International Direct Deposit (IDD) data is retained on the MBR in the same fields that are used to retain U.S. direct deposit information. However, the Social Security Administration (SSA) creates a pseudo routing/transit number (RTN) for IDD by adding a two-digit prefix to the foreign bank/branch number. For some countries, part or all of the bank/branch number must be included in the Depositor Account Number (DAN). For countries included in multi-country contracts, the two-digit prefix identifies the processor bank, and the first character of the DAN is a letter that identifies the country. The exception is Greece, which is under a multi-country contract but has a separate two-digit prefix.

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  use the correct RTN prefix code;

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  include the foreign bank information in the RTN and DAN fields; and

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  include the country letter for any country included in a multi-country contract, when this is shown in the chart at GN 02402.220B.2. in this section.

All rejects relating to direct deposit actions transmitted through ITS.gov are routed to Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Edits relating to IDD actions transmitted by a Federal Benefits Unit (FBU) are sent to the Office of International Operations (OIO). If the FBU has access to IWS-LAN, the edits are routed to the transmitting office. Edits relating to IDD actions transmitted by a field office (FO) are sent to that office.

The following chart provides all IDD countries in alphabetical order, with the appropriate enrollment form suffix number, and the Program Operations Manual System (POMS) reference that provides the enrollment form and coding instructions::

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  GN 02402.240 Rejected Canadian IDD Payments

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  GN 02402.205 Direct Deposit Enrollment Outside the U.S.

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  GN 02402.250 Allegations of Nonreceipt of International Direct Deposit

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  GN 02408.900 through GN 02408.950 Reclamation of IDD Payments