> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.getpalm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Validate a foreign qualification request > > **⚠️ Early access** — This endpoint is in preview and may change in backwards-incompatible ways before it is marked stable. Avoid depending on it in production, and [reach out](mailto:support@getpalm.com) before building on it. Check a foreign qualification payload without creating a filing or business record. Runs the same checks as the create endpoint except the name check, and returns every finding in one pass: problems with the referenced business record (missing fields, not the formation-state registration, already registered in the target state), an expedited tier the state does not offer, and state compliance errors on the payload. Accepts a partial or complete payload, including the same state-specific fields as the create endpoint. Any top-level field the state does not accept is reported under `warnings`; those are dropped rather than rejected when you create the filing. The name check runs only on the create endpoint, so a payload that passes here can still be rejected there because the legal name is unavailable in the target state. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/v1/openapi.json post /v1/filing/foreign-qualification/validate openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Palm Partner API description: >- The Palm API is identity verification and compliance infrastructure for US businesses: onboard businesses, verify businesses and people (KYB/KYC) against authoritative sources, monitor them for changes in real time, and act on their behalf through filings, formation, and registered agent services. version: '1.0' contact: name: Palm Support url: https://getpalm.com email: support@getpalm.com termsOfService: https://getpalm.com/terms license: name: Proprietary url: https://getpalm.com/license servers: - url: https://api.getpalm.com description: Production security: [] tags: - name: Registry description: Search business registries - name: Business description: Manage the businesses in your portfolio - name: User description: Manage the people in your portfolio - name: Verification description: Identity and business verification - name: Monitor description: Continuous monitoring of businesses - name: Filing description: Form a business, apply for an EIN, and register in additional states - name: Case description: Answer a request for information that a filing is waiting on - name: Registered Agent description: Registered agent service for a business - name: Documents description: Retrieve and download any document held for a business or a person paths: /v1/filing/foreign-qualification/validate: post: tags: - Filing summary: Validate a foreign qualification request description: >- > **⚠️ Early access** — This endpoint is in preview and may change in backwards-incompatible ways before it is marked stable. Avoid depending on it in production, and [reach out](mailto:support@getpalm.com) before building on it. Check a foreign qualification payload without creating a filing or business record. Runs the same checks as the create endpoint except the name check, and returns every finding in one pass: problems with the referenced business record (missing fields, not the formation-state registration, already registered in the target state), an expedited tier the state does not offer, and state compliance errors on the payload. Accepts a partial or complete payload, including the same state-specific fields as the create endpoint. Any top-level field the state does not accept is reported under `warnings`; those are dropped rather than rejected when you create the filing. The name check runs only on the create endpoint, so a payload that passes here can still be rejected there because the legal name is unavailable in the target state. operationId: validateForeignQualification parameters: [] responses: '200': description: Validation result content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationResult' '501': description: The target state is not yet supported security: - ApiKey: [] components: schemas: ValidationResult: type: object properties: valid: type: boolean description: True when the payload passed every compliance check errors: description: All compliance errors found, empty when valid type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError' warnings: description: >- Non-blocking observations: a top-level field this jurisdiction does not accept (UNKNOWN_FIELD), an EIN field the business's entity type is never asked (NOT_APPLICABLE), or a declared LLC member count that disagrees with the listed members (MEMBER_COUNT_MISMATCH). None of these rejects the create — the field is ignored or filed as declared — so this is the only place they surface. Empty when there is nothing to report. type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationWarning' required: - valid - errors - warnings ValidationError: type: object properties: source: type: string description: Error origin example: jsonschema code: type: string description: Machine-readable error code example: JSONSCHEMA_VALIDATION_FAILED path: type: string description: Dotted path into the request body example: jurisdiction_registered_agent.agent_type message: type: string description: Human-readable message required: - source - code - path - message ValidationWarning: type: object properties: source: type: string description: Warning origin example: payload code: type: string description: Machine-readable warning code example: UNKNOWN_FIELD path: type: string description: Dotted path into the request body example: initial_board_size message: type: string description: Human-readable message required: - source - code - path - message securitySchemes: ApiKey: scheme: bearer bearerFormat: opaque type: http description: 'Enter your API key in the format: sk_test_xxxxx or sk_live_xxxxx' ````