Eligibility
Which Countries Let Foreigners Get a Phone Number?
Whether you can hold a country’s phone number without living there depends on the local regulator, not on your paperwork. Here is where it is open, where the carrier asks for documents, where a local address or company is needed, and where no number can be issued at all.
Of the 216 countries covered here, 25 issue numbers to non-residents with no residency, citizenship or local address requirement, and a further 22 do so once the local carrier has an ID copy or proof of address. 31 require an address in the country or a registered local company. 138 have no purchasable number inventory, so no set of documents will obtain one. Every purchase also needs a one-time identity verification with DialAnyone. Availability last verified 2026-09-09.
Open to non-residents (25)
No residency, citizenship, local address or local SIM required. Verify your identity once with DialAnyone and the number activates on your account.
Open, with ID documents (22)
Available to non-residents, but the local carrier asks for an ID copy or proof of address before the number goes live. Residency is still not required.
Only with a local address or company (31)
Numbers exist, but every type the carrier sells requires an address in the country or a registered local company. Without one of those, use a US or UK number instead.
No numbers available (138)
No purchasable number inventory, so no combination of documents will get you one. Calling these countries still works normally.