Presnock

yeah, I was just reading about Polio - just about totally eradicated in the world except for some middle east/central Asia types, now there are outbreaks in 31 countries including several in Europe. Once infected, you get the disease and it can ruin one's life for sure. Same with measles in the US, just about eradicated and now thousands infected in last and this year. i have a shot record that is several looooong pages from my pre-school years, school years, military and civilian living in many areas of the world so numerous vaccines for those places too, an never had any disease in my life. I only got two shots of COVID and luckily, only had two days of a slight sore throat. My daughters got all their recommended shots too. I do worry today about vaccines especially seeing the heads of US govt agencies today who know absolutely nothing about their agency and just have to keep praising their boss to continue to milk the system IMHO anyway. BTW that immune system usually get stronger as germs attack the body and most times we never realize it from all that I read, Even almost 80- this year and I still get flu shots.

Yeah when I first heard about it on this forum they mentioned 100K, I don't remember the exact wording, only that after that I began reading how few people were even thinking of getting it then I saw it had changed to 50K so immediately contacted BOI and a couple of weeks later I now set...as I am approaching 80 years of age this year, likely won't need to extend but then who knows....I just like the depart and return with no problems, once a year notify address, no taxes on foreign income. Immigration folks have always treated me but just didn't like the wait in the AM but that had improved after a few years too but then began to be lots of folks waiting. Best one for me!

not only portions, usually healthy plus even oldsters exercise regularly but now the cease to have babies so the retirees have to go back to work...can only survive a short time on that type of sked...but loved living there too.

In DC the capital, there is a restaurant called Armand's I think that was the name and their specialties were submarine sandwiches but they advertise one 4 feet in length but i forget all the weights of meats, cheeses, veggies sauces etc but any 4 people that could eat that 4 footer in a sitting got it for free - it was done by 4 professional foodball players. Lyeah, like I said if I had not spent most of my adult life away from the US then I too might have ended up obese instead of just under 150 pounds but I also have always since high school exercised regularly. My friends and family that did and do live full time in the US of course fit into that obese category. There might be some particular areas that preach healthy eating but more than most are ultra-processed foods and humongous servings of those too. Too many "all you eat" restaurants of all types, pizza parlors, smorgasbord, steaks, whatever in every city.

yeah, if you see a lot of smoke you can bet there is a fire somewhere. When hundreds of women testify to the FBI about how they had sex with the old guys and then many of the old guys start to crumble with their defense. I myself do not believe that all these women are testifying that they had sex at a very young age even when they might have been receiving money or favors of some sort. Even if they did get something, it is still against our laws and the rich and powerful do not deserve to escape punishment IMHO. i also fault the parents of some of these girls too as they should have been watching a lot closer. Now we hear stories from some government officials not just the US but that Epstein was running a "honey pot" scheme and used cameras hidden throughout his abodes and even some claims of blackmail and lots of contact with Russian intel officials as well as with Putin. When DJT says "hoax" IMHO it definitely happened!! Listening to the Congressional committee members about the cover up not only in this administration but previous administrations too. Of course there are enough OLD farts as well as youngsters that come to this area for sex and seem to look for the younger ones versus the old ones so I don't think they even think that DJT did anything wrong, no matter what he did do.IMHO

Obviously you must not have lived in the US. If healthy food had been available the past 40-60 years, then there would not be over 180+ million obese or way too fat adults! IMHO - I read the books about eating healthy foods by Dr. William Li and he talks about processes and ultra-processed foods being so bd for us.

I agree, there might be a need for higher income for the wealthy retiree but IAW all I have seen and heard is that the 5-year is going to insure that the holder of that visa has met and still meets the criteria for the original issue which is basically the same for any visa when you need to extend it for another period. I personally like this visa.

has been around for a couple of years now...not as many obtain it before as it was 100K then two years ago they dropped it to 50K...foreign income tax exempt, no 90-day reports, out and back into country with no need for additional permit to re-enter. If one meets any of the 4 criteria, it can be a great visa, IMHO perfect for me.

I have been listening to the US Congressional hearings. They regularly indicate that DJT is in the "redacted files now unredacted for the Congress hearings" "millions of times. Other findings within those files indicate quite a bit of contact between Epstein and Russian intel officers and Putin even. Poland the congressman said has even opened an investigation about those intel collusions as well as others calling Epstein's quarters a regular honeypot where there were hidden cameras in every room. Amazing what now is being revealed and some of these revelations were obvious during DJT's first term and Rubio was head of the investigating committee which agreed with the Mueller findings of Russian influence in the 2016 elections. Now I guess the next to fall with be Bondi and wonder if she will ever be allowed to practice law again IMHO.

why surprised, I am not sure of statistics in other countries but I regular see that in the US today, 70% of adults are listed as obese and/or have diabetes. 70%! Need to lock up the food producers there as they have led the public astray IMHO. I an American adult am nowhere near fat or obese, but lived most of my adult life in foreign countries obviously with a healthier diet. That too is MHO

I think your problem may be that the check would go to a US address for YOU. I thought that they indicated that they needed a bank as they were going to cease issuing checks but I could be wrong on that as I just skimmed over it since it didn't apply to my situation. I assume your wife has an ITIN but I really think it has to do with our mailing address as that is how they consider where on resides "officially" but this is all IMHO only as I have never had any problems, just got my wife an ITIN after marriage and filed jointly with our Thai address.

So, I take it that your house and spouse's abode was in the US for more than half the year since she is treated as you claim on your taxes unless I am obviously missing something.

Says uote: "if spouse is a says if your house or non-resident spouse"s is IN THE USA then yes you check the box but as i mentioned, I and my spouse both live in Thailand and from here I file my taxes so ignore that box altogether and my spouse is here with me and has never been to the states at all.

yeah I get my 1099SR from OPM so the govt has already chopped off those taxes that I then have to file to get a refund.

good luck..yeah I wasn't able to use the free IRS electronic file either but e-file has been great so far.