Reviewed country-pair guide

How to call United States from Brazil

Exact mobile, landline, international-access and leading-zero rules using safe placeholder numbers.

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Dialing sequence, step by step

  1. 1

    Start with + on a mobile, or 00 CC when the Brazil network requires an all-digit access prefix.

  2. 2

    Add 1, the country calling code for United States.

  3. 3

    Add the destination national significant number. There is no separate domestic trunk digit to remove. The digit 1 may be used before the ten-digit number for long-distance dialling, but it is also the shared country code in international notation.

CC represents the selected two-digit Brazilian carrier code. The carrier code belongs to this call's access string, not to the stored +1 destination number.

Mobile and landline examples

X means a subscriber digit placeholder, so these patterns explain the transformation without publishing a private callable number. Save the + format; use the access-prefix format only for a call that starts in Brazil.

Number typeDomestic in United StatesSave on mobileDial from Brazil
Mobile(202) 555-01XX+1 202 555 01XX00 CC 1 202 555 01XX
Landline(212) 555-01XX+1 212 555 01XX00 CC 1 212 555 01XX

How the international format is built

Portable contact format

+ 1 + national significant number

The + represents international access. It is display notation, not one of the E.164 digits.

Digits-only call from Brazil

00 CC + 1 + national significant number

The first part routes out of the origin network and must not be stored as part of the destination.

E.164 limits the full international number to 15 digits and excludes international and national prefixes. See the E.164 and international-format guide for the reusable structure and regional exceptions.

Common mistakes for this route

  • Dialling 00 without the Brazilian carrier-selection code where the originating service requires one.
  • Saving the selected carrier code inside the +1 destination contact.

Country code references

Standards and country numbering-plan sources

  1. ITU-T E.164: The international public telecommunication numbering planInternational Telecommunication Union. Verified 2026-07-19.
  2. ITU-T E.123: Notation for national and international telephone numbersInternational Telecommunication Union. Verified 2026-07-19.
  3. National numbering plan: BrazilInternational Telecommunication Union. Verified 2026-07-19.
  4. National numbering plan: United StatesInternational Telecommunication Union. Verified 2026-07-19.

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