How to send an international fax from the US

How dialing works with FaxTonic

You don’t dial 011, the exit code for calls from the United States. Choose the destination country, then type the number the way it’s written in that country, including its leading 0 where there is one. FaxTonic adds the country code and dials for you.

The price depends only on the country, not on the time of day or how long the call takes. The cover page is free, and you see the total before you pay.

Other countries aren’t available, including Mexico, Ireland, Italy and the French overseas departments, which have their own country codes.

Canada

Canada shares the North American Numbering Plan with the United States: a 10-digit number, made of a 3-digit area code and a 7-digit number. Choose Canada and type the 10 digits, with no 1 in front.

As in the US, a Canadian cell number can’t be told apart from a landline by its digits, so make sure the number is a fax line.

United Kingdom

UK numbers are written with a leading 0, like 020 7946 0000 for London. Type the number as written, with its 0. In international format, the 0 is dropped: +44 20 7946 0000.

Mobile numbers start with 07 and can’t receive faxes. FaxTonic also doesn’t send to UK personal numbers (070), premium-rate numbers or numbers that bill the caller extra.

France

French numbers have 10 digits and start with 0, like 01 99 00 12 34. Type the number as written; in international format, the 0 is dropped: +33 1 99 00 12 34. Since 2023, numbers starting with 01 to 05 are no longer tied to a region.

Mobile numbers start with 06 or 07 and can’t receive faxes. FaxTonic doesn’t send to higher-rate numbers starting with 081, 082 or 089. Numbers starting with 09 are accepted.

Germany

German area codes have two to five digits after the 0, so numbers don’t all have the same length. Type the number with its area code and leading 0, like 030 for Berlin; in international format, the 0 is dropped.

Mobile numbers start with 015, 016 or 017 and can’t receive faxes. FaxTonic doesn’t send to service numbers starting with 0180 or premium-rate numbers starting with 0900.

Spain

Spanish numbers always have 9 digits and no leading 0 to drop. Landline numbers start with 9 or 8, and mobile numbers with 6 or with 71 to 74.

Mobile numbers can’t receive faxes. FaxTonic doesn’t send to shared-cost numbers starting with 901 or 902, or to premium-rate numbers such as 803, 806 and 807. Many Spanish companies list a 902 number: ask for a regular fax number instead.

Australia

Australian numbers have 10 digits, starting with a 2-digit area code: 02 for New South Wales and the ACT, 03 for Victoria and Tasmania, 07 for Queensland, and 08 for Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Type the number with its 0; in international format, the 0 is dropped.

Mobile numbers start with 04 and can’t receive faxes. FaxTonic doesn’t send to local-rate numbers starting with 13 or 1300.

Toll-free and cell numbers

• Toll-free numbers, like 800 numbers in North America, 0800 in the UK, France and Germany, 900 in Spain or 1800 in Australia, pass FaxTonic’s check, but we can’t promise that a fax reaches them from abroad. If you can, ask for a regular fax number.
• Cell numbers can’t receive faxes anywhere. FaxTonic refuses them before you pay in the UK, France, Germany, Spain and Australia; in the US and Canada it can’t tell them apart. See can you fax to a cell phone number?

Send an international fax with FaxTonic

1. Get the document ready as a PDF, JPEG, and PNG file, up to 20 pages per fax.
2. Open FaxTonic and add your file. The cover page is free.
3. Choose the destination country and type the fax number as it’s written there.
4. Check the total and pay by card.
5. Follow the fax on its status page until the receiving machine confirms it.

If the fax can’t be delivered, the refund is automatic: the price minus a fee of $0.30 + 2.9%, or all of it if our fax provider refused the fax when we submitted it. See the refund policy.