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# getAuthorizationStatus(forPhoneNumber:completion:)

Returns the current authorization status for a phone number without presenting any UI.

```
class func getAuthorizationStatus(forPhoneNumber phoneNumber: String, completion completionHandler: @escaping @Sendable (CTCellularPlanStatusAuthorization, (any Error)?) -> Void)
```

```
class func authorizationStatus(forPhoneNumber phoneNumber: String) async throws -> CTCellularPlanStatusAuthorization
```

## Parameters

`phoneNumber`

A phone number in [ITU-T E.164 international format](https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-E.164) (for example, `+15550001234`).

`completionHandler`

A closure the framework calls with the current authorization status and any error that occurs.

## Discussion

Call this method before calling [`getHintForPhoneNumber(_:completion:)`](/documentation/CoreTelephony/CTCellularPlanStatus/getHintForPhoneNumber(_:completion:)) to check whether the person already approved your app’s request to check cellular plan status for their phone number.

The completion handler receives the same [`CTCellularPlanStatusAuthorization`](/documentation/CoreTelephony/CTCellularPlanStatusAuthorization) value as [`requestAuthorization(forPhoneNumber:completion:)`](/documentation/CoreTelephony/CTCellularPlanStatus/requestAuthorization(forPhoneNumber:completion:)), but without presenting UI.

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