What is DD Form 2556? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 2556, Move-in Housing Allowance Claim, May 1999, and its job is straightforward: Move-In Housing Allowance Claim Form. That single line covers most of what people want to know before they download it.
Will you need a different form because of where you serve? No. DD forms are Department-wide instruments, and that scope is what separates them from service publications. One edition, all branches, defense agencies included.
Who decides this form exists? not stated owns it; not stated directs its use. If someone told you to file this, the authority traces back to those.
Which edition should you have? not stated, listed as not stated. A copy dated otherwise is a copy worth replacing.
What the form asks for
- Report control symbol.
- Part A, service member identification and residence information. 1. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 2. Grade.
- 3. Social security number. Do not include dashes.
- 4. Duty location or homeport. a. Station name.
- 4.b. Location code (official use).
- 4.c. City.
- 4.d. Country.
- 4.e. Duty telephone number.
- 5. Residence address (stree, apartment number, city, country).
- Part B. Rent related expenses (not applicable to homeowners). a. Expense item, line 1.
- b. Amount claimed (in U.S. dollars).
- c. Amount allowed.
- Expense item, line 2.
- b. Amount claimed.
- c. Amount allowed.
- Expense item, line 3.
- b. Amount claimed.
- c. Amount allowed.
- Expense item, line 4.
- b. Amount claimed.
- c. Amount allowed.
- Expense item, line 5.
- b. Amount claimed.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 2 pages, about 70 entry fields.
What is the difference between fillable and printable? A fillable pdf has real field boxes that accept typed text and hold it inside the file. A printable pdf is a flat blank with no fields at all, intended for a printer and a pen. Which one you have determines how you complete the form, so it is worth checking first.
Does typing matter? It does. Your completed form will probably be scanned, forwarded and filed, and typed text comes through each of those steps unchanged while handwriting degrades. If pen is your only option, block capitals give the receiving clerk a fighting chance.
In what order do you complete it? The printed order, top to bottom. Header data comes before the body, and the body before the signature block. The sequence is not decorative — later entries are keyed to earlier ones.
What if your copy is old? Replace it. Check the date printed on the form against not stated. Old blanks circulate for years in shared folders, and because a DD revision lands across the whole Department at once, the receiving office will be working from the new layout.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
Where does the completed form go? To the office named in not stated or in your organization's local procedure. Should you keep a copy? Always — a scan or a saved file costs nothing and spares you the whole exercise if the original disappears.
How do you find a form referenced inside this one? By its number alone. The DD sequence runs across the entire Department, so a number identifies exactly one document regardless of which service cited it.
Can you assume a matching number is the same form? No, and this is where downloads go wrong. Read the prefix. Army numbering and Department numbering are independent systems, so the digits alone tell you nothing about which document you need.
How often does a form like this change? Unpredictably — revision follows directive changes, altered collection requirements and updated notice language. What is the practical defence? Verifying not stated every time you download rather than trusting a saved copy.
Is any of this advice? No. This page distributes a published Defense form and explains its contents, which is a different thing from telling you whether your circumstances qualify or whether a reviewer will accept your copy. Direct questions of eligibility, applicability and procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2556?
- DD Form 2556, Move-in Housing Allowance Claim, May 1999
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?