International Direct Deposit

International Direct Deposit Form

Optional Form 1199-I
June 2005

The Railroad Retirement Board offers International Direct Deposit (IDD) of benefit payments to beneficiaries residing in the following countries:

Albania	Ghana	Palestine
Algeria	Greece	Panama
Andorra	Grenada	Papua - New Guinea
Anguilla	Guatemala	Paraguay
Antigua & Barbuda	Guyana	Peru
Argentina	Haiti	Philippines
Aruba	Honduras	Poland
Australia	Hong Kong	Portugal
Austria	Hungary	Qatar
Bahama Islands	Iceland	Romania
Bahrain	India	Russia
Bangladesh	Indonesia	Saint Martin
Barbados	Iraq	Samoa
Belgium	Ireland	San Marino
Belize	Israel	Saudi Arabia
Bermuda	Italy	Senegal
Bhutan	Jamaica	Serbia
Bolivia	Japan	Sierra Leone
Bonaire	Jordan	Singapore
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Kenya	Sint Maarten
Brazil	Laos	Slovak Republic
British Virgin Islands	Latvia	Slovenia
Brunei	Lebanon	Solomon Islands
Bulgaria	Liberia	South Africa
Cabo Verde	Lithuania	South Korea
Cambodia	Luxembourg	Spain
Cameroon	Macao	Sri Lanka
Canada	Macedonia	St. Kitts and Nevis
Cayman Islands	Malawi	St. Lucia
Chile	Malaysia	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
China	Maldives	Sudan
Colombia	Malta	Suriname
Costa Rica	Marshall Islands	Sweden
Croatia	Martinique	Switzerland
Curacao	Mexico	Taiwan
Cyprus	Micronesia	Tanzania
Czech Republic	Moldova	Thailand
Denmark	Monaco	Timor-Leste
Dominica	Mongolia	Tonga
Dominican Republic	Montenegro	Trinidad and Tobago
Ecuador	Montserrat	Tunisia
Egypt	Morocco	Turkey
El Salvador	Myanmar	Turks and Caicos Islands
Eritrea	Nauru	Uganda
Estonia	Nepal	United Arab Emirates
Ethiopia	Netherlands	United Kingdom
Fiji Islands	New Caledonia	Uruguay
Finland	New Zealand	Vanuatu
France	Nicaragua	Vietnam
French Polynesia	Nigeria	Yemen
Gambia	Norway	Zimbabwe
Georgia	Pakistan
Germany	Palau

As more countries meet the requirements of the Federal Reserve Bank and become eligible, the list of eligible countries will be updated.

IDD is Safe and Secure

IDD is much more secure than receiving your benefit by check. Mailed checks can be subject to loss, misrouting or even theft. Funds transferred through IDD are sent encrypted and arrive safely at your bank.

IDD and Currency

IDD puts your money directly into your local bank in local currency. If you reside in Canada and have a U.S. dollar account, you may elect to receive your payment electronically in U.S. dollars.

Note: This option is only available in Canada.

Enrollment in IDD

To sign up for International Direct Deposit, complete the enrollment form, OF 1199-I, and mail to:

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
Direct Deposit Specialist
844 North Rush Street
Chicago, IL 60611

Make sure the form is completed accurately and signed. If your form is received and processed before the 15th of the month, your benefit payment will be sent to the new account beginning with the next month's payment.

If you currently have your benefit sent to a stateside financial institution, do NOT close that account until you have verified receipt at the new local bank. Otherwise, your benefit could be returned to the RRB, causing a delay.

With IDD, your money is deposited on the day you are scheduled to receive your benefit. For example, if your benefit is scheduled to be received on the third of the month, your money is available to you at the opening of the business day on the third. You can check with your bank to be sure that your money has been deposited.

If your IDD benefit is not in your account within the first three business days of the month, please call the Railroad Retirement Board at (877) 772-5772 to speak with a representative or, you may contact your servicing U.S. Embassy to report non-receipt. The U.S. Embassy will notify the RRB.

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