diff --git a/src/components/CreateNewPostcodeForm.vue b/src/components/CreateNewPostcodeForm.vue
index 030ca1388..03cba8ac7 100644
--- a/src/components/CreateNewPostcodeForm.vue
+++ b/src/components/CreateNewPostcodeForm.vue
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ watch(
 
 watch(
     () => postcodeFormData.provinceFk,
-    async (newProvinceFk) => {
+    async (newProvinceFk, oldValueFk) => {
         if (Array.isArray(newProvinceFk)) {
             newProvinceFk = newProvinceFk[0];
         }
-        if (newProvinceFk !== postcodeFormData.provinceFk) {
+        if (newProvinceFk !== oldValueFk) {
             await townsFetchDataRef.value.fetch({
                 where: { provinceFk: newProvinceFk },
             });
@@ -147,13 +147,7 @@ async function handleCountries(data) {
         auto-load
         url="Towns/location"
     />
-    <FetchData
-        @on-fetch="handleCountries"
-        :sort-by="['name ASC']"
-        :limit="30"
-        auto-load
-        url="Countries"
-    />
+
     <FormModelPopup
         url-create="postcodes"
         model="postcode"
@@ -219,8 +213,10 @@ async function handleCountries(data) {
                     @on-province-created="onProvinceCreated"
                 />
                 <VnSelect
+                    url="Countries"
+                    :sort-by="['name ASC']"
                     :label="t('Country')"
-                    :options="countriesOptions"
+                    @update:options="handleCountries"
                     hide-selected
                     option-label="name"
                     option-value="id"