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   Note: This section last updated 1st April 2021

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 1st April 2021

   dd/mm/yyyy

Both the 12-hour and 24-hour clock notations are used.

   14:32

The official language is English , though most of the population speak Lesser Antillean Creole English .

These company types are found:

   Company Limited by Guarantee
   Hybrid ’Cap 285’ Company
   International Business Company
   Limited Partnership
   Ordinary Non-Resident Company
   Ordinary Resident Company
   Public Company
   Trust

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 22nd July 2018

Addresses are usually post office box numbers (written in English) in this format:

   [P.O. Box ]number
   Settlement[, ]Island name[ ]Postal code

for example

Though postal deliveries are only to mailing addresses, street addresses will be found for the use of couriers, visitors etc. As not all streets are named, these may often be descriptive and unstructured. Examples:

There are plans to name all streets in the territory, starting in Road Town.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

This is written P.O. Box.

   Note: This section last updated 29th April 2017

A postal code system was introduced on 30th October 2006. The country has been split into 6 zones, and each postal code covers a post office or single address. The postal code format is:

   (VG11)9(0)

The areas are:

   VG1110 – Tortola Central
   VG1120 – Tortola East
   VG1130 – Tortola West
   VG1140 – Anegada
   VG1150 – Virgin Gorda
   VG1160 – Jost Van Dyke

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

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All telephone numbers in the British Virgin Islands have the area code 284. All subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile numbers have subscriber numbers commencing 300-303, 440-445, 468, 496, 499 or 540-544.