One of the major reasons why fax machines became popular is their ability to transmit data over international distances.
Today, faxing still allows businesses around the world to communicate with another and exchange vital including signed documents and legal documents.
How do you send an international fax? Today, we’re going to explain exactly how to send a fax internationally and communicate with any country in the world
Faxing internationally is not like dialing a local or domestic number. You have to type two new numbers at the front of your recipient’s fax number, including:
- An exit code or international call prefix that lets you leave your country’s telephone network
- A country code that lets you access another country’s telephone network
If you’re calling from an internal business network, then you’ll also need to type in a dial out code to leave your local switchboard.
Ultimately, when sending a fax to an international number, your number will look like this:
[EXIT CODE] + [COUNTRY CODE] + [LOCAL NUMBER]That’s it! When sending a fax internationally, some people tend to overthink things. You only need to know two numbers: your own country’s exit code and the foreign country’s country code.
So, if you were sending a fax from the United States to China, you would type the following number into your fax machine:
011 86 [123-456-7890]
011 is the exit code for North America, +86 is the country code for China, and 123-456-7890 is the number of whichever number you’re dialing in China.
There are some important things to remember about faxing an international number:
-Sometimes, the person you’re contacting overseas may have included the exit code or country code in their listed phone number; make sure you don’t dial either number twice.
-Hong Kong, Israel, Finland, and a few other smaller countries have an international carrier selection code; this code lets telephone users choose their carrier when making an international call. Instead of dialing with their default provider, for example, residents of these countries may choose to dial with a cheaper competitor. This is done to encourage competition in both the calling and faxing markets. You can enter the carrier selection code after the international prefix and before the country code.
Exit Codes and International Call Prefixes For Every Country In The World
Some countries share the same exit code. In the United States, Canada, and locations throughout North America, for example, that exit code is “011”. In both France and Germany, that exit code is 00.
Most countries have unique calling codes. The main exceptions to this rule are Canada and the United States, which both share “+1”. Other countries which share exit codes have generally had territorial disputes in recent history. Kosovo and Serbia, for example, can both be accessed at +381.
Full List of International Call Prefixes:
0
- Samoa
00
- All countries not listed in other numbers
- All European Union Countries
- Switzerland
- Norway
- India
- Egypt
- Hungary
000
- Tanzania
- Uganda
00x (Where x is the international carrier selection code)
- Kenya (0, 5, 6, 7)
- Colombia (5, 7, 9)
- Cambodia (1, 7)
- Indonesia (1, 7, 8, 9)
- Singapore (1, 8)
- South Korea (1, 2, 3xx, 5, 6, 7xx, 8)
- Hong Kong (1, 60, 7, 8, 9)
- Taiwan (2, 5, 6, 7, 9)
- Thailand (1, 9, 7, 8, 5, 500, 4)
001
- Guyana
- Mongolia
0011
- Australia
009
- Nigeria
010
- Japan
01x (where x is the international carrier selection code)
- Israel (2, 3, 4, 8)
011 – Any Country in the North American Numbering Plan
- American Samoa
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Guam
- Haïti
- Jamaica
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Montserrat
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sint Maarten
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States of America
- United States Virgin Islands
10xx (where xx is the international carrier selection code)
- Georgia (07, 10, 11, 16, 18, 54, 60, 69)
1xx0 (where xx is the international carrier selection code)
- Chile
119
- Cuba
1666
- Hong Kong – City Telecom
8-10
- Belarus
- Kazakhstan
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Uzbekistan
8-xx (where xx is the international carrier selection code)
- Russia (10, 26, 27, 28, 56, 58, 59)
99
- Finland
International Country Codes For Every Country In The World
Each country has its own unique calling code. You’ll need to use the codes listed below to call foreign countries. There are exceptions for this rule in certain geographic locations. For example, sending a computer fax from the United States to Canada only requires a ‘1’ to indicate a long distance call. Various countries in Europe have similar systems.
The North American Numbering Plan Area includes:
- +1
Canada - +1
United States of America, including U.S. territories:
- +1 Many, but not all, Caribbean nations:
- +1 242
Bahamas - +1 246
Barbados - +1 264
Anguilla - +1 268
Antigua and Barbuda - +1 284
British Virgin Islands - +1 345
Cayman Islands - +1 441
Bermuda - +1 473
Grenada - +1 649
Turks and Caicos Islands - +1 664
Montserrat - +1 721
Sint Maarten - +1 758
Saint Lucia - +1 767
Dominica - +1 784
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - +1 809 / 829 / 849
Dominican Republic - +1 868
Trinidad and Tobago - +1 869
Saint Kitts and Nevis - +1 876
Jamaica
- +1 242
Zone 2 – Mostly Africa
(but also, for example Aruba, Faroe Islands and Greenland)
- +20 –
Egypt - +210 – unassigned
- +211 –
South Sudan - +212 –
Morocco
- +213 –
Algeria - +214 – unassigned
- +215 – unassigned
- +216 –
Tunisia - +217 – unassigned
- +218 –
Libya - +219 – unassigned
- +220 –
Gambia - +221 –
Senegal - +222 –
Mauritania - +223 –
Mali - +224 –
Guinea - +225 –
Côte d’Ivoire - +226 –
Burkina Faso - +227 –
Niger - +228 –
Togo - +229 –
Benin - +230 –
Mauritius - +231 –
Liberia - +232 –
Sierra Leone - +233 –
Ghana - +234 –
Nigeria - +235 –
Chad - +236 –
Central African Republic - +237 –
Cameroon - +238 –
Cape Verde - +239 –
São Tomé and Príncipe - +240 –
Equatorial Guinea - +241 –
Gabon - +242 –
Republic of the Congo - +243 –
Democratic Republic of the Congo - +244 –
Angola - +245 –
Guinea-Bissau - +246 –
British Indian Ocean Territory - +247 –
Ascension Island - +248 –
Seychelles - +249 –
Sudan - +250 –
Rwanda - +251 –
Ethiopia - +252 –
Somalia - +253 –
Djibouti - +254 –
Kenya - +255 –
Tanzania
- +255 24 –
Zanzibar, in place of never-implemented +259
- +255 24 –
- +256 –
Uganda - +257 –
Burundi - +258 –
Mozambique - +259 – unassigned, was intended for Zanzibar but never implemented – see +255 Tanzania
- +260 –
Zambia - +261 –
Madagascar - +262 –
Réunion
- +262 269 / 639 – Mayotte (land / mobile, formerly with +269 Comoros)
- +262 269 / 639 –
- +263 –
Zimbabwe - +264 –
Namibia - +265 –
Malawi - +266 –
Lesotho - +267 –
Botswana - +268 –
Swaziland - +269 –
Comoros (Mayotte was here but moved to +262 Réunion) - +27 –
South Africa - +28x – unassigned (Reserved for country code expansion)[1]
- +290 –
Saint Helena
- +291 –
Eritrea - +292 – unassigned
- +293 – unassigned
- +294 – unassigned
- +295 – discontinued (was assigned to San Marino, see +378)
- +296 – unassigned
- +297 –
Aruba - +298 –
Faroe Islands - +299 –
Greenland
Zones 3/4 – Europe
- +30 –
Greece - +31 –
Netherlands - +32 –
Belgium - +33 – France
- +34 –
Spain - +350 –
Gibraltar - +351 –
Portugal - +352 –
Luxembourg - +353 –
Ireland - +354 –
Iceland - +355 –
Albania - +356 –
Malta - +357 –
Cyprus - +358 –
Finland
- +359 –
Bulgaria - +36 –
Hungary - +37 – discontinued (was assigned to the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) until April 1992; this area is now covered by Germany‘s country code +49)
- +370 –
Lithuania - +371 –
Latvia - +372 –
Estonia - +373 –
Moldova
- +374 –
Armenia
- +374 47 / 97 –
Nagorno-Karabakh (landlines / mobile phones)
- +374 47 / 97 –
- +375 –
Belarus - +376 –
Andorra - +377 –
Monaco
- +377 44 / 45 –
Kosovo (mobile phone networks)
- +377 44 / 45 –
- +378 –
San Marino - +379 –
Vatican City assigned but uses +39 Italy. - +38 – discontinued (was assigned to Yugoslavia before break-up)
- +380 –
Ukraine - +381 –
Serbia
- +382 –
Montenegro - +383 – unassigned
- +384 – unassigned
- +385 –
Croatia - +386 –
Slovenia
- +386 43 / 49 – Kosovo (mobile phone networks)
- +386 43 / 49 –
- +387 –
Bosnia and Herzegovina - +388 – assigned to the discontinued European Telephony Numbering Space[1][2]
- +389 –
Macedonia - +39 –
Italy
- +39 06 698 – Vatican City (surrounded entirely by Rome)
- +39 06 698 –
- +40 –
Romania - +41 –
Switzerland - +42 – previously assigned to Czechoslovakia until its breakup. Czech Republic and Slovakia used this common code until 1 March 1997.
- +420 –
Czech Republic - +421 –
Slovakia - +422 – unassigned
- +423 –
Liechtenstein (formerly +41 75) - +424 – unassigned
- +425 – unassigned
- +426 – unassigned
- +427 – unassigned
- +428 – unassigned
- +429 – unassigned
- +43 –
Austria - +44 – United Kingdom
- +45 –
Denmark - +46 –
Sweden - +47 –
Norway
- +48 –
Poland - +49 –
Germany
Zone 5 – Mostly Latin America
- +500 –
Falkland Islands
- +501 –
Belize - +502 –
Guatemala - +503 –
El Salvador - +504 –
Honduras - +505 –
Nicaragua - +506 –
Costa Rica - +507 –
Panama - +508 – Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
- +509 –
Haiti - +51 –
Peru - +52 –
Mexico - +53 –
Cuba - +54 –
Argentina - +55 –
Brazil - +56 –
Chile
- +57 –
Colombia - +58 –
Venezuela - +590 – Guadeloupe (including Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin)
- +591 –
Bolivia - +592 –
Guyana - +593 –
Ecuador - +594 – French Guiana
- +595 –
Paraguay - +596 – Martinique
- +597 –
Suriname - +598 –
Uruguay - +599 – Former
Netherlands Antilles, now grouped as follows:
Zone 6 – Southeast Asia and Oceania
- +60 –
Malaysia - +61 –
Australia (see also +672 below)
- +62 –
Indonesia - +63 –
Philippines - +64 –
New Zealand
- +65 –
Singapore - +66 –
Thailand - +670 –
East Timor – formerly Northern Mariana Islands which is now included inNANP as code +1-670 (See Zone 1, above) - +671 – formerly Guam – Now included in NANP as code +1-671 (See Zone 1, above)
- +672 – Australian External Territories (see also +61 Australia above)
- +673 –
Brunei - +674 –
Nauru - +675 –
Papua New Guinea - +676 –
Tonga - +677 –
Solomon Islands - +678 –
Vanuatu - +679 –
Fiji - +680 –
Palau - +681 – Wallis and Futuna
- +682 –
Cook Islands - +683 –
Niue - +684 – formerly American Samoa – Now included in NANP as code +1-684(See Zone 1, above)
- +685 –
Samoa - +686 –
Kiribati - +687 –
New Caledonia - +688 –
Tuvalu - +689 –
French Polynesia - +690 –
Tokelau - +691 –
Federated States of Micronesia - +692 –
Marshall Islands - +693 – unassigned
- +694 – unassigned
- +695 – unassigned
- +696 – unassigned
- +697 – unassigned
- +698 – unassigned
- +699 – unassigned
Zone 7 – Eurasia (former Soviet Union)
- +7 –
Russia (managed by Russia; some codes assigned to territories outside Russia). - +7 6xx / 7xx –
Kazakhstan - +7 840 / 940 –
Abkhazia – see also +995 44
Zone 8 – East Asia and Special Services
- +800 – International Freephone (UIFN)
- +801 – unassigned
- +802 – unassigned
- +803 – unassigned
- +804 – unassigned
- +805 – unassigned
- +806 – unassigned
- +807 – unassigned
- +808 – reserved for Shared Cost Services
- +809 – unassigned
- +81 –
Japan - +82 –
South Korea - +83x – unassigned (Reserved for country code expansion)[1]
- +84 –
Vietnam - +850 –
North Korea - +851 – unassigned
- +852 –
Hong Kong - +853 –
Macau - +854 – unassigned
- +855 –
Cambodia - +856 –
Laos - +857 – unassigned, formerly ANAC satellite service
- +858 – unassigned, formerly ANAC satellite service
- +859 – unassigned
- +86 –
China - +870 – Inmarsat “SNAC” service
- +871 – unassigned (formerly used by Inmarsat, Atlantic East), discontinued in 2008
- +872 – unassigned (formerly used by Inmarsat, Pacific), discontinued in 2008
- +873 – unassigned (formerly used by Inmarsat, Indian), discontinued in 2008
- +874 – unassigned (formerly used by Inmarsat, Atlantic West), discontinued 2008
- +875 – reserved for Maritime Mobile service
- +876 – reserved for Maritime Mobile service
- +877 – reserved for Maritime Mobile service
- +878 – Universal Personal Telecommunications services
- +879 – reserved for national non-commercial purposes
- +880 –
Bangladesh - +881 – Global Mobile Satellite System
- +882 – International Networks
- +883 – International Networks
- +884 – unassigned
- +885 – unassigned
- +886 –
Taiwan - +887 – unassigned
- +888 – Telecommunications for Disaster Relief by OCHA
- +889 – unassigned
- +89x – unassigned (Reserved for country code expansion)[1]
Zone 9 – Central, South and Western Asia
- +90 –
Turkey
- +91 –
India - +92 –
Pakistan - +93 –
Afghanistan - +94 –
Sri Lanka - +95 –
Myanmar - +960 –
Maldives - +961 –
Lebanon - +962 –
Jordan - +963 –
Syria - +964 –
Iraq - +965 –
Kuwait - +966 –
Saudi Arabia - +967 –
Yemen - +968 –
Oman - +969 – unassigned – originally South Yemen, now covered under 967Yemen (formerly North Yemen)
- +970 –
Palestinian territories - +971 –
United Arab Emirates - +972 –
Israel - +973 –
Bahrain - +974 –
Qatar - +975 –
Bhutan - +976 –
Mongolia - +977 –
Nepal - +978 – unassigned – originally assigned to Dubai, now covered under 971
- +979 – International Premium Rate Service – originally assigned to Abu Dhabi, now covered under 971
- +98 –
Iran - +990 – unassigned
- +991 – International Telecommunications Public Correspondence Service trial (ITPCS)
- +992 –
Tajikistan - +993 –
Turkmenistan - +994 –
Azerbaijan - +995 –
Georgia
- +996 –
Kyrgyzstan - +997 – unassigned
- +998 –
Uzbekistan - +999 – reserved for future global service
