Form SSA-1199-OP44 (11-2019) Page 3 of 3
Privacy Act Statement
Collection and Use of Personal Information
Section 205(a) of the Social Security Act, as amended, allows us to collect this information. Furnishing us this information is
voluntary. However, failing to provide all or part of the information may prevent you from receiving benefit payments through
foreign financial institutions.
We will use the information you provide to process benefit payments with your financial institution. We may also share your
information for the following purposes, called routine uses:
• To the Department of State and its agents for administering the Act in foreign countries through facilities and
services of that agency; and
• To third party contacts where necessary to establish or verify information provided by representative payees or
payee applicants.
In addition, we may share this information in accordance with the Privacy Act and other Federal laws. For example, where
authorized, we may use and disclose this information in computer matching programs, in which our records are compared with
other records to establish or verify a person's eligibility for Federal benefit programs and for repayment of incorrect or delinquent
debts under these programs.
A list of additional routine uses is available in our Privacy Act System of Records Notices (SORN) 60-0089, entitled Claims
Folders Systems, as published in the Federal Register (FR) on April 1, 2003, at 68 FR 15784 and 60-0090, entitled Master
Beneficiary Record, as published in the FR on January 11, 2006, at 71 FR 1826. Additional information and a full listing of all our
SORNs are available on our website at https://www.ssa.gov/privacy
.
Paperwork Reduction Act Statement
This information collection meets the requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507, as amended by section 2 of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. You do not need to answer these questions unless we display a valid Office of Management and Budget control
number. We estimate that it will take about 5 minutes to read the instructions, gather the facts, and answer the questions.
SEND OR BRING THE COMPLETED FORM TO YOUR LOCAL SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE. You can find your local
Social Security office through SSA's website at www.socialsecurity.gov. Offices are also listed under U. S. Government
agencies in your telephone directory or you may call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778). You may
send comments on our time estimate above to: SSA, 6401 Security Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21235-6401. Send only comments
relating to our time estimate to this address, not the completed form.