Listing 1: Personal Identity NumberValidation Rules Table
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ABC PIN (Personal
Identity Number)
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l Strip leading and trailing spaces.
l Alpha numeric in the format of x-xxx-xxxx
l The first position must be A to Z
l Position 2 and 6 must be dashes (-).
l Positions 3, 4, 5 7, 8, 9, 10 must be A
to Z or Numeric,
l such as,
A-4P6-58DF is in the correct format.
8-4P6-58DF is not in the correct format.
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Driver License
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l Strip leading and trailing spaces.
l Must be 17 characters
l Positions 1 must be A to Z.
l Positions 2-5,7-11 and 13-17 must be Numeric (0-9)
l Position 6 and 12 must be dashes (-).
l such as:
Y1234-56789-01234 is in the correct
format.
81234-5678901234A is not in the correct
format.
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Immigration No.
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l
Strip leading
and trailing spaces.
l Must be numeric with 11 digits
l such as,
12345678901 is in the correct format.
123456AB89 is not in the correct format.
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Veteran Id.
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l
Strip leading
and trailing spaces.
l
The first
position must be character “V”
l
Except the
first position, the other position must be numeric, i.e. 0-9
l
minimum
length is 6
l
maximum
length is 12
l such as,
V123456 is in the correct format.
V12345678901 is in the
correct format.
Y1234567 is not in the correct format.
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Old Age Security
No.
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l
Strip leading
and trailing spaces.
l
Total 10 to
15 letters in the following format
OASXXXXXXX
or
OASXXXXXXXXXXXX
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The First
three position letters must be OAS
l
Minimum
length 10 characters.
l
Maximum
length 15 characters.
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such as,
OAS1234567 is in the correct format.
OSA12345678901234 is not
in the correct format.
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Passport No.
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l
Strip leading
and trailing spaces.
l
Total 8
letters in the following format
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AAXXXXXX
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The First two
position letters must be character, i.e. A-Z
l
The other six
letters must be numeric, i.e. 0-9
l
such as,
ML123456 is in the correct format.
A1234567 is not in the
correct format.
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Refugee Claimant
No.
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l
Strip leading
and trailing spaces.
l
Total 11
letters in the following format
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REFXXXXXXXX
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The First
three position letters must be REF
l
The other
eight letters must be numeric, i.e. 0-9
l
such as,
REF12345678 is in the correct format.
REF123456789 is not in the
correct format.
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Social Assistance
No.
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l
Strip leading
and trailing spaces.
l
Total 11
letters in the following format
XXX-XXX-XXX
l
The 4th
and 8th position letter must be dash ‘-‘
l
The other
position letters must be numeric, i.e. 0-9
l
such as,
123-456-789 is in the correct format.
12345678901 is not in the
correct format.
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Treaty Status No.
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l
No leading
and trailing spaces.
l
Must be
Numeric.
l
Must be 8
digits in the following format xxxxxxxx
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Health Card No.
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l
Strip leading
and trailing spaces.
l
Total 12
letters in the following format
XXXXXXXXXXAA
l
The First 10
position letters must be numeric, i.e. 0-9
l
The last two
letters must be characters, i.e. A-Z
l
such as,
1234567890AB is in the correct format.
H234567890AB is not in the
correct format.
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Birth Certificate
No.
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l
Strip leading
and trailing spaces.
l
Total 12
letters in the following format
XX-XXXXXX-XX
l
The 3rd
and 10th position letter must be dash ‘-‘
l
The other
position letters must be numeric, i.e. 0-9
such as,
01-234567-89 is in the correct format.
01A234567B89 is not in the
correct format
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