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AVS Codes
An issuing bank uses the AVS code to confirm that your customer is providing the correct
billing address. If the customer provides incorrect information, the transaction might be
fraudulent. The international and U.S. domestic Address Verification Service (AVS) codes
are the Visa standard AVS codes, except for codes 1 and 2, which are
Cybersource
AVS codes. The standard AVS return codes for other types of payment
cards (including American Express cards) are mapped to the Visa standard codes. You receive
the code in the auth_avs_code
response field. See Response Fields.When you populate billing street address 1 and
billing street address 2, concatenates the two values. If the
concatenated value exceeds 40 characters, truncates the value at 40
characters before sending it to
Visa Platform Connect
Visa Platform Connect
Visa
and the issuing bank. Truncating this value affects AVS results and
therefore might also affect risk decisions and chargebacks.International AVS Codes
These codes are returned only for Visa cards issued outside the U.S.
Code | Response | Description |
---|---|---|
B | Partial match | Street address matches, but postal code is not
verified. |
C | No match | Street address and postal code do not match. |
D & M | Match | Street address and postal code match. |
I | No match | Address not verified. |
P | Partial match | Postal code matches, but street address not verified. |
U.S. Domestic AVS Codes
Code | Response | Description |
---|---|---|
A | Partial match | Street address matches, but five-digit and nine-digit postal codes do not match. |
B | Partial match | Street address matches, but postal code is not verified. |
C | No match | Street address and postal code do not match. |
D | Match | Street address and postal code match. |
E | Invalid | AVS data is invalid or AVS is not allowed for this card type. |
F | Partial match | Card member's name does not match, but billing postal code matches. Returned only for the American Express card type. |
G | Not supported. | |
H | Partial match | Card member's name does not match, but street address and postal code match. Returned only for the American Express card type. |
I | No match | Address not verified. |
J | Match | Card member's name, billing address, and postal code match. Shipping information verified and chargeback protection guaranteed through the Fraud Protection Program. Returned only if you are signed up to use AAV+ with the American Express Phoenix processor. |
K | Partial match | Card member's name matches, but billing address and billing postal code do not match. Returned only for the American Express card type. |
L | Partial match | Card member's name and billing postal code match, but billing address does not match. Returned only for the American Express card type. |
M | Match | Street address and postal code match. |
N | No match | One of these descriptions:
|
O | Partial match | Card member's name and billing address match, but billing postal code does not match. Returned only for the American Express card type. |
P | Partial match | Postal code matches, but street address not verified. |
Q | Match | Card member's name, billing address, and postal code match.
Shipping information verified but chargeback protection not guaranteed
(Standard program). Returned only if you are registered to use AAV+ with the
American Express Phoenix processor. |
R | System unavailable | System unavailable. |
S | Not supported | U.S.-issuing bank does not support AVS. |
T | Partial match | Card member's name does not match, but street address matches. Returned only for the American Express card type. |
U | System unavailable | Address information unavailable for one of these reasons:
|
V | Match | Card member's name, billing address, and billing postal code match. Returned only for the American Express card type. |
W | Partial match | Street address does not match, but nine-digit postal code matches. |
X | Match | Street address and nine-digit postal code match. |
Y | Match | Street address and five-digit postal code match. |
Z | Partial match | Street address does not match, but 5-digit postal code
matches. |
1 | Not supported | AVS is not supported for this processor or card type. |
2 | Unrecognized | The processor returned an unrecognized value for the AVS response. |
3 | Match | Address is confirmed. Returned only for PayPal Express Checkout. |
4 | No match | Address is not confirmed. Returned only for PayPal Express Checkout. |