To purchase a gift bond
From your My Account page. Click on the Buy Direct tab.
Then select the Savings Bonds Series you wish to gift.
You will have the choice of Series EE or Series I.
Select one and click submit
Next is the registration information.
If you have previously gifted to this person, their name will be in the drop-down list.
Otherwise, click add new registration
If there will only be a single-named registrant, click Sole Owner.
If there will also be a second-named registrant, click either primary owner or beneficiary.
For sole owner, you will only need to provide the information in the first registrant section.
If you click either of the others, you will need to also provide the information for the second-named registrant information.
In this example, we will only have a Sole Owner,
Provide all of the information requested, including the Taxpayer Identification Number of the gift recipient.
Then click, "This is a gift" and the Submit box.
You will then be directed back to the registration information page.
The name you just entered for the new registration will now be in the drop-down list.
Select it.
Next is the purchase amount.
You can purchase any amount from $25-$10,000.
Select your source of funds.
If you have multiple bank accounts, be sure to select the appropriate one.
Next is purchase frequency.
You can see the button for a single purchase is already selected.
You can do that, or you can select repeat purchases.
or you can select your own date for purchases.
We will use a single purchase and click submit.
This is the purchase review page.
If you need to edit something, you may do so here, by clicking the edit button.
You can also cancel this purchase.
We'll click submit.
Then you have the confirmation page, which you can print for your records.