# `phone_country_differs_from_address_country`: the phone number and the address name different countries

The number was allocated to one country and the address stands in another. Both answers are good; they simply do not agree.

- Appears in: `flag`
- Billing: Free. The consistency analysis is arithmetic over answers already paid for and never costs a credit of its own.

The phone `country` comes from the numbering plan the number was allocated under, and the address `country` from the register the address was checked against. Neither is a guess.

This is ordinary for people who moved country and kept their number, for expatriates, and for anyone billing a company abroad. It matters when you expected the two to match.

**What to do.** Weigh it beside the rest of the answer. A difference alone is not a reason to refuse anyone.

```json
{
    "comparison": "phone_address_country",
    "left": {
        "signal": "phone",
        "field": "country",
        "value": "GB"
    },
    "right": {
        "signal": "address",
        "field": "country",
        "value": "US"
    },
    "result": "differ",
    "flag": "phone_country_differs_from_address_country"
}
```

Reference: https://spaw.co/docs/reasons/phone_country_differs_from_address_country