The data for coding IDD for Portugal will come from the International Bank Account
Number (IBAN) provided to the beneficiary from his or her FI. The IBAN will be 25
characters. However, the bank data reflected on the MBR will be 24 characters. Technicians
will use the IBAN to derive the RTN and DAN when processing an IDD request.
The customer account number may contain numbers, letters, hyphens, slashes, or periods,
and it may contain spaces between characters. SSA's system accepts only numbers, letters,
and hyphens. Technicians must use a hyphen instead of a slash, period, or space.
IMPORTANT: Because the 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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1.
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.