ViesCheckStatus
Outcome of a VIES check.
VIES only answers whether a VAT number is valid for intra-community transactions — it never reports why a number is not valid. So NOT_VALID covers both a number that does not exist and a number that exists nationally but is not registered for intra-community trade; the two are indistinguishable in the response, and the modern VIES REST API offers no extra detail either. Every other value means VIES gave us no answer about the number at all.
Values
Fields
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
VALID | The member state confirmed the number as valid for intra-community transactions. |
NOT_VALID | The member state did not confirm the number (VIES valid = false). |
INVALID_INPUT | VIES rejected the country code / VAT number we sent (INVALID_INPUT). |
SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE | VIES itself is down or throttling us (SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, SERVER_BUSY, GLOBAL_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ*). |
MEMBER_STATE_UNAVAILABLE | The member state's VAT database is down, timed out or throttling us (MS_UNAVAILABLE, TIMEOUT, MS_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQ*). |
UNKNOWN_ERROR | VIES gave no usable answer: blocked VAT number or IP, unparseable response, network failure. |