diff --git a/app/models/contact.rb b/app/models/contact.rb
index 812066729..bc7a7ac2b 100644
--- a/app/models/contact.rb
+++ b/app/models/contact.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
   validate :val_ident_valid_format?
   validate :uniq_statuses?
   validate :validate_html
+  validate :val_country_code
 
   after_initialize do
     self.statuses = [] if statuses.nil?
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.ident_updated_at = Time.zone.now if new_record? && ident_updated_at.blank?
   end
 
-  before_validation :val_upcase_country_code
+  before_validation :to_upcase_country_code
   before_validation :val_prefix_code
   before_create :generate_auth_info
 
@@ -346,18 +347,14 @@ class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
     destroy
   end
 
-  def val_upcase_country_code
-    if code = Country.new(ident_country_code)
-      self.ident_country_code = code.alpha2
-    else
-      errors.add(:ident, :invalid_country_code)
-    end if ident_country_code_changed? && ident_country_code.present?
+  def to_upcase_country_code
+    self.ident_country_code = ident_country_code.upcase if ident_country_code
+    self.country_code       = country_code.upcase if country_code
+  end
 
-    if code = Country.new(country_code)
-      self.country_code = code.alpha2
-    else
-      errors.add(:country_code, :invalid_country_code)
-    end
+  def val_country_code
+    errors.add(:ident, :invalid_country_code) unless Country.new(ident_country_code)
+    errors.add(:ident, :invalid_country_code) unless Country.new(country_code)
   end
 
   def related_domain_descriptions