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Fax guides
Short, specific answers for the moment you have to fax something: from the phone in your hand, to an office abroad, or to an agency that only takes paper. Each guide lists its sources and the date its facts were checked.
Fax from your phone or tablet
- Fax a PDF from the Files appFax a PDF or Word file saved in Files, iCloud Drive, Google Drive or Dropbox from your iPhone: share it to the FaxUp app, or pick it in Safari at faxup.net. No printing.
- Fax a photo from an iPhoneFax a picture of a document, a receipt or a screenshot straight from iPhone Photos, HEIC included. How each photo becomes a fax page and how to make it readable in black and white.
- Fax an email attachmentGot a form by email and the office wants it by fax? Send the attachment from iPhone Mail or Gmail straight to the FaxUp app or faxup.net, without printing it.
- Fax from an Android phoneTwo ways to fax from Android: the FaxUp app from Google Play, with its scanner and Fill & Sign, or Chrome at faxup.net with nothing to install. $2.99 a fax, any length.
- Fax from an iPadFax from any iPad on iPadOS 15.5 or later with the FaxUp app, or from Safari at faxup.net. Scanning on a big screen, signing with Apple Pencil, and what to watch for.
- How to send a fax from an iPhoneThe FaxUp app or Safari, step by step, with scanning tips and what the other side prints.
- Sign and fax from an iPhoneSign a PDF on your iPhone with FaxUp's Fill & Sign and fax it in one go, and know when the office needs a pen signature on paper instead (the IRS does for some forms).
Faxing abroad
Government offices and forms
- Fax the IRS from your phoneIRS fax numbers for Forms 2848, 8821, SS-4, 4506-T, 2553, 8857, 14039, 15227 and 911, checked on irs.gov, plus the signature rule that gets phone-signed forms rejected.
- Government fax numbersIRS, VA, FEMA, student aid and state agency fax numbers, each checked on its .gov page.
Prices, delivery and problems
- Fax confirmation and proof of deliveryWhat a fax transmission report shows, how to get FaxUp's delivery report PDF on your iPhone or Android phone, and what it does and doesn't prove when an office says it never got your fax.
- Free fax to the US and CanadaOne page free with your email, and what happens when the document is longer.
- One fax, no subscriptionPay $2.99 for a single fax of any length, from the web or the FaxUp app, with nothing that renews. When a credit pack or a plan is cheaper, worked out with real FaxUp prices.
- Why a fax fails, and what to doThe real reasons faxes fail, from FaxUp's own delivery records: dropped calls, no fax tone, busy lines. What each one means, how FaxUp retries, and what you can fix.
Just need to send one? Send a fax for $2.99, any number of pages, no subscription.