{"id":1199,"date":"2015-02-04T18:12:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T10:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guide\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2021-06-25T17:33:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T09:33:29","slug":"how-to-make-an-international-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2015\/02\/04\/how-to-make-an-international-call\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make International Calls from the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1203\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/world.jpg\" alt=\"world\" width=\"250\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">There are steps we need to make in making an international call:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">1<sup>st<\/sup>: \u00a0Dial the exit code of the country you are in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">2<sup>nd<\/sup>: Dial the country code of the country you are trying to reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">3<sup>rd<\/sup>: Dial the local code (area code)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">4<sup>th<\/sup>: Dial the local number<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">For example, to make a call from the Philippines to Tokyo, first, dial the exit code of the Philippines (00). The next step is to dial the country code of Japan (81), then the local or area code you want to reach, in this case, it&#8217;s (03). Lastly, the number of the person we are calling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1201\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/number.jpg\" alt=\"number\" width=\"489\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/number.jpg 489w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/number-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">exit code + country code + area code + local number<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">It&#8217;s almost the same way when we are calling from abroad to the Philippines. In this example, we use the number of Philippine Primer Magazine&#8217;s\u00a0 ((02) 836-8381) based in the Philippines<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1202\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/ph.jpg\" alt=\"ph\" width=\"444\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/ph.jpg 444w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/ph-300x41.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">exit code + Philippine country code + area code* + local number<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">(* remove the number (0) in dialing the area code when making a call\u00a0to the Philippines)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&#8211; For a complete list of international country codes, please click <a href=\"mailto:http:\/\/www.howtocallabroad.com\/codes.html\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&#8211; Before making an international call, check your service providers if they have cheap plans suitable for international calls<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">&#8211; Standard charges may apply in making an international call. The rates usually differs from which country we are calling<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are steps we need to make in making an international call: 1st: \u00a0Dial the exit code of the country you are in. 2nd: Dial the country code of the country you are trying to reach. 3rd: Dial the local code (area code) 4th: Dial the local number For example, to make a call from the Philippines to Tokyo, first, dial the exit code of the Philippines (00). The next step is to dial the country code of Japan (81), then the local or area code you want to reach, in this case, it&#8217;s (03). Lastly, the number of the person we are calling. \u00a0 exit code + country code [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1726],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procedure"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9161,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199\/revisions\/9161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}