International Address Verification Result codes

Result codes – what do they mean? There are two levels of information sent back to allow users to make a better informed decision as to whether the address provided is valid enough for their purposes. First an address reliability code & description. These tell the...

PAF Allocation Data Changes Codes

The ‘Dt Data Changes’ field contains three letter field codes of those fields that address matching has changes from source data to result data. For example, if the street name was mis-spelt and had been changed, the code THN would appear in the ‘Dt...

New Zealand PAF Allocation Match Types

Correct Correct match to a record in the New Zealand PAF file. Primary Point This code indicates that a flat, unit or floor (or combination) couldn’t be found, but the street address could. This is called a ‘Primary Point’. The address returned is...

DPID Allocation Match Types

Correct Correct match to a record in the PAF file. Postcode couldn’t be matched The postcode couldn’t be matched because it is either incorrect or does not currently exist in the Postal Addressing File. State couldn’t be matched The state...