AVS Codes

This table below includes the response codes that you might receive when the Address Verification Service (AVS) is performed. Please note that not all countries support AVS. AVS is widely supported in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Code	Web app Description	Description
A	Partial Match	Address matches, but ZIP code does not match.
B	Unavailable or Not Applicable	Visa only. Street address match. Postal code not verified because of incompatible formats. (Acquirer sent both street address and postal code.)
C	Unavailable or Not Applicable	Visa only. Street address and postal code not verified because of incompatible formats. (Acquirer sent both street address and postal code.)
D	Match	Visa only. Street address and postal code match.
E	Unavailable or Not Applicable	Error response for Merchant Category Code.
F	Match	Visa only. Street address and postal code match. Applies to U.K. only.
G	Unavailable or Not Applicable	Visa only. Address information is unavailable; international transaction; non-AVS participant.
I	Unavailable or Not Applicable	Visa only. Address information not verified for international transaction.
M	Match	Visa only. Street addresses and postal code match.
N	Not Match	Neither address nor postal code matches.
P	Unavailable or Not Applicable	Visa only. Postal codes match. Street address not verified because of incompatible formats. (Acquirer sent both street address and postal code.)
R	Unavailable or Not Applicable	Retry, system unable to process or timed out.
S	Unavailable or Not Applicable	AVS currently not supported. U.S. issuers will not be able to send through this response code.
U	Unavailable or Not Applicable	Mastercard only. No data from issuer/Authorization Platform
U	Unavailable or Not Applicable	Visa only. Address not verified for domestic transaction. Address not verified for international transaction. Issuer is not an AVS participant, or AVS data was present in the request but issuer did not return an AVS result, or V.I.P. performed address verification on behalf of the issuer and there was no address record on file for this account.
W	Partial Match	Visa only. Nine-digit ZIP code matches, but address does not match.
W	Partial Match	Mastercard only. For U.S. addresses, nine-digit postal code matches, address does not; for address outside the U.S., postal code matches, address does not.
X	Match	Mastercard only. For U.S. addresses, nine-digit postal code and address matches; for addresses outside the U.S., postal code and address match.
X	Match	Visa only. Exact match, address, and nine-digit ZIP code match.
Y	Match	Mastercard only. For U.S. addresses, five-digit postal code and address matches.
Y	Match	Visa only. Street address and postal/ZIP match.
Z	Partial Match	Mastercard only. For U.S. addresses, five-digit postal code matches, address does not.
Z	Partial Match	Visa only. Five-digit ZIP code matches, but address does not match or street address not included in request.