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International bank account forms (AUS178)

If you are outside Australia permanently or for greater than 12 months your Centrelink payment (if still payable) may be paid into your bank account in your country of residence. Use these forms to notify Centrelink International Services of the details of the account to which you want your Centrelink payments to be made.

Please ensure you select the correct form for your country of residence, print the form and read the instructions before completing the form. You will need to take the form to your local bank for them to check and confirm the account details provided. The form should be stamped by your bank and then returned to:

Centrelink International Services
PO Box 7809
Canberra BC ACT 2610
Australia

Direct deposit payment is currently not available to customers in the following countries:

  • Belarus
  • East Timor

Customers located in these countries will be paid by cheque.

Payments cannot be delivered to customers in the following countries:

  • Burma
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • North Korea
  • Syria

Form to use based on country of residence

Your country of residence will determine which form you should use.

Country of residenceForm code to use
AfghanistanAUS178I
AlbaniaAUS178I
AlgeriaAUS178L
American SamoaAUS178I
AndorraAUS178L
AngolaAUS178I
AnguillaAUS178L
Antigua and BarbudaAUS178L
ArgentinaAUS178ESI
ArmeniaAUS178L
ArubaAUS178I
AustraliaAUS178AU
AustriaAUS178AT
AzerbaijanAUS178I
BahamasAUS178L
BahrainAUS178L
BangladeshAUS178L
BarbadosAUS178L
BelgiumAUS178BE
BelizeAUS178L
BeninAUS178L
BermudaAUS178L
BhutanAUS178L
BoliviaAUS178ESL
Bosnia-HerzegovinaAUS178I
BotswanaAUS178L
Bouvet IslandAUS178L
BrazilAUS178I
British Virgin IslandsAUS178I
Brunei-DarussalamAUS178L
BulgariaAUS178L
Burkina FasoAUS178L
BurundiAUS178L
CambodiaAUS178I
CameroonAUS178L
CanadaAUS178CA
Cape VerdeAUS178L
Cayman IslandsAUS178L
Central African RepublicAUS178L
ChadAUS178L
ChileAUS178ESI
ChinaAUS178I
ColombiaAUS178ESI
Comoros IslandsAUS178I
Congo (Democratic Republic of the)AUS178I
Congo-BrazzavilleAUS178L
Cook IslandsAUS178NZ
Costa RicaAUS178ESL
Cote d'IvoireAUS178L
CroatiaAUS178CB
CubaAUS178ESI
CyprusAUS178CY
Czech RepublicAUS178CZ
DenmarkAUS178DK
DjiboutiAUS178I
DominicaAUS178L
Dominican RepublicAUS178L
EcuadorAUS178ESI
EgyptAUS178L
El SalvadorAUS178ESI
Equatorial GuineaAUS178L
EritreaAUS178I
EstoniaAUS178L
EthiopiaAUS178L
Faeroe IslandsAUS178L
Falkland IslandsAUS178I
FijiAUS178L
FinlandAUS178FI
FranceAUS178FR
French PolynesiaAUS178L
GabonAUS178L
GambiaAUS178L
GeorgiaAUS178L
GermanyAUS178GE
GhanaAUS178L
GibraltarAUS178I
GreeceAUS178GR
GreenlandAUS178L
GrenadaAUS178L
GuadeloupeAUS178L
GuamAUS178I
GuatemalaAUS178ESL
GuineaAUS178L
Guinea BissauAUS178L
GuyanaAUS178L
HaitiAUS178ESL
HondurasAUS178ESL
Hong KongAUS178HK
HungaryAUS178HU
IcelandAUS178I
IndiaAUS178L
IndonesiaAUS178L
IrelandAUS178IE
IsraelAUS178IL
ItalyAUS178IT
JamaicaAUS178L
JapanAUS178L
JordanAUS178L
KazakhstanAUS178L
KenyaAUS178L
KiribatiAUS178AU
Korea (Republic of)AUS178L
KuwaitAUS178L
KyrgyzstanAUS178I
LaosAUS178L
LatviaAUS178LV
LebanonAUS178L
LesothoAUS178L
LiberiaAUS178I
LibyaAUS178I
LiechtensteinAUS178L
LithuaniaAUS178I
LuxembourgAUS178L
MacauAUS178L
Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of)AUS178I
MadagascarAUS178L
MalawiAUS178L
MalaysiaAUS178I
MaldivesAUS178L
MaliAUS178L
MaltaAUS178MT
Mariana IslandsAUS178I
Marshall IslandsAUS178I
MartiniqueAUS178L
MauritaniaAUS178L
MauritiusAUS178L
MayotteAUS178L
MexicoAUS178L
MoldovaAUS178I
MonacoAUS178L
MongoliaAUS178I
MontenegroAUS178I
MontserratAUS178L
MoroccoAUS178L
MozambiqueAUS178L
NamibiaAUS178L
NauruAUS178AU
NepalAUS178I
NetherlandsAUS178NL
New CaledoniaAUS178L
New ZealandAUS178NZ
NicaraguaAUS178ESL
NigerAUS178L
NigeriaAUS178I
NiueAUS178NZ
Norfolk IslandAUS178AU
NorwayAUS178NO
OmanAUS178L
PakistanAUS178L
PalauAUS178I
PanamaAUS178ESI
Papua New GuineaAUS178L
ParaguayAUS178ESL
PeruAUS178ESL
PhilippinesAUS178L
Pitcairn IslandAUS178NZ
PolandAUS178PL
PortugalAUS178PT
Puerto RicoAUS178ESI
QatarAUS178L
ReunionAUS178L
RomaniaAUS178I
Russian FederationAUS178I
RwandaAUS178L
San MarinoAUS178L
Sao Tome and PrincipeAUS178I
Saudi ArabiaAUS178L
SenegalAUS178L
SerbiaAUS178I
SeychellesAUS178L
Sierra LeoneAUS178L
SingaporeAUS178SG
Slovak RepublicAUS178SK
SlovakiaAUS178L
SloveniaAUS178SI
Solomon IslandsAUS178L
SomaliaAUS178I
South AfricaAUS178L
South Georgia and Sandwich IslandsAUS178L
SpainAUS178ES
Sri LankaAUS178L
St HelenaAUS178I
St Kitts and NevisAUS178L
St LuciaAUS178L
St Vincent and the GrenadinesAUS178L
SudanAUS178I
South SudanAUS178I
SurinameAUS178L
SwazilandAUS178L
SwedenAUS178SE
SwitzerlandAUS178CH
TaiwanAUS178L
TajikistanAUS178I
TanzaniaAUS178L
ThailandAUS178L
TogoAUS178L
TokelauAUS178NZ
TongaAUS178L
Trinidad and TobagoAUS178ESI
TunisiaAUS178L
TurkeyAUS178TR
TurkmenistanAUS178I
TuvaluAUS178AU
UgandaAUS178L
UkraineAUS178I
United Arab EmiratesAUS178L
United KingdomAUS178UK
United States of AmericaAUS178US (A4)
UruguayAUS178ESL
US Virgin IslandsAUS178L
UzbekistanAUS178L
VanuatuAUS178L
VenezuelaAUS178ESI
VietnamAUS178L
Western SaharaAUS178L
Western SamoaAUS178L
YemenAUS178I
ZambiaAUS178L
ZimbabweAUS178L