This section describes how to code bank data for international direct deposit (IDD)
of title II benefits to a financial institution in Samoa. Social Security Administration
(SSA) stores bank data on the MBR in the same fields used for United States (U.S.)
direct deposit.
Special coding identifies the data as a Samoan direct deposit and allows SSA to route
benefit payments through the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (FRBKC) and the processor
bank in Samoa to the beneficiary's FI.
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 01702.310C Routing of Claims for U.S. Benefits Involving Totalization