determining whether or not the specified region matches with the confirmation item based on the result of collation; and a determination notification section 18 outputting determination information indicative of the fact that the style of the form does not match with the style of the received form when determination is made that the confirmation item does not correspond to the specified region.