TN 205 (01-22)

GN 02402.220 Updating International Direct Deposit to the Master Beneficiary Record (MBR)

A. Policy for updating IDD to the MBR

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.

IMPORTANT: 

It is absolutely crucial to add this information:

  • use the correct RTN prefix code;

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

  • 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.

B. Description - International Direct Deposit (IDD) RTN prefix codes

1. Table - RTN prefix codes

The two-digit IDD RTN prefix is different for each country or contractor bank. The first digit of the prefix is always a “5,” “6,” or “7,” which identifies the payment method as IDD.

The two-position RTN prefix codes currently in use are as follows:

Prefix

Country/Contractor Bank

50

United Kingdom

51

Canada – Canadian dollar accounts.

(See 62 for U.S. dollar accounts.)

52

Germany

53

Norway

54

Ireland

55

Italy

56

France

57

Sweden

58

Spain

60

Portugal

61

Australia

62

Canada – U.S. dollar accounts.

(See “51” for Canadian dollar accounts.)

63

Mexico

64

Panama

65

Greece

66

Citibank Multi-country Contract 2

68

South Korea

68

Indonesia

70

Citibank Multi-country Contract

71

Bank of Scotland Multi-country Contract

2. Table - multi-country codes

The following table lists the multi-country codes currently in use. These countries, included under multi-country contracts, are identified by a combination of the two-digit prefix and the first character of the DAN.

Multi-Country Codes

 

 

Prefix

Letter

Country

66

A

Argentina

66

U

Colombia

66

Q

Croatia

66

C

Czech Republic

66

W

Dominica

66

K

Ghana

66

66

J

X

Jordan

Kenya

66

G

Latvia

66

B

Brazil

66

R

Belize

66

P

Egypt

66

F

Estonia

66

E

Hungary

66

L

Iceland

66

I

India

66

Y

Japan (Yen accounts)

66

H

Lithuania

66

M

Luxembourg

66

O

Samoa

66

D

Slovakia

66

66

V

Z

Slovenia

Suriname

66

S

Singapore

66

T

Turkey

66

N

Nauru

68

O

Bangladesh

68

M

Bosnia Herzegovina

68

68

68

G

X

U

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Chile

68

E

Costa Rica

68

I

Ethiopia

68

A

Indonesia

68

N

Laos

68

68

C

Y

Lebanon

Liberia

68

L

Macedonia

68

68

J

R

Malaysia

Morocco

68

68

68

68

D

V

P

Q

Nigeria

Palestine

Paraguay

Russia

68

T

Serbia

68

H

Sierra Leone

68

B

South Korea

68

68

68

S

K

Z

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Tanzania

68

68

F

W

Tunisia

Vietnam

70

U

Martinique

70

O

Bolivia

70

A

Anguilla

70

B

Antigua & Barbuda

70

D

Bahama Islands

70

E

Poland

70

F

Barbados

70

G

British Virgin Islands

70

H

Cayman Islands

70

70

70

J

V

X

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Georgia

70

K

Grenada

70

70

L

Y

Haiti

Honduras

70

70

70

70

M

U

W

Z

Jamaica

Martinique

Montenegro

Nicaragua

70

N

Sint Maarten

70

P

St. Vincent & the Grenadines

70

R

Trinidad & Tobago

70

S

St. Lucia

70

T

St. Kitts & Nevis

70

70

Q

I

Peru

Philippines

71

I

China

71

O

Cape Verde

71

S

Albania

71

Y

Brunei

71

W

Guatemala

71

E

Monaco

71

P

Pakistan

71

Q

Romania

71

C

San Marino

71

X

Solomon Islands

71

A

Austria

71

B

Belgium

71

D

Cyprus

71

71

F

T

Denmark

Eritrea

71

G

Finland

71

H

Hong Kong

71

J

Malta

71

K

Netherlands

71

L

New Zealand

71

M

South Africa

71

N

Switzerland

71

71

71

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

72

73

73

73

73

73

73

73

73

73

R

V

Z

H

I

W

D

I

H

B

A

C

K

N

O

G

F

E

T

L

A

N

P

Q

M

H

T

L

J

Israel

Uruguay

Uganda

Bahrain

Bonaire

Cameroon

El Salvador

Fiji Islands

French Polynesia

Gambia

Marshall Islands

Micronesia

Moldova

Myanmar

Nepal

Palau

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Tonga

Turks and Caicos

Algeria

Bermuda

Curacao

Macao

Senegal

Sudan

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

73

R

Aruba

73

W

Guyana

73

Z

Iraq

74

B

New Caledonia

74

A

Papua New Guinea

C. Process - routing of edits

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.

D. Policy - coding IDD for the MBR

The following chart shows the locations of coding instructions and enrollment forms for all IDD countries:

Country

IDD Coding and Enrollment Form

Anguilla

GN 02402.311

Albania

GN 02402.369

Algeria

GN 02402.421

Antigua & Barbuda

GN 02402.312

Argentina

GN 02402.355

Aruba

GN 02402.426

Austria

GN 02402.313

Australia

GN 02402.310

Bahama Islands

GN 02402.314

Bahrain

GN 02402.431

Bangladesh

GN 02402.390

Barbados

GN 02402.315

Belgium

GN 02402.316

Belize

Bermuda

GN 02402.362

GN 02402.416

Bolivia

GN 02402.370

Bonaire

GN 02402.432

Bosnia Herzegovina

GN 02402.388

Brazil

GN 02402.356

British Virgin Islands

GN 02402.317

Brunei

GN 02402.441

Bulgaria

Cambodia

GN 02402.382

GN 02402.398

Cameroon

GN 02402.442

Canada

GN 02402.300

Cape Verde

GN 02402.371

Cayman Islands

Chile

GN 02402.318

GN 02402.407

China

GN 02402.372

Colombia

GN 02402.360

Costa Rica

GN 02402.380

Croatia

Curacao

GN 02402.357

GN 02402.417

Cyprus

GN 02402.319

Czech Republic

GN 02402.358

Denmark

GN 02402.320

Dominica

GN 02402.364

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

GN 02402.321

GN 02402.404

Egypt

El Salvador

Eritrea

GN 02402.354

GN 02402.418

GN 02402.399

Estonia

GN 02402.345

Ethiopia

GN 02402.384

Fiji Islands

GN 02402.420

Finland

GN 02402.322

France

French Polynesia

Gambia

Georgia

GN 02402.301

GN 02402.436

GN 02402.427

GN 02402.410

Germany

GN 02402.302

Ghana

GN 02402.359

Greece

GN 02402.339

Grenada

GN 02402.323

Guatemala

GN 02402.411

Guyana

GN 02402.446

Haiti

Honduras

GN 02402.324

GN 02402.415

Hungary

GN 02402.341

Hong Kong

GN 02402.325

Iceland

GN 02402.351

India

GN 02402.344

Indonesia

GN 02402.365

Iraq

GN 02402.447

Ireland

GN 02402.303

Israel

GN 02402.337

Italy

GN 02402.304

Jamaica

GN 02402.326

Japan

GN 02402.343

Jordan

Kenya

GN 02402.361

GN 02402.400

Laos

GN 02402.389

Latvia

GN 02402.373

Lebanon

GN 02402.378

Lithuania

GN 02402.347

Luxembourg

GN 02402.349

Macao

GN 02402.422

Macedonia

GN 02402.387

Malaysia

GN 02402.385

Malta

GN 02402.327

Marshall Islands

GN 02402.423

Martinique

GN 02402.374

Mexico

GN 02402.338

Micronesia

GN 02402.424

Moldova

GN 02402.437

Monaco

Montenegro

Morocco

GN 02402.367

GN 02402.396

GN 02402.297

Myanmar

GN 02402.438

Nepal

GN 02402.439

Nauru

GN 02402.363

Netherlands

GN 02402.328

New Caledonia

GN 02402.448

New Zealand

Nicaragua

GN 02402.330

GN 02402.414

Nigeria

GN 02402.379

Norway

GN 02402.305

Pakistan

Palau

Palestine

GN 02402.375

GN 02402.433

GN 02402.406

Panama

Papua New Guinea

GN 02402.342

GN 02402.449

Paraguay

GN 02402.391

Peru

Philippines

GN 02402.376

GN 02402.401

Poland

GN 02402.340

Portugal

GN 02402.306

Qatar

GN 02402.434

Romania

Russia

GN 02402.377

GN 02402.392

Samoa

GN 02402.353

San Marino

GN 02402.368

Saudi Arabia

GN 02402.435

Senegal

GN 02402.425

Serbia

GN 02402.395

Sierra Leone

GN 02402.383

Singapore

GN 02402.352

Sint Maarten

GN 02402.329

Slovakia

GN 02402.348

Slovenia

GN 02402.350

Solomon Islands

GN 02402.443

South Africa

GN 02402.331

South Korea

GN 02402.366

Spain

GN 02402.307

Sri Lanka

GN 02402.394

St. Kitts & Nevis

GN 02402.336

St. Lucia

GN 02402.332

St. Vincent & the Grenadines

Sudan

Suriname

GN 02402.333

GN 02402.428

GN 02402.402

Sweden

GN 02402.308

Switzerland

Taiwan

Tanzania

GN 02402.334

GN 02402.409

GN 02402.403

Thailand

GN 02402.419

Tonga

GN 02402.444

Trinidad & Tobago

GN 02402.335

Tunisia

GN 02402.381

Turkey

GN 02402.346

Turks and Caicos

GN 02402.440

Uganda

GN 02402.429

United Arab Emirates

GN 02402.430

United Kingdom

Uruguay

Vietnam

GN 02402.309

GN 02402.413

GN 02402.408

Yemen

GN 02402.445

E. References


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GN 02402.220 - Updating International Direct Deposit to the Master Beneficiary Record (MBR) - 01/19/2022
Batch run: 01/19/2022
Rev:01/19/2022