Country Abbreviations for NICS E-Check Searches
Refer to the below country codes when conducting searches using the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System's E-Check system.
COUNTRY CODE AFGHANISTAN AF ALBANIA AA ALGERIA AN ANDORRA AD ANGOLA AO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AI ARGENTINA AT ARMENIA AP ARUBA AJ AUSTRALIA AS AUSTRIA AU AZERBAIJAN AV AZORES ISLANDS AQ BAHAMAS, THE BD BAHRAIN/BAHREIN BE BALEARIC ISLANDS BW BANGLADESH BL BARBADOS BB BASSA DA INDIA BF BELARUS BY BELGIUM BG BELIZE/BRITISH HONDURAS BH BENIN DH BHUTAN BN BOLIVIA BV BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BP BOTSWANA BT BRAZIL BZ BRUNEI BX BULGARIA BU BURKINA FASO UV BURMA BR BURUNDI BI CAMBODIA CJ CAMEROON CM CANADA CD CAPE VERDE CV CENTRAL AFRICAN REP CW CHAD CF CHILE CQ COLOMBIA CB COMOROS, FED ISLAMIC REP DG COOK ISLANDS DI COSTA RICA CR COUNTRY CODE CROATIA KC CUBA CC CYPRUS CS CZECH REPUBLIC EZ DENMARK DK DJIBOUTI DN DOMINICA DM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DR ECUADOR EU EGYPT EY EL SALVADOR EL ENGLAND EN EQUATORIAL GUINEA EK ERITREA ET ESTONIA ES ETHIOPIA EO FAROE ISLANDS FO FED STATES OF MICRONESIA FS FEDERAL REP OF GERMANY GE FIJI ISLANDS FJ FINLAND FD FRANCE FN FRENCH POLYNESIA FP FRENCH SOUTHERN/ANTARTIC LANDS FR GABON GB GAMBIA GK GAZA GZ GEORGIA GD GEORGIA/S SANDWICH ISLANDS GS GHANA GG GREECE GC GREENLAND GN GRENADA GJ GUATEMALA GT GUINEA GI GUINEA-BISSAU PG GUYANA/INCL FRENCH GUIANA GY HAITI HT HONDURAS HD HONG KONG HK HUNGARY HU ICELAND IC INDIA II INDONESIA IO IRAN IR IRAQ IQ IRELAND IE ISRAEL IS ITALY IT IVORY COAST IY JAMAICA JM JAPAN JA JORDAN JO JUAN DE NOVA ISLAND JU KAZAKHSTAN KT KENYA KE KIRIBATI KB KOSOVO KV KUWAIT KU KYRGYZSTAN KZ LAOS LS LATVIA LT LEBANON LN LESOTHO LE LIBERIA LB LIBYA LY LIECHTENSTEIN LI LITHUANIA LH LUXEMBOURG LX MACAU OC MACEDONIA ZD MADAGASCAR/MALAGASY REPUBLIC MP MALAWI MF MALAYSIA MZ MALDIVES MV MALI ML MALTA MY MANAHIKI ISLAND KH MAURITANIA MU MAURITIUS UM MEXICO MM MOLDOVA LD MONACO MJ MONGOLIA MG MONTENEGRO XB MOROCCO MQ NAURU NR NEPAL NP NETHERLANDS NE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES/BONAIRE NX NEW ZEALAND NZ NICARAGUA NU NIGER NN NIGERIA NG NIUE IU NORTH KOREA KN NORWAY NW OMAN OM PAKISTAN PK PALAU, REPUBLIC OF PD PANAMA PM PAPUA NEW GUINEA NO PARACEL ISLANDS PF PARAGUAY PV PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA RC PERU PU PHILIPPINES PI POLAND PO PORTUGAL PT QATAR QA REPUBLIC OF CONGO RB ROMANIA/RUMANIA RU RUSSIA RA RWANDA RW SAINT LUCIA LU SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES VV SAN MARINO SH SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE TP SAUDI ARABIA SB SCOTLAND SS SENEGAL SG SERBIA XA SEYCHELLES SE SIERRA LEONE SA SINGAPORE SR SLOVAKIA LF SLOVENIA LO SOCIALIST REP OF VIETNAM RV SOLOMON ISLANDS BS SOMALIA SM SOUTH AFRICA SF SOUTH KOREA KO SOUTH-WEST AFRICA/NAMIBIA SJ SPAIN SP SPRATLY ISLANDS TE SRI LANKA CY ST CHRISTOPHER/ST KITTS AND NEVIS TS SUDAN SU SURINAME ZC SWAZILAND SW SWEDEN SQ SWITZERLAND SZ SYRIA SY TAIWAN, REPUBLIC OF CHINA TW TAJIKISTAN TJ TANZANIA, UNITED REP OF TZ THAILAND TH TOGO TO TONGA TG TONGAREVA TQ TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TT TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO TF TUNISIA TU TURKEY TY TURKMENISTAN UR TUVALU TV UGANDA UG UKRAINE UK UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TC UNITED STATES OF AMERICA US UNKNOWN XX UNREPORTED XY URUGUAY UY UZBEKISTAN, REPUBLIC OF UZ VANUATU, REP HN VENEZUELA VZ WALES WL WEST BANK WB WEST INDIES ISLANDS WN WESTERN SAHARA RS WESTERN SAMOA WS YEMEN YE YUGOSLAVIA YG ZAIRE ZR ZIMBABWE RH
Updated as of: 12/31/2017