Country Codes of the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Telephone: +1-340
- 2 Letter: VI
- 3 Letter: VIN
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 850
- Internet TLD: .vi
- ICAO Airport Code: TI
- Maritime Identification Digits: 379
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1FB U+1F1EE
- Official Name: The Virgin Islands of the United States
How to call the U.S. Virgin Islands (international dialing)
- A leading ‘1’ is included in the international call sequence.
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (sms)
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a satellite phone
The U.S. Virgin Islands do not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their own call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
How to call within the U.S. Virgin Islands (domestic dialing)
There is no trunk prefix (1) or area code (340) used when calling within the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Only the seven-digit phone number is dialed.
| seven digits |
| local phone number |
U.S. Virgin Island phone numbers explained
Number details
U.S. Virgin Island phone numbers are seven digits (ten if the area code ‘340’ that is only dialed from outside the region is included).
The area code ‘340’ does not represent an area of the U.S. Virgin Islands, rather, it represents an area of the North American Numbering Plan – the shared telephone numbering space of country code ‘+1’.
Mobile numbers are intermixed with land-line phone numbers.
An example of a U.S. Virgin Island number
The St. Thomas Historical Trust Museum lists its phone number in St. Thomas as 340-774-5541.
Number explanation
| 1 | 340 | 774 5541 |
| country code for the United States Virgin Islands | area code for the US Virgin Islands within the NANP | local phone number in St. Thomas |
Local example – calling from another location in St. Thomas
Dial all seven digits of the phone number for all calls within the U.S. Virgin Islands.
| 774 5541 |
| local phone number in St. Thomas |
Long distance example – calling from St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands (on the other side of the territory)
Dial all seven digits of the phone number for all calls within the U.S. Virgin Islands.
| 774 5541 |
| local phone number in St. Thomas |
International example – calling from the United States, Canada, or another country of the NANP (most of the Caribbean and U.S. territories in the Pacific)
Dial the country code / trunk prefix ‘1’, then area code ‘340’, then the local phone number.
There is no international exit code dialed when calling from within the NANP.
Dial the call in the same format as a domestic U.S. or Canadian long distance call. International call rates apply.
| 1 | 340 | 774 5541 |
| long distance trunk prefix | area (geographic) code for the U.S. Virgin Islands | local phone number in St. Thomas |
International example – calling from a country outside of the NANP (the United States, Canada, most of the Caribbean, and U.S. Territories in the Pacific)
To call from a country from outside the NANP, dial the exit code of the country you’re calling from, then the NANP country code/trunk prefix of ‘1’, then the U.S. Virgin Island area code of ‘340’, then the local phone number.
| exit code | 1 | 340 | 774 5541 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for the North American Numbering Plan | area (geographic) code for the U.S. Virgin Islands | local phone number in St. Thomas |
How to call from the U.S. Virgin Islands
… to another country in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP)
NANP countries include Canada, the United States (and associated territories), and most regions of the Caribbean.
Dial the phone call starting with the trunk prefix/country code of ‘1’, then the area code and local phone number.
… to all other regions of the world
‘011’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from the U.S. Virgin Islands to a location outside the NANP calling region (the United States, Canada, most regions of the Caribbean, and U.S. Territories in the Pacific).
Sources and more resources
- National NANPA – The North American Numbering Plan Administration. Telecommunications numbering system regulator for numbering administration across the North American Numbering Plan.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – The US Virgin Islands’ national (country code +1 340) National Numbering Plan – Details of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in the U.S. Virgin Islands – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for the U.S. Virgin Islands’ calling plan within the North American Numbing Plan. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Trinidad and Tobago – Entry for Trinidad and Tobago in the British Telecom international directory.