Residency Verification • Data8 Web Services API Documentation

Residency Verification

Matches a name and address to the residency verification source file.

Description

Residency Verification attempts to match the name and address on your record to the DBS Lifebase file which is an edited version of the electoral roll.

This service is costed on a per lookup basis.

Required Data

This service requires the following data to be available before it can be used:

Address
Person Name

Upload Options

The following options can be configured for this service at the upload stage.

Name	Description
Match Level	Match Level Set this to indicate how closely names need to match for a record to be considered a match by this service. Forename requires a fuzzy match on both the surname and forename, and single initials are not allowed to match. Initial requires a fuzzy match on both the surname and forename, allowing single initials to match. For example, "R Smith" would be allowed to match "Robert Smith", but "Richard Smith" and "Robert Smith" would not be considered a match. Surname allows two completely different forenames to match so long as they have a fuzzy match on the surname. Premise allows two completely different names to match so long as they have a fuzzy match on the address.

Name

Description

Match Level

Set this to indicate how closely names need to match for a record to be considered a match by this service.

Forename requires a fuzzy match on both the surname and forename, and single initials are not allowed to match.
Initial requires a fuzzy match on both the surname and forename, allowing single initials to match. For example, "R Smith" would be allowed to match "Robert Smith", but "Richard Smith" and "Robert Smith" would not be considered a match.
Surname allows two completely different forenames to match so long as they have a fuzzy match on the surname.
Premise allows two completely different names to match so long as they have a fuzzy match on the address.

Download Options

There are no options that can be configured for this service at the download stage.

Output Columns

This service adds the following columns to your output data.

Name	Description
RV Flag	RV Flag Flag to indicate whether the residency has been verified at the level specified. "RV" if verified or blank if not verified.