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# Error: Address country required
Fix the 'address country is required' error when creating a Shopify customer.
This error means your form is trying to create/update a **Shopify customer address**, but the **Country** value is missing. Shopify requires a country for customer addresses, so the request cannot be completed without it.
## Why this happens
When you map address fields (like Address line 1, City, Province, Zip) to Shopify, Shopify expects a complete address.
If **Country** is not included, Shopify returns:
**`addresses.country` is required**
Common causes:
* Your form does not have a **Country** field
* The Country field exists, but it is **not mapped** to Shopify
* The Country field is mapped, but users are leaving it **blank**
* The Country value is not in a format Shopify accepts
## How to solve it
If you don’t have a Country field: Use a Hidden field, set a fixed Country value (example: **United States**). Then map that field to Shopify.
## How to set it up
{% stepper %}
{% step %}
### Create a Hidden field for Country
1\. Open the app > click **Forms** > open the form you want to edit
2\. Click **Elements** > **Add element** > select a **Hidden** element > Change the label of the field as your desire text
Customers can not see this field, only the admin can view this.
3. Assign the value as a particular country that you want to add on
4\. Click **Save**
{% endstep %}
{% step %}
### Map the hidden country field with Shopify country attribute
1. Open the app > click **Forms** > open the form you want to edit
2. Click **Settings** > **Integration** > turn on **Shopify** > click on **Shopify** option
3. Select the **Hidden** of the form on the left to map with **Country** of Shopify on the right
4\. Click **Save**
Check out the result once more time on the form in the front-end site
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}
## Next steps
* [Shopify Customers integration](/customers-and-registration/customer-fields.md) — where the address mapping lives.
* [Error: Customer already exists](/troubleshooting/customer-already-exists.md) — the same class of error.
* [Contact support](/help/contact-support.md) — if the problem is still there.
