Checkout.js + Server-Side -> country_code and phone issues using REST API /v1/payments/payment - rest

Question

Without avail, I cannot get the country_code (CA) or phone to fill up after successfully calling create payment.
Country always show up as "United States" and Phone is "+1".
With or without shipping_address, shipping_preference: NO_SHIPPING. Using so-called examples (which might be outdated or not correctly documented), and the API documentation, which would be great to have examples included...
This is the create-payment query in json. I'm getting the same structure back with the following additions:
id:PAY-xxx
state:created
phone in payer_info (but no country_code as expected from the API)
created_time
...and...
PayPal's links in links.
Which indicate that the call was successful.
Either I should ditch "/v1/payments/payment" for something else I'm not aware of, or Paypal API is not up-to-date.
----- json create-payment query -----
{
"intent": "sale",
"payer": {
"payment_method": "paypal",
"payer_info": {
"email": "<snip>",
"first_name": "Bob",
"last_name": "Smith",
"billing_address": {
"line1": "1 notre dame",
"line2": "",
"city": "Montreal",
"country_code": "CA",
"postal_code": "H1H 1H1",
"phone": "011862212345678",
"state": "QC"
}
}
},
"application_context": {
"brand_name": "Server-side Test",
"locale": "fr_CA",
"landing_page": "Billing"
},
"transactions": [
{
"description": "The payment transaction description.",
"invoice_number": "5b5a38cb35bb7",
"custom": "merchant custom data",
"payment_options": {
"allowed_payment_method": "INSTANT_FUNDING_SOURCE"
},
"amount": {
"total": "5.75",
"currency": "CAD",
"details": {
"subtotal": "5",
"tax": "0.75"
}
},
"item_list": {
"items": [
{
"name": "item 1",
"description": "item 1 description",
"quantity": "1",
"price": "1",
"tax": "0.15",
"currency": "CAD"
},
{
"name": "item 2",
"description": "item 2 description",
"quantity": "2",
"price": "2",
"tax": "0.6",
"currency": "CAD"
}
],
"shipping_address": {
"recipient_name": "Bob Smith",
"line1": "1 notre dame",
"line2": "",
"city": "Montreal",
"country_code": "CA",
"postal_code": "H1H 1H1",
"phone": "011862212345678",
"state": "QC"
}
}
}
],
"redirect_urls": {
"return_url": "http:\/\/<snip>\/return.php",
"cancel_url": "http:\/\/<snip>\/cancel.php"
}
}