List of Variable Items Per Country for the SSA-1199 (Country)

	VARIABLE	EXPLANATION
1	Country name	Separate form for each country
2	Currency	Account currency must match what SSA sends.
3	Section Numbers	Some have more sections, for additional info.
4	Instructions for completion of form	Section numbers may vary, some request voided check, and some allow for lack of certain info.
5	Names for bank data	Vary for some countries
6	Language	Local language only, local with full translation, English only, English with some translated items.
7	Address to which form should be mailed.	May be sent to Office of International Payments.(OIO) or a consular office within the country or region.
8	Advice re number of days to receive payments by check	May take up to 15 days for some countries. This is a good selling point for IDD.
9	Advice on currency conversion	Describes when conversion is done. Payments sent in USD do not need conversion. May save money by not needing to get USD check cashed and converted.
10	Contacts if questions or change to new account	Some have easy access to Embassy, consular office, or border office. All can contact
11	Coding Instructions for SSA.	Canada has three different sets of coding instructions. Putting them on the form helps get better accuracy.
12	Date of form	Sometimes updates are needed for certain forms, or a new country may be added at a later date.
13	When to expect the payment to be in the account	This varies by contractor bank and local banking laws or custom.
14	IBAN	For some countries, the International Bank Account Number must be used for coding
15	Joint Account Holder information and certification	Not all countries have joint accounts. For example, Japan has only single owner accounts.
16	Where to find bank data	Forms for early IDD countries sometimes include this information.
17	Warning that name on SSA record must match name on identity card and/or on bank account – exactly.	In some countries, especially Hong Kong and Japan, the payment will be returned if there is any variation.
18	Instructions for adding the variable name to the bank account.	In some countries, such as Israel, adding the anglicized name to the bank account allows the bank to deposit the payment.
19	Instructions to call or fax the consular office with bank data.	To get absolutely correct info on the Master Beneficiary Record as soon as possible, Mexico asks for claimant contact by phone or fax after the form is completed.
20	Use of term “bank” or “financial institution”	This is done sometimes to save space and sometimes to follow the norm in the country to which payments will go.
21	Address Change	This was used mainly for mass enrollments that included the name and address information from the MBR on the left side of the form. It has been removed from some forms, and the information for the name, claim number, and address has been expanded into that area, as well as possibly a short selling point for IDD.