IMPORTANT: Because of the complexities of Swedish banking, the Swedish FIs sometimes delete essential digits from the bank data or include digits that are not used for electronic funds transfer. The Federal Benefits Unit (FBU) in Norway is experienced in reviewing the data for possible errors and contacting the FI if there is a question. Therefore, all Swedish IDD coding will be done or reviewed by the FBU in Oslo, Norway.

This section describes how to code bank data for direct deposit of Title II benefits to a bank in Sweden. The bank data will be stored on the MBR in the same fields as are used for U.S. direct deposit. Special coding identifies the data as Swedish IDD and allows benefit payments to route through the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (FRBKC) and the processor bank in Sweden to the beneficiary's FI.

The data for coding Swedish IDD may come from a signup form for Sweden (see GN 02402.308B) or from the equivalent information received by mail, phone, fax, or E-mail.

If you receive an IDD request in a U.S. domestic (i.e, non-border) field office (FO), forward all appropriate information to the Office of Earnings and International Operations, (OEIO), Division of International Operations (DIO) to process.

For detailed instructions on IDD requests and forwarding information, see

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  GN 02402.201 Background and Policy for Direct Deposit Outside the U.S.

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  GN 02402.205 Direct Deposit Enrollment Outside the U.S.

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  GN 01010.255 Adjudication of Foreign Claims

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  GN 01702.310C Routing of Claims for U.S. Benefits Involving Totalization

We receive requests to input bank data by mail, phone, or fax in the following formats:

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  Blank check;

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  SSA-1199-SW International Direct Deposit Signup Form for Sweden; or

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  Any document that contains required banking information.

If you receive information with discrepancies, see the following instructions:

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  GN 00203.020 Identity of Claimants

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  GN 02402.025 Direct Deposit Post Entitlement Interview

The processing FI in Sweden will have a prefix of “57” at the beginning of the Routing Transit Number (RTN).

IDD payments sent to Sweden must be in Swedish krona (SEK) accounts at local FIs. The beneficiary must provide complete information to DIO or the Federal Benefits Unit (FBU) for input. DIO faxes incomplete forms to the FBU that serves Sweden. The FBU contacts the beneficiary or FI for the additional information.

Swedish bank data consists of a Bank Identification and Account Number (ID) of up to 17 digits.

For banks with an ID that begins with 8, the 5th digit is deleted by special software in FRBKC. Sometimes the FI deletes the 5th digit before coding the bank data on the signup form. Since the length of the ID is variable, there is no way to tell whether the 5th digit is present. The payment then rejects at the processor FI because 2 digits have been removed. The FBU must verify the presence of the 5th digit for all bank IDs beginning with 8 before coding for input.

A Routing and Transit Number (RTN) of 570000006 is used for all Swedish IDD. This RTN consists of the following:

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  The prefix 57, which SSA has designated for Swedish IDD;

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  Six zeros; and

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  A Check Digit of 6, which is the U.S. Check Digit for 57000000.

IMPORTANT: Because the Depositor Account Number (DAN) field can only hold up to 16 digits, complete bank information must be coded in ITS.gov for each beneficiary. Additional characters may be required for the IDD payment to process. Therefore, technicians must follow a two-step process to avoid payment rejection:

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   Input all IDD bank data in ITS.gov, as outlined in Section F; and

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   Input the allowable number of characters via SSA systems to update the MBR.

The FRBKC relies on us to provide the complete bank data to ensure correct posting of payments to a customer’s account. If the information is incomplete, the FRBKC rejects the payment and returns the funds to our agency.

You may establish or change IDD bank data for Sweden using an SSA system (e.g. Modernized Claims System (MCS), Manual Adjustment Credit and Award Data Entry (MACADE)).

You must then go to ITS.gov to enter the following data:

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  first and last name of the beneficiary

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  payee indicator

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  enrollment status

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  country

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  account type

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  account ownership

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  account number

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  beneficiary address

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  reclamation country

The FBU receives a signup form with a Bank Identification and Account Number: 23345678900.

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  GN 00203.020 Identity of Claimants

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  GN 01010.255 Adjudication of Foreign Claims

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  GN 01702.310C Routing of Claims for U.S. Benefits Involving Totalization

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  GN 02402.025 Direct Deposit Post Entitlement Interview

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  GN 02402.201 Background and Policy for Direct Deposit Outside the U.S.

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  GN 02402.205 Direct Deposit Enrollment Outside the U.S.

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  ITS.gov International Treasury Services (U.S. Treasury system)