Overview

Once a student has been issued with a USI, it remains with them for life, and the same USI can never be issued to any other person. If a student provides a USI then you must verify that it is both complete and genuine. This knowledge article will guide you on how to verify USI provided by students within Paradigm.

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title	1. How to Verify USI in Paradigm

NOTE:

The instructions below assume that as a Provider you have already obtained an M2M key in order to enable Paradigm to gain access to the USI service.

Refer to the workflows in this knowledge article: USI (Unique Student Identifier).

Load the student's record
Click on the Student Details option in the side menu.
Move down the side menu and click the USI Edit option and check the details of the student record.
Only two fields USI Student Number and Given Names are editable, the remaining fields are read-only.
Click the Verify USI button to verify the student’s USI.

NOTE:

The system not only verifies the USI number , but it also crosses check other fields: student’s Given Name, Family Name, and DOB to see if any of them is matching the USI number on the USI service website.

6. You will see either Success or Error responses as below:

Success	Error
If it’s verified, you will see a green successful message at the top of the screen.	You will see a red error message against each invalid field that the government could not verify.