# Search

The following fields can be sent as part of a request. For any check to be carried out, at least the 'forename' and 'surname' fields must be provided.

| Parameter            | Description                                                                                                                                                                   | Notes                                                                                                       |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `current_address`    | Single object containing the current address for the person. The subfields 'city', 'country', 'first\_date\_of\_residence', 'postcode', 'premise' and 'street' are available. | Residence dates are provided in the MM/YYYY format.                                                         |
| `day_of_birth`       | The day of the year the person was born                                                                                                                                       | Partial dates of birth are allowed if the full information is not available                                 |
| `month_of_birth`     | The month the person was born                                                                                                                                                 |                                                                                                             |
| `year_of_birth`      | The year the person was born                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                             |
| `driving_license`    | Single object containing one field, 'number' - the driving license number                                                                                                     |                                                                                                             |
| `forename`           | The persons first name                                                                                                                                                        |                                                                                                             |
| `gender`             | The persons gender                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                             |
| `national_insurance` | Single object containing one field, 'number' - the persons National Insurance number                                                                                          |                                                                                                             |
| `passport`           | Single object containing the following fields: 'day\_of\_expiry', 'month\_of\_expiry', 'number' and 'year\_of\_expiry'                                                        |                                                                                                             |
| `previous_addresses` | Array of objects representing known previous addresses. Fields are the same as for 'current\_address'                                                                         |                                                                                                             |
| `reference`          | User-defined field, can be set to any string                                                                                                                                  | The reference is stored alongside each check to allow tagging, client-provided reference numbers or similar |
| `surname`            | The persons surname                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                                                             |
| `title`              | Any known title for the person                                                                                                                                                | 'Mr', 'Ms' etc                                                                                              |