Norway - Addresses and Procedures

DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER

DCL-13-05

DATE:   February 22, 2013

TO: ALL STATE IV-D DIRECTORS

RE:  Norway - Addresses and Procedures

Dear Colleague:

Norway wishes to clarify contact and payment information for processing child support cases with Norway under the federal reciprocal agreement. Please note that child support payments and case correspondence are sent to different locations in Norway.

Correspondence:  State agencies should send all child support case correspondence to the National Office for Social Insurance Abroad: 

NAV National Office for Social Insurance Abroad
Child Support Division
P.O. Box 8138 Dep.
0033 Oslo
Norway

Telephone: 011 47 21 07 3700
Fax: 011 47 21 07 3701
Email: nav.internasjonalt@nav.no
Website: www.nav.no

Payments by Check: State agencies should send child support payments to the National Insurance Collection Agency:

NAV National Insurance Collection Agency
NO – 9917 Kirkenes
Norway

Electronic Payments: Norway prefers that state agencies send child support payments electronically.  The bank information for electronic payments to Norway is as follows: 

IBAN: NO 88 8276 01 01636
Swift: DNBANOKK

The bank’s address:
DNB NOR Bank ASA
NO – 0021 Oslo
Norway

Please note that IBAN stands for International Bank Account Number; SWIFT stands for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications, a consortium of international banks that transfer funds to each other electronically.

If you have questions about this guidance or processing cases with Norway, please contact OCSE at ocseinternational@acf.hhs.gov or visit the OCSE international website. 

Sincerely,

Vicki Turetsky
Commissioner
Office of Child Support Enforcement

cc:  ACF/OCSE Regional Program Managers