Request to Complete the Pension Payment Procedures for Persons Receiving their Pensions from Financial Institutions Outside Japan

SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) is an international payment network that requires the payment-receiving financial institution’s SWIFT (BIC) code and the pension recipients’ city and state address to strengthen regulations on money laundering in foreign remittances and improve the efficiency of foreign remittance operations.

In the future, SWIFT (BIC) codes and other information will also be required for pension overseas remittances. However, as the Japan Pension Service does not manage this information, we are gradually sending the “RESPONSE FORM REGARDING THE ADDRESS OF PENSION RECIPIENT RESIDING OUTSIDE JAPAN AND PENSION-RECEIVING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DETAILS” to the pension recipients receiving their pension at financial institutions outside Japan.

If you receive the “Response Form Regarding the Address of Pension Recipient Residing Outside Japan and Pension Receiving Financial Institution Details”, please provide the SWIFT (BIC) code of your currently determined financial institution and your city and state address (please state the city and street address separately) and send it back to us.

If you do not submit this form, we cannot transfer your pension, so please be sure to submit it.
Please refer to the enclosed leaflet for instructions on how to fill out the Form.

Please note the following points regarding this procedure:

• You do not need to attach any documents to prove the contents you have filled out.
• If there are any omissions or you fill out a financial institution different from the financial institution where you currently receive your pension, we may return the Form and ask you to resubmit it.
• You cannot change your pension-receiving financial institution using this Response Form. If you wish to change it, please follow the separate procedures.

Please download the Form and sample entry for changing your address and your pension-receiving financial institution from the following link:
Notification of Registration (Change) of Address/Pension-receiving Financial Institution of Pension Recipient Residing Outside Japan/Example of Entry（PDF）

• Please enter your address. Please enter separately your “State Name (Province Name)” and “City Name” in the appropriate column.
• If you designate an overseas financial institution as your pension-receiving bank, enter the SWIFT (BIC) code. If you do not know the SWIFT (BIC) code, please contact your financial institution or check the SWIFT website（外部リンク）.
• To verify the name of the designated pension receiving financial institution, account number, etc., please attach a certificate of this bank account, a copy of your checkbook, a copy of your passbook, etc.

To：Japan Pension Service
3-5-24, Takaido-Nishi, Suginami-Ku,
Tokyo 168-8505 JAPAN