To sign up for direct deposit by phone, call: 1 (800) 333-1795 (English) 1 (800) 333-1792 (Spanish) ...or online:

Getting Started

If you are receiving federal benefit payments, and wish to receive these payments by direct deposit, please follow these directions:

Complete one of the direct deposit sign-up forms:

• For social security, supplemental security income, civil non-military federal retirement and railroad retirement payments use FMS Form 1200 | (Spanish)
  (Mail to the address at the bottom of the form.)
  
  
• For all other non-vendor federal payments, use SF 1199A
  (Mail to the appropriate paying agency, or contact your financial institution.)
  
  
• For payments to federal vendors, use SF 3881
  (Mail to the appropriate paying agency, or contact your financial institution.)