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My Thai wife and I had a very good will done by a lawyer in Korat. We have no kids. If one of us dies the other gets all our assets. There is some land and a house which I am not sure if I am not entitled to because I am not Thai but I am not concerned. The will was done in both Thai and English. If both of us die at or around the same time, my wife's niece, who lived with us for a number of years, is the beneficiary. She charged us 8000 Baht for both wills. I was told that if you are a foreigner, the will should be done in both Thai and English.

The last 2 years I did not get the the form. I have no idea why not. I made copies of the last time I got the form, about 3 years ago and used one of those copies to send in and attached a short note explaining that I had not received the 7162.. Two weeks later I sent a copy again just to make sure. Last year I sent an email to the the embassy in the Philippines asking why my form7162 did not arrive at my address in Thailand like it always used to. They just sent an email with a form7162 as an attachment with no explanation.

I went to Bangkok to the US Embassy to get my passport renewed. I wanted to go to Bangkok anyway so I went online, made my appointment, and when I got to the embassy it was super easy and fast. i filled out a short form, paid my fee, bought the required envelope from the Thai post office which is located just outside the citizen services section, printed my mailing address on the envelope and gave it to the clerk who told me it will take 4-6 weeks to get to my mailing address.

I am thinking of renewing my passport by mail as many of you are. But I might just do it in person like I did nine and a half years ago. My passport expires early November of this year. If my memory is correct, I remember making an appointment and then going to the embassy and getting my passport easily and quickly. You could even get your photos done there. I went on the embassy's website a few weeks ago and it stated that you have to go to the embassy eight weeks before for a new passport. Could that be right? I then emailed the embassy asking them how long in advance I should go to the embassy to renew my passport and they emailed me back the same website info. Eight weeks. I don't remember having to go to the embassy eight weeks in advance. So i guess eight weeks it is. I hope you can get the passport the same day.

What do you mean "they are quite strict in tax withholdings".

I have been getting my SS payment sent directly to my US bank for the last twelve years (direct payment). I have been using my bother's US address for my bank address since they don't appear to allow accounts with a foreign address (I live in Thailand now) So far, no problems. Even with recent dodge stuff I have received my payments right up to May, 2025. But I am seriously thinking of going through with the cumbersome steps of having my payments made to a bank in Thailand. But with all this dodge stuff, I am a bit wary as any glitch might cause a delay in payments and result in lots of paperwork, emails and tel. calls to make sure my payment makes it to my Thai bank account. If anyone who gets their payments made to a Thai bank and would be willing to share their experiences of what was involved in making the change it would be greatly appreciated. Kind reagrds.

I'll be driving into Bangkok Monday morning from Sakao and plan to park at the airport and take the train into central Bangkok and use the BST for a few days to get around. I am hoping roads in and around Bangkok have not been severely damaged and BST will be fully operational.

I went to the local tax office in my amphur and told them I wanted to do my income tax and they had no idea why I would want to do that since I don't work here. I told her that in 2024 I transferred 140,000 baht from the USA to my bank account in Thailand. I told her that about 90000 baht of that was social security and because of the tax agreement with Thailand it is exempt. I told her the rest of the money was earned prior to 2024 and had already been taxed in the USA. She repeated that there was no need to file. She obviously didn't have a clue about who needs to file and what all the possible exemptions are.

I I neither received a 7162 last June/July nor one in November. I didn't received a tax statement for 2023 either. This has never happened before. I copied a form 7162 from that I received last year, filled it out and sent it with a short note, I did it again a week later. I don't know what else to do.

Did you attach an explanation?

Thanks guys great advice. I am presently using a Lenovo Ideapad. I bought it about 6 years ago at Bananas at Pattaya Festival. Lots of little things seem to be going wrong with it.

I need to get a new laptop not too pricy. I don't do much on it except YouTube, emails, google searches and download an occasional torrent or document to print. No graphics or detailed spread sheets etc.

Still haven't received the 7162 form. I made some copies of the 7162 form I received last year before I filled it out and returned it to the USA. I filled out a copy of last years 7162 and sent it with a short explanation. Hope it works. Can't understand why I haven't received the latest 7162form, I seem to get all my other post from the states. Maybe I'll get a form in November. 2 years ago I didn't get the from so I di the same as above. It's very annoying.

Still haven't received the 7162 form. A few years ago it came in November. Last year I got it but very late in July. It is kind of annoying and one wonders why it is so inconsistent. I seldom if ever have problems getting mail from overseas. It get everything I order from Amazon, i-herb, magazine subscriptions, IRS forms and letters.

I sent a message to Wise and they actually called me back. They told me there is an updated verification process that I have to complete before I can make a transfer. They told me that they would email me the procedures. It entails selfies and photos of a drivers license or passport. This was not necessary for my previous transfers. I ask him where my money is now and he said they have it. I actually cancelled the transfer before he called. He told me the money would be sent back to my bank in a few days.