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For the cards endorsement, the applicable residence address, address of operation, or address of incorporation of the customer are validated per country. The following is a listing of the postal code validations performed by country. Countries not listed in this table have no postal code format defined and skip postal code validation entirely.
CountryFormatExample
AFG Afghanistan4 digits1001
ALA Åland Islands22 + 3 digits22100
ALB Albania4 digits1001
DZA Algeria5 digits16000
ASM American Samoa96799 with optional 4-digit ext96799-1234
AND AndorraAD + digit 1-7 + 0 + digitAD100
AIA AnguillaOptional AI- + 2640AI-2640
ARG ArgentinaOptional letter + 4 digits + optional 3 lettersC1234ABC
ARM ArmeniaOptional 37 + 4 digits0010
AUS Australia4 digits2000
AUT Austria4 digits1010
AZE Azerbaijan4 digits1000
BHR Bahrain3-4 digits (first 0-12)0317
BGD Bangladesh4 digits1205
BRB BarbadosBB + 5 digitsBB15028
BLR Belarus6 digits220004
BEL Belgium4 digits1000
BMU Bermuda2 letters + space? + 2 alphanumericsHM 08
BTN Bhutan5 digits11001
BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina5 digits71000
BRA Brazil5 digits + optional hyphen + 3 digits01001-000
IOT British Indian Ocean Terr.BBND 1ZZBBND 1ZZ
BRN Brunei2 letters + space? + 4 digitsKA1131
BGR Bulgaria4 digits1000
CPV Cabo Verde4 digits7600
KHM Cambodia5-6 digits12000
CAN CanadaLetter-digit-letter space? digit-letter-digitK1A 0B1
CYM Cayman IslandsKY + digit + - + 4 digitsKY1-1001
CHL Chile7 digits8320000
CHN China6 digits100000
CXR Christmas Island67986798
CCK Cocos Islands67996799
COL Colombia6 digits110111
CRI Costa Rica4-5 digits or 3-4 hyphenated10101
HRV Croatia5 digits10000
CUB Cuba5 digits10400
CYP Cyprus4 digits, or 5 digits starting 95-99 (N. Cyprus)1010 or 99010
CZE Czechia3 digits + space? + 2 digits110 00
DNK Denmark4 digits1050
DOM Dominican Republic5 digits10101
ECU Ecuador6 digits170150
EGY Egypt5 or 7 digits11511 or 1151101
SLV El SalvadorOptional CP/CP-/CP + [1-3][1-7][0-2]dCP1101
EST Estonia5 digits10111
SWZ EswatiniLetter (H/L/M/S) + 3 digitsH100
ETH Ethiopia4 digits1000
FLK Falkland IslandsFIQQ 1ZZFIQQ 1ZZ
FRO Faroe Islands3 digits100
FIN Finland5 digits00100
FRA France2 digits + space? + 3 digits75001
GUF French Guiana973/983 + 2 digits97300
PYF French Polynesia987 + 2 digits98714
GEO Georgia4 digits0105
DEU Germany5 digits10115
GIB GibraltarGX11 1AAGX11 1AA
GRC Greece3 digits + space? + 2 digits105 57
GRL Greenland39 + 2 digits3900
GLP Guadeloupe970/971/980/981 + 2 digits97100
GUM Guam`969[12x3[12]]` + optional ext96910
GTM Guatemala5 digits01001
GGY GuernseyUK-style, GY prefixGY1 1AA
GIN Guinea3 digits001
GNB Guinea-Bissau4 digits1000
HTI Haiti4 digits6110
HMD Heard Island4 digits7151
VAT Holy See0012000120
HND Honduras5 digits11101
HUN Hungary4 digits1011
ISL Iceland3 digits101
IND India6 digits110001
IDN Indonesia5 digits10110
IRN Iran5 digits + optional hyphen + 5 digits11365-44543
IRQ Iraq5 digits10001
IRL Ireland3 alphanumerics + space? + 4 alphanumerics (Eircode)D02 AF30
IMN Isle of ManUK-style, IM prefixIM1 1AA
ISR Israel5 or 7 digits6100000
ITA Italy5 digits00100
JPN Japan3 digits + optional hyphen + 4 digits100-0001
JEY JerseyUK-style, JE prefixJE2 3AA
JOR Jordan5 digits11110
KAZ Kazakhstan6 digits or 7 alphanumerics050000 or A10A5B2
KEN Kenya5 digits00100
KOR South Korea5 digits03051
KWT Kuwait5 digits13001
KGZ Kyrgyzstan6 digits720001
LAO Laos5 digits01000
LVA LatviaOptional LV/LV-/LV + 4 digitsLV-1050
LBN Lebanon4 digits + optional space + 4 digits1100 2010
LSO Lesotho3 digits100
LBR Liberia4 digits1000
LIE Liechtenstein9485-94989490
LTU Lithuania5 digits01001
LUX Luxembourg4 digits1009
MDG Madagascar3 digits101
MYS Malaysia5 digits50000
MDV Maldives5 digits20002
MLT Malta3 letters + space? + 2-4 digitsVLT 1535
MHL Marshall Islands9696x/9697x + optional ext96960
MTQ Martinique972/982 + 2 digits97200
MUS Mauritius3 digits or 2-letter+3-digit combo11302
MYT Mayotte976 + 2 digits97600
MEX Mexico5 digits06600
FSM Micronesia96941-96944 + optional ext96941
MDA Moldova4 digits2001
MCO Monaco980 + 2 digits98000
MNG Mongolia5 digits14200
MNE Montenegro8 + 4 digits81000
MAR Morocco5 digits20000
MOZ Mozambique4 digits1100
MMR Myanmar5 digits11121
NAM Namibia5 digits10001
NPL Nepal5 digits44600
NLD Netherlands4 digits + space? + 2 letters1011 AB
NCL New Caledonia988 + 2 digits98800
NZL New Zealand4 digits6011
NIC Nicaragua5 digits11001
NER Niger4 digits8000
NGA Nigeria6 digits100001
NFK Norfolk Island28992899
MKD North Macedonia4 digits1000
MNP N. Mariana Islands96950-96952 + optional ext96950
NOR Norway4 digits0101
OMN OmanOptional PC + 3 digitsPC 112
PAK Pakistan5 digits44000
PLW Palau96939/96940 + optional ext96940
PNG Papua New Guinea3 digits111
PRY Paraguay6 digits001001
PER PeruLIMA + digits, CALLAO + digits, or 5 digitsLIMA 01 or 15001
PHL Philippines4 digits1000
PCN PitcairnPCRN 1ZZPCRN 1ZZ
POL Poland2 digits + - + 3 digits00-001
PRT Portugal4 digits + - + 3 digits1000-001
PRI Puerto Rico006xx-009xx + optional ext00901-1234
REU Réunion974/984 + 2 digits97400
ROU Romania6 digits010011
RUS Russia6 digits101000
BLM Saint Barthélemy970/971/980/981 + 2 digits97133
SHN St HelenaASCN 1ZZ or STHL 1ZZSTHL 1ZZ
MAF Saint Martin (FR)970/971/980/981 + 2 digits97150
SPM Saint Pierre/Miquelon975/985 + 2 digits97500
VCT St VincentVC + 4 digitsVC0100
SMR San Marino4789 + digit47890
SAU Saudi Arabia5 digits11564
SEN Senegal5 digits12500
SRB Serbia5-6 digits11000
SGP Singapore6 digits018956
SVK Slovakia3 digits + space? + 2 digits811 01
SVN Slovenia4 digits1000
SOM Somalia2 letters + space? + 5 digitsJH 09010
ZAF South Africa4 digits2001
SGS S. GeorgiaSIQQ 1ZZSIQQ 1ZZ
ESP Spain5 digits28001
LKA Sri Lanka5 digits10100
SDN Sudan5 digits11111
SJM Svalbard4 digits9171
SWE Sweden3 digits + space? + 2 digits111 22
CHE Switzerland4 digits3000
TWN Taiwan3-6 digits100 or 10048
TJK Tajikistan6 digits734001
TZA Tanzania4-5 digits11101
THA Thailand5 digits10200
TUN Tunisia4 digits1000
TUR Türkiye5 digits06100
TKM Turkmenistan6 digits744000
TCA Turks and CaicosTKCA 1ZZTKCA 1ZZ
UKR Ukraine5 digits01001
GBR United KingdomUK postcode format (e.g. AB12 3CD)SW1A 1AA
USA United States5 digits + optional space/hyphen + 4 digits94103 or 94103-0000
UMI US Minor Outlying Islands9689896898
URY Uruguay5 digits11000
UZB Uzbekistan6 digits100000
VEN Venezuela4 digits1010
VNM Viet Nam5-6 digits10000
VGB British Virgin IslandsVG + 4 digitsVG1110
VIR US Virgin Islands008xx + optional ext00801
WLF Wallis and Futuna986 + 2 digits98600
ESH Western Sahara5 digits70000
ZMB Zambia5 digits10101