List of countries / regions where remittance is not permitted, or are subject to restrictions
Members are asked to contact SBI Remit’s customer support center if they wish to request remittances to the countries listed below, as we will need to carry out preliminary investigations for funds being remitted to these countries.
Countries that may require approval
- ・ Russian Federation
- ・ Belarus
- ・ Latvia
- ・ Ukraine
- ・ Nigeria
- ・ Poland
- ・ Tajikistan
- ・ Somalia
- ・ Syria
- ・ Iraq
- ・ Libya
- ・ Venezuela
*Country names in red are currently unavailable
When sending money to one of these countries, SBI Remit will reconfirm the purpose of the remittance, even if you have already registered it as a remittance destination.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
Countries where remittances are not permitted 1
Due to the provisions of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act、sending remittance to the following countries are not allowed
Countries where remittances are not permitted 2
The following countries and regions do not accept remittances as of July 1, 2022.
| Name of country / region |
Displayed name of country
/ region in drop down list |
Receiving Currency |
| People’s
Democratic Republic of Algeria |
ALGERIA |
– |
| Bonaire – ST. Eustatius – SABA (BES) |
BONAIRE – ST. EUSTATIUS – SABA (BES) |
– |
| Papua New Guinea |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
– |
| Saint Martin (French) |
SAINT MARTIN (FRENCH) |
– |
| Saint Barthelmy |
SAINT BARTHELMY |
– |
| Republic of Tajikistan |
TAJIKISTAN |
– |
| Taiwan |
TAIWAN |
– |
| North Korea – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF |
– |
| Islamic Republic of Iran |
IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF |
– |
| State of Qatar |
QATAR |
– |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC |
– |
| Republic of the Sudan |
SUDAN |
– |
| Saint Helena |
SAINT HELENA |
– |
| Federal Republic of Somalia |
SOMALIA |
– |
| Western Sahara |
WESTERN SAHARA |
– |
| East Africa |
EAST AFRICA |
– |
| Republic of Azerbaijan |
AZERBAIJAN |
– |
| Principality of Andorra |
ANDORRA |
– |
| Guernsey |
GUERNSEY |
– |
| Gdansk |
DANZIG |
– |
| Klaipedia |
MEMEL |
– |
| Greenland |
GREENLAND |
– |
| Saar |
SAAR |
– |
| Republic of San Marino |
SAN MARINO |
– |
| Jersey |
JERSEY |
– |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN |
– |
| Republic of Slovakia |
SLOVAKIA |
– |
| Serbia and Montenegro |
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO |
– |
| Tuvan People’s Republic |
TANNU TUVA PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC |
– |
| Vatican City State |
HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) |
– |
| Khiva |
KHIVA |
– |
| Faroe Islands |
FAROE ISLANDS |
– |
| Bukhara |
BUKHARA |
– |
| Madeira Islands |
MADEIRA ISLANDS |
– |
| Principality of Monaco |
MONACO |
– |
| Montenegro |
MONTENEGRO |
– |
| Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
YUGOSLAVIA |
– |
| Fiume |
FIUME |
– |
| Principality of Liechtenstein |
LIECHTENSTEIN |
– |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON |
– |
| Newfoundland |
NEWFOUNDLAND |
– |
| Republic of Cuba |
CUBA |
– |
| Guadeloupe |
GUADELOUPE |
– |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISL |
– |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) |
– |
| French Guiana |
FRENCH GUIANA |
– |
| Martinique (French territory) |
MARTINIQUE |
– |
| East Caribbean States |
EAST CARIBBEAN STATES |
– |
| Azores |
AZORES(PORTUGAL) |
– |
| American Samoa |
AMERICAN SAMOA |
– |
| British Virgin Islands |
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY |
– |
| Republic of Kiribati |
KIRIBATI |
– |
| Cook Islands |
COOK ISLANDS |
– |
| Christmas Island |
CHRISTMAS ISLAND |
– |
| Cocos Islands |
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS |
– |
| Tokelau |
TOKELAU |
– |
| Republic of Nauru |
NAURU |
– |
| Niue |
NIUE |
– |
| Norfolk Island |
NORFOLK ISLAND |
– |
| Republic of Palau |
PALAU |
– |
| Pitcairn |
PITCAIRN |
– |
| Bouvet Island |
BOUVET ISLAND |
– |
| French Polynesia |
FRENCH POLYNESIA |
– |
| French Southern Territories |
FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES |
– |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS |
– |
| Wallis and Futuna |
WALLIS AND FUTUNA |
– |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands |
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS |
– |
| North Mariana Islands |
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS |
– |
| Scotland |
SCOTLAND |
– |
| Netherlands Antilles |
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES |
– |
| New Caledonia |
NEW CALEDONIA |
– |
| Macao |
MACAO |
– |
| Name of country / region |
People’s
Democratic Republic of Algeria |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
ALGERIA |
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Bonaire – ST. Eustatius – SABA (BES) |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
BONAIRE – ST. EUSTATIUS – SABA (BES) |
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Papua New Guinea |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Saint Martin (French) |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SAINT MARTIN (FRENCH) |
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Saint Barthelmy |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SAINT BARTHELMY |
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Republic of Tajikistan |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
TAJIKISTAN |
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Taiwan |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
TAIWAN |
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
North Korea – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF |
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
State of Qatar |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
QATAR |
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Syrian Arab Republic |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC |
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Republic of the Sudan |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SUDAN |
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Saint Helena |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SAINT HELENA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Federal Republic of Somalia |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SOMALIA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Western Sahara |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
WESTERN SAHARA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
East Africa |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
EAST AFRICA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Republic of Azerbaijan |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
AZERBAIJAN |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Principality of Andorra |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
ANDORRA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Principality of Andorra |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
GUERNSEY |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Gdansk |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
DANZIG |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Klaipedia |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
MEMEL |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Greenland |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
GREENLAND |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Saar |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SAAR |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Republic of San Marino |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SAN MARINO |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Jersey |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
JERSEY |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Republic of Slovakia |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SLOVAKIA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Serbia and Montenegro |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Tuvan People’s Republic |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
TANNU TUVA PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Vatican City State |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE) |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Khiva |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
KHIVA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Faroe Islands |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
FAROE ISLANDS |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Bukhara |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
BUKHARA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Madeira Islands |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
MADEIRA ISLANDS |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Principality of Monaco |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
MONACO |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Montenegro |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
MONTENEGRO |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
YUGOSLAVIA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Fiume |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
FIUME |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Principality of Liechtenstein |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
LIECHTENSTEIN |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Newfoundland |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
NEWFOUNDLAND |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Republic of Cuba |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
CUBA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Guadeloupe |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
GUADELOUPE |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISL |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
French Guiana |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
FRENCH GUIANA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Martinique (French territory) |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
MARTINIQUE |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
East Caribbean States |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
EAST CARIBBEAN STATES |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Azores |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
AZORES(PORTUGAL) |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
American Samoa |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
AMERICAN SAMOA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
British Virgin Islands |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY |
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| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Republic of Kiribati |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
KIRIBATI |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Cook Islands |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
COOK ISLANDS |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Christmas Island |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
CHRISTMAS ISLAND |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Cocos Islands |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Tokelau |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
TOKELAU |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Republic of Nauru |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
NAURU |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Niue |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
NIUE |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Norfolk Island |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
NORFOLK ISLAND |
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| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Republic of Palau |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
PALAU |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Pitcairn |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
PITCAIRN |
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| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Bouvet Island |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
BOUVET ISLAND |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
French Polynesia |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
FRENCH POLYNESIA |
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| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
French Southern Territories |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS |
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| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Wallis and Futuna |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
WALLIS AND FUTUNA |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
United States Minor Outlying Islands |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS |
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| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
North Mariana Islands |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS |
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| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Scotland |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
SCOTLAND |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Netherlands Antilles |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES |
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| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
New Caledonia |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
NEW CALEDONIA |
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| Receiving Currency |
– |
| Name of country / region |
Macao |
| Displayed name of country / region in drop down list |
MACAO |
|
| Receiving Currency |
– |
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