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New Member
posted May 31, 2019 9:55:43 PM

Does the IRS send checks to an international address?

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New Member
May 31, 2019 9:55:45 PM

Yes - if you have an overpayment on your return, the IRS can mail a refund check to your foreign address, but it does not make direct deposits into foreign bank accounts. In the File section of TurboTax, indicate that you want a refund check, not a direct deposit into your bank account.  

Please ensure that you have entered your foreign address in the Personal Info section of the program properly.  In the Mailing Address section, you should have used the option for "Foreign country", instead of the default "U.S. address".  The IRS will send the refund check to the foreign address which you have entered.  The check from the IRS will be drawn from the U.S. Treasury, so you will need to ensure that your bank will accept a check from the U.S. Treasury, denominated in U.S. Dollars.

 

Level 1
Apr 22, 2020 7:55:26 AM

For economic impact payment COVID19, IRS will send a check to an international address I put for 2019 tax refund?

Expert Alumni
Apr 22, 2020 9:25:20 AM

See the FAQs in the link below, while the IRS does not directly address foreign addresses included on returns, they state the following:

 

If you filed your 2019 or 2018 tax return but did not receive your refund by direct deposit, your Payment will be mailed to the address we have on file.

 

Economic Impact Payments

New Member
Apr 22, 2020 9:35:18 AM

If u can plZ plz help me I have been trying for almost a month on answers and all  get is the wrong answer or a voice recording lady that clearly can’t answer my questions either I paid for the contact information or support for a full year n I get no one to respond .. I’m a single mother to a 2 year Old and I do it all by myself , on top of all  the bills n I filed this years taxes like every single year befor  and laid off from work and it’s not adding up on what I’m getting back on top of still no answers on where my return is or why it’s taking sooo long I’m running out of resources and help and things to provide for my son and I .. I need answers plz plz .. m I’m taxes email said accepted and then on he web site it’s says something different on top of still no answers on where stimulus check is that it says I should be getting l, HELLP 

Level 1
Apr 22, 2020 9:39:01 AM

@VictoriaD75 

Thank you for your help. If I got my tax refund by direct deposit then closed my bank account, they don’t send me a check to my foreign address anymore? I got an information if a bank account is no longer active, they will use an address on file. 

Expert Alumni
Apr 23, 2020 5:06:01 PM

Yes, if the IRS attempts to send a payment to a bank account that is returned, they will mail the payment to the address they have on file for you.  This includes international addresses. 

 

@Saeri

New Member
Apr 29, 2020 4:03:39 PM

Hello, I had a question. Because of the situation with COVID-19 i was wondering how long does it normally take for a internacional check to be delivered to Europe ? I’m scared that my direct deposit wont go through and that i wont receive the check in a long time due to the act that I’m so far away! 

 

And I would also like to know how long the check is valid for? 

 

Thanks in advance for the help ! 

 

Level 15
Apr 29, 2020 5:22:31 PM

Expect the rejected deposit  to take 3 weeks or more to process and the time a first class letter to go overseas (not by air) to take a month or more.