jeffandgop

I have had a fix deposit w/Bangkok Bank for many years with a 6 month term. It always rolls over to renew for the same term at the rate effective that day for fix deposits.

Folks (marriage) that are affected are those that do not have the necessary 400K in an account 4 months prior to requesting from the bank the letter. If you do have the necessary 400K in an account 4 months prior to requesting from the bank the letter there will be no freeze, per the bank manager I met with a few weeks ago. She took one look at my FD passbook which was opened 6 years ago and said don't worry about it....

I got news for you. I took mine to a US Post Office back in 2021 handing it to the USPS employee and it NEVER got delivered. I received a 2nd notice 3 months later

On the webpage for the SSA IO (https://www.ssa.gov/foreign/),the page includes an email address to send to them email inquiries. The email address is [email protected]; but trying to send them an email today the message doesn't send at all..anyone have a different email address for the SSA IO?

I don't see any info specific about SSA not sending the 7162 form in the period required (May-June). This link only explains the overall processes that leads up to the suspension of benefits and post suspension processes.

As I reported earlier in this thread, the BKB manager I met with assured me that my fix deposit would NOT be subject to this 4 month freeze.

Can’t get a DL if you don’t physically present yourself to a DMV. Which states issues a DL using a P.O Box? DOA

What a ridiculous comment. I don’t have any address in the US anymore and haven’t had one for many years. There’s nothing to “maintain”. What isn’t hard is for the SSA to automate the reporting requirements so individuals can log into their private SSA account and report

I took a copy of this document to my CM BBL branch to speak with the manager about it. I also brought with me my fix deposit passbook which shows a minimum of 500K baht deposited for the last 6 ½ years. My extensions of stay over the past many years is based on marriage to a Thai national. The manager seeing the document acknowledged it was in effect and said it was an IMM requirement now to maintain, in the case of an extension of stay (EOS) based on family/marriage, to maintain the minimum balance of 400K for 4 months after the bank provided a bank letter confirming the applicant's deposit. I responded that IMM regulations only required the minimum balance of 400K being deposited with a bank 2 months prior to applying for an EOS and that the applicant was not required to maintain any deposit after receiving the IMM stamp extending their EOS in their passport. The manager asked if I had my bankbook with me and I gave it to her...scanning the multiple entries in the nearly 7 years I've had this fix deposit account solely for EOS purposes, she told me not to be concerned and I would not be required to sign this document in the future. She explained it principally was for applicants who had just opened a bank account for purposes of obtaining their EOS as many individuals were closing these accounts as soon as their EOS had been obtained. I believe the requirement for being asked to sign such a document derive from BBL endeavoring to recover their costs to open these accounts for new customers who may close them so soon after opening one...not that the IMM requires this but to reduce BBL's costs of doing this business. I would suggest that anyone that may be concerned about this document as it may or may not apply to them, is to go speak with your BBL branch manager before the time you wish to get their bank letter confirming the necessary funds.

They didn't call at the appointed time as well...so I called them after hours and someone picked up the phone and said they were still going thru the telephone appointment schedule and would call me later that day...and they did....

Agree. My wife & I wrote up our own

Read my original response and you’ll maybe understand BTW. Are you receiving SS benefits?

A process with multiple single point failures is a high risk process. You may choose to ignore it; I choose to be cognizant of it. The termination of my benefit without warning because of a process fault is not something to be treated as being something akin to being a danger arising without warning. In the case of the 7162 form the risks are readily known and have been experienced.

Concerns are not limited to just "erratic mail delivery in Thailand". There's also the concern (1) Did the SSA mail out the form? (2) Did the USPO process the mail properly and timely when the SSA mailed out the form? (3) Did the USPO process the mail properly and timely when the individual returned by mailed the form back to the SSA? (4) Did the SSA process the returned form properly and timely? As there no notifications or information from the SSA to the individual as to the steps completed during these annual nightmare, if you don't get the form or do and return it and failures along the way you're in the dark until if and when your benefit is cut off. Three years ago I returned the form I received in Thailand directly with a USPO while I was visiting the US and I still got a warning and another form to complete & return months later!

Why don't you/them try online? That will answer your question