{"id":9341,"date":"2023-05-15T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/?page_id=9341"},"modified":"2025-08-20T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T02:59:10","slug":"pvi-frequently-asked-questions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.serviceobjects.com\/docs\/dots-phone-validation-international\/pvi-frequently-asked-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"PVI &#8211; Frequently Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"faq-accordion\" aria-label=\"phone validation international faq\">\n<details class=\"accordion-section\" aria-label=\"pvi said my phone length is an invalid phone and has an invalid length!\">\n<summary>PVI said my phone length is an invalid phone and has an invalid length!<\/summary>\n<article>Sometimes putting in just your phone number is not enough. One important detail you cannot leave out of Phone Validation International is the country of the phone number. You can enter the country into the Country input or you can include the country by adding the country calling code (i.e. +1 for the United States of America and Canada). If you do not include the country, then PVI will assume it is an invalid number.<\/article>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"accordion-section\" aria-label=\"does pvi return the latitude and longitude of a phone at any given moment?\">\n<summary>Does PVI return the latitude and longitude of a phone at any given moment?<\/summary>\n<article>No, but it does return the latitude and longitude of the current provider.<\/article>\n<\/details>\n<details class=\"accordion-section\" aria-label=\"phone validation international doesn't find any data for my phone number!\">\n<summary>Phone Validation International doesn&#8217;t find any data for my phone number!<\/summary>\n<article>You may have mistyped your phone number. 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