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How to Get Overseas Friends on Whatsapp

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Sukmadara Arianti

In fact, today's social networks really help us to make friends with people in various countries, including in Indonesia WhatsApp. However, some people are still confused about how to get foreign friends on WhatsApp.

By making foreign friends, we can get very exciting experiences that we have never had before. Because this is where we learn a lot about culture, insight, and positive values that we can take.

Regarding WhatsApp, many users around the world use this application.

For several countries, WhatsApp is the main application they use to communicate locally and internationally.

So, this provides an opportunity for those of you who want to make friends with foreigners on WhatsApp. In this article, you will get the insight! Anyway, keep watching!

Also read: How to Use WhatsApp Web on Android and iOS Phones

Can You Make Friends with Foreigners on WhatsApp?

Features on WhatsApp (Source: Okezone)

According to the official website FAQ WhatsApp, you can still get overseas friends on WhatsApp using your current mobile number.

Actually, you don't need to be tired of going abroad or using the SIM card of the country you are visiting to make new friends. You can still make new friends just by using your current personal number.

You also don't need to worry about re-verifying your account if you use a SIM card from another country.

It's just that maybe the case will be more complicated if you replace your SIM number with the SIM phone number of the country you are visiting, because here you need to re-verify your new WhatsApp number.

Also read: No Need to Delete Chats! This is How to Edit WhatsApp Messages

How to Get Overseas Friends on WhatsApp?

WhatsApp users (Source: Freepik)

There are several ways you can get foreign friends on WhatsApp.

This method is quite easy to do to expand friendships internationally just by using WhatsApp.

Must be Destination Country Code Year

One way that you need to know is to know the WhatsApp destination country code, of course this is one that is quite important if you really want to make friends with foreigners on WhatsApp.

Of course, here you have to enter the country code and number into the contacts on your cellphone, you don't need to WhatsApp third-party application to get it because you can enter it manually before you add the phone number behind it.

You also need to remember that this doesn't always work for 100%, because the number you added is not necessarily connected to WhatsApp and they don't automatically use WhatsApp.

Join International Community and Chat Groups

The second thing you can do is find out which chat groups or open communities are specifically for users around the world.

By joining these communities and group chats, chances are you can get group or community member numbers from abroad.

Follow Social Media

The third way is that you have the courage to interact with them on all social media, have conversations until you get their WhatsApp number.

It's also possible that you can exchange contact numbers for further interaction.

Well, these three methods are quite common ways to get foreign friends on WhatsApp. You can choose which method you will use later.

Also read: How to Make WhatsApp Status Using Voice

Country Code Set

WhasApp Chat Illustration (Source: VICE)

According to katadata.co.id, the following is a list of country codes that you can add to your cellphone to be able to get foreign friends on WhatsApp.

  • Afghanistan = +93
  • south Africa = +27
  • Central Africa = +236
  • Albania = +355
  • Algeria = +213
  • United States of America = +1
  • Andorra = +376
  • Angola = +244
  • Antigua & Barbuda = 1-268
  • Saudi Arabia = +966
  • Argentina = +54
  • Armenian = +374
  • Australia = +61
  • Austria = +43
  • Azerbaijan = +994
  • Bahamas = +1-242
  • Bahrain = +973
  • Bangladesh = +880
  • Barbados = +1-246
  • Dutch = +31
  • Belarus = +375
  • Belgium = +32
  • Belize = +501
  • Benin = +229
  • Bhutan = +975
  • Bolivia = +591
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina = +387
  • Botswana = +267
  • Brazil = +55
  • United Kingdom (England) = +44
  • Brunei Darussalam = +673
  • Bulgaria = +359
  • Burkina Faso = +226
  • Burundi = +257
  • Czech = +420
  • Chad = +235
  • Chile = +56
  • China = +86
  • Denmark = +45
  • Djibouti = +253
  • Domikia = +1-767
  • Ecuador = 593
  • El Salvador = +503
  • Eritrea = +291
  • Estonia = +372
  • Ethiopia = +251
  • Fiji = +679
  • Philippines = +63
  • Finland = +358
  • Gabon = +241
  • Gambia = +220
  • Georgian = +995
  • Ghana = +233
  • Grenada = +1-473
  • Guatemala = +502
  • Guinea = +224
  • Guinea Bissau = +245
  • Equatorial Guinea = +240
  • Guyana = +592
  • Haiti = +509
  • Honduras = +504
  • Hungary = +36
  • Hong Kong = +852
  • India = +91
  • Indonesia = +62
  • Iraq = +964
  • Iran = +98
  • Ireland = +353
  • Iceland = +354
  • Israel = +972
  • Italy = +39
  • Jamaica = +1-876
  • Japan = +81
  • German = +49
  • Jordan = +962
  • Cambodia = +855
  • Cameroon = +237
  • Canada = +1
  • Kazakhstan = +7
  • Kenya = +254
  • Kyrgyzstan = +996
  • Kiribati = +686
  • Colombia = +57
  • Comoros = +269
  • Republic of the Congo = +243
  • South Korea = +82
  • North Korea = +850
  • Costa Rica = +506
  • Croatia = +385
  • Cuba = +53
  • Kuwait = +965
  • Laos = +856
  • Latvia = +371
  • Lebanese = +961
  • Lesotho = +266
  • Liberia = +231
  • Libya = +218
  • Liechtenstein = +423
  • Lithuania = +370
  • Luxembourg = +352
  • Madagascar = +261
  • Macao = +853
  • Macedonia = +389
  • Maldives = +960
  • Malawi = +265
  • Malaysia = +60
  • Mali = +223
  • Malta = +356
  • Morocco = +212
  • Marshall (Kep.) = +692
  • Mauritania = +222
  • Mauritius = +230
  • Mexico = +52
  • Egypt = +20
  • Micronesia (Kep.) = +691
  • Moldova = +373
  • Monaco = +377
  • Mongolia = +976
  • Montenegro = +389
  • Mozambique = +258
  • Myanmar = +95
  • Namibia = +264
  • Nauru = +674
  • Nepal = +977
  • Nigeria = +227
  • Nigeria = +234
  • Nicaragua = +505
  • Norway = +47
  • Oman = +968
  • Pakistan = +92
  • Palau = +680
  • Panama = +507
  • Ivory Coast = +225
  • Papua New Guinea = +675
  • Paraguay = +595
  • French = +33
  • peruvian = +51
  • Poland = +48
  • Portugal = +351
  • Qatar = +974
  • Congo = +242
  • Dominican Republic = +1-809; 1-829
  • Romania = +40
  • Russia = +7
  • Rwanda = +250
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis = +1-869
  • Saint Lucia = +1-758
  • Saint Vincent & the Grenadines = +1-784
  • Samoa = +685
  • San Marino = +378
  • Sao Tome & Principe = +239
  • New Zealand = +64
  • Senegal = +221
  • Serbia = +381
  • Seychelles = +248
  • Sierra Leone = +232
  • Singapore = +65
  • Cyprus = +357
  • Slovenia = +386
  • Slovakia = +421
  • Solomon (Capt.) = +677
  • Somalia = +252
  • Spanish = +34
  • Sri Lanka = +94
  • Sudan = +249
  • South Sudan = +211
  • Syria = +963
  • Suriname = +597
  • Swaziland = +268
  • Sweden = +46
  • Switzerland = +41
  • Tajikistan = +992
  • Cape Verde = +238
  • Tanzania = +255
  • Taiwan = +886
  • Thailand = +66
  • Timor Leste = +670
  • Togo = +228
  • Tonga = +676
  • Trinidad & Tobago = +1-868
  • Tunis = +216
  • Turkey = +90
  • Turkmenistan = +993
  • Tuvalu = +688
  • Uganda = +256
  • Ukraine = +380
  • United Arab Emirates = +971
  • Uruguay = +598
  • Uzbekistan = +998
  • Vanuatu = +678
  • Venezuelan = +58
  • Vietnamese = +84
  • Yemen = +967
  • Greece = +30
  • Zambia = +260
  • Zimbabwe = +263

So, that's a list of country codes that you can add in cellphone-your. All you have to do is choose which code to use to get foreign friends on WhatsApp.

Also read: Easy Ways to Use WhatsApp Web on HP

Advantages of Making Friends with Foreigners

New Year Celebrate (Source: Pexels)

By getting friends from abroad on WhatsApp, of course, it will give you several advantages, such as:

  • Learning New Things: By communicating with foreign friends, chances are they will give you insight into things you didn't know before such as culture, lifestyle, traditions and other customs that don't exist in Indonesia.
  • Learning Another Country's Language: Of course if you interact with them, chances are you will know about the native language of the country and maybe they will teach you that language. Very exciting, right?
  • New Business Opportunities: This can also happen if they share about jobs in the country and the jobs they are currently doing and maybe they will offer you the job.
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So, that's information about how to get foreign friends on WhatsApp. Of course, it's rather difficult to get international friends on WhatsApp, besides you need to memorize the country code, you also need to know the number they use to be friends on WhatsApp.

So, how's it going? Are you interested in making friends with foreigners on WhatsApp? You can give it a try if you are interested in trying something new.

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Sukmadara Arianti