diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/pom.xml
index 31c43461d2..1290b0432f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
@@ -37,4 +41,4 @@
         <commons-io.version>2.7</commons-io.version>
     </properties>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/ServletInitializer.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/ServletInitializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f365582999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/ServletInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.baeldung.springvalidation;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
+
+public class ServletInitializer extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
+
+    @Override
+    protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
+        return application.sources(SpringValidationApplication.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/SpringValidationApplication.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/SpringValidationApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccfe990ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/SpringValidationApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.springvalidation;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class SpringValidationApplication {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(SpringValidationApplication.class, args);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/controller/UserAccountController.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/controller/UserAccountController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48de7b35d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/controller/UserAccountController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package com.baeldung.springvalidation.controller;
+
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.ui.Model;
+import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
+import org.springframework.validation.BindingResult;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+
+import com.baeldung.springvalidation.domain.UserAccount;
+import com.baeldung.springvalidation.interfaces.BasicInfo;
+
+@Controller
+public class UserAccountController {
+
+    @GetMapping("/getUserForm")
+    public String showUserForm(Model theModel) {
+        UserAccount theUser = new UserAccount();
+        theModel.addAttribute("useraccount", theUser);
+        return "userHome";
+    }
+
+    @RequestMapping(value = "/saveBasicInfo", method = RequestMethod.POST)
+    public String saveBasicInfo(@Valid @ModelAttribute("useraccount") UserAccount useraccount, BindingResult result, ModelMap model) {
+        if (result.hasErrors()) {
+            return "error";
+        }
+        return "success";
+    }
+
+    @RequestMapping(value = "/saveBasicInfoStep1", method = RequestMethod.POST)
+    public String saveBasicInfoStep1(@Validated(BasicInfo.class) @ModelAttribute("useraccount") UserAccount useraccount, BindingResult result, ModelMap model) {
+        if (result.hasErrors()) {
+            return "error";
+        }
+        return "success";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/domain/UserAccount.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/domain/UserAccount.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd5437fe5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/domain/UserAccount.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package com.baeldung.springvalidation.domain;
+
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
+
+import com.baeldung.springvalidation.interfaces.AdvanceInfo;
+import com.baeldung.springvalidation.interfaces.BasicInfo;
+
+public class UserAccount {
+
+    @NotNull(groups = BasicInfo.class)
+    @Size(min = 4, max = 15, groups = BasicInfo.class)
+    private String password;
+
+    @NotBlank(groups = BasicInfo.class)
+    private String name;
+
+    @Min(value = 18, message = "Age should not be less than 18", groups = AdvanceInfo.class)
+    private int age;
+
+    @NotBlank(groups = AdvanceInfo.class)
+    private String phone;
+
+    @Valid
+    @NotNull(groups = AdvanceInfo.class)
+    private UserAddress useraddress;
+
+    public UserAddress getUseraddress() {
+        return useraddress;
+    }
+
+    public void setUseraddress(UserAddress useraddress) {
+        this.useraddress = useraddress;
+    }
+
+    public UserAccount() {
+
+    }
+
+    public UserAccount(String email, String password, String name, int age) {
+        this.password = password;
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getPassword() {
+        return password;
+    }
+
+    public void setPassword(String password) {
+        this.password = password;
+    }
+
+    public int getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+
+    public void setAge(int age) {
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    public String getPhone() {
+        return phone;
+    }
+
+    public void setPhone(String phone) {
+        this.phone = phone;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/domain/UserAddress.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/domain/UserAddress.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9aa9656eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/domain/UserAddress.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.baeldung.springvalidation.domain;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
+public class UserAddress {
+    
+    @NotBlank
+    private String countryCode;
+    
+    public String getCountryCode() {
+        return countryCode;
+    }
+
+    public void setCountryCode(String countryCode) {
+        this.countryCode = countryCode;
+    }
+   
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/interfaces/AdvanceInfo.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/interfaces/AdvanceInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd0c7c69d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/interfaces/AdvanceInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package com.baeldung.springvalidation.interfaces;
+
+public interface AdvanceInfo {
+    // validation group marker interface
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/interfaces/BasicInfo.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/interfaces/BasicInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95d2b5e6a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/interfaces/BasicInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package com.baeldung.springvalidation.interfaces;
+
+public interface BasicInfo {
+    // validation group marker interface
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89390eaace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+spring.mvc.view.prefix=/WEB-INF/views/
+spring.mvc.view.suffix=.html
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/resources/templates/error.html b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/resources/templates/error.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..341cc73603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/resources/templates/error.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
+<title>SpringValidation</title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+	<h3>Error!!!</h3>
+</body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/resources/templates/success.html b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/resources/templates/success.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b422152153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/main/resources/templates/success.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
+<title>SpringValidation</title>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+	<h3>SUCCESS!!!</h3>
+</body>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/UserAccountUnitTest.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/UserAccountUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..507321bf8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springvalidation/UserAccountUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package com.baeldung.springvalidation;
+
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultHandlers.print;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.model;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.view;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.servlet.AutoConfigureMockMvc;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders;
+
+@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
+@AutoConfigureMockMvc
+public class UserAccountUnitTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private MockMvc mockMvc;
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSaveBasicInfo_whenCorrectInput_thenSuccess() throws Exception {
+        this.mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.post("/saveBasicInfo")
+            .accept(MediaType.TEXT_HTML)
+            .param("name", "test123")
+            .param("password", "pass"))
+            .andExpect(view().name("success"))
+            .andExpect(status().isOk())
+            .andDo(print());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSaveBasicInfoStep1_whenCorrectInput_thenSuccess() throws Exception {
+        this.mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.post("/saveBasicInfoStep1")
+            .accept(MediaType.TEXT_HTML)
+            .param("name", "test123")
+            .param("password", "pass"))
+            .andExpect(view().name("success"))
+            .andExpect(status().isOk())
+            .andDo(print());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSaveBasicInfoStep1_whenIncorrectInput_thenError() throws Exception {
+        this.mockMvc.perform(MockMvcRequestBuilders.post("/saveBasicInfoStep1")
+            .accept(MediaType.TEXT_HTML))
+            // .param("name", "test123")
+            // .param("password", "pass"))
+            .andExpect(model().errorCount(2))
+            // .andExpect(view().name("error"))
+            .andExpect(status().isOk())
+            .andDo(print());
+    }
+
+}