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I appears that the stimulus bill has finally passed. I am curious as to weather or not I have to complete and send in my tax forms to the IRS for 2020  before I can be considered eligible. Last year I received the first stimulus check in my American bank account before the IRS received my tax forms for 2019. It is the same back account that my social security is sent to every month. 

Thanks for that. Good to know.

On 7/2/2020 at 5:44 AM, ArickChaiyaphum said:

Divorce your wife and go to the land office and add your name on the chanote as a usufuct for 1 percent of the land cost and it is yours until you die. Maybe go and do it even if your married no need to waste money on a lawyer the land office will advise you 

 

This seems to be the best way to ensure that I can keep the house in the event of my wife's death. My wife seems to think that because I am legally married to her I have a right to stay in the house until I die if she dies before me. This word "usufuct" . What might the Thai translation be. (or is it Thai). Actually, my Thai wife and I have a will for the few bank accounts that we have and she included the house in the will. We have no children or beneficiaries meaning that in the event of my death, everything is hers and vice versa. We have a lot of our savings in 2 joint accounts. I have read that in the event of either of our deaths the other automatically assumes ownership of the accounts when the accounts have joint ownership. We have recently bought a new car and the car is not in the will. Unlike in the past, this time we put the  car is in my wife's name. In the event of my wife's death, I suppose i would just continue driving it as usual. I don't believe any relatives could take the car. But I might have a hard time selling it if I wanted to.

I am wondering what the police in some remote town in America will think if you are stopped for a traffic violation and are asked to see your drivers license. "Yes officer, it's really a Thai drivers license. I read on google that I could use it when I visit the USA."

Just got my SSA-1099 yesterday at my Thai residence. Air Mail from the USA

On 1/28/2021 at 4:29 PM, khwaibah said:

Where USA or Thailand? First Class or express. You have left some very important information out. Just saying.

I received the notification here in Thailand, where I reside.   On the outside of the official social security administration envelope is printed "letter par avion" so I guess it is standard air mail. It shows a monthly benefit increase of 1.3%.Hhoping  my SSA 1099 is on the way.

Replying to the main topic here, I have received two stimulus checks. They were sent to my  bank account in the USA where my monthly SS check is sent. ( direct deposit).

14 hours ago, khwaibah said:

Where USA or Thailand? First Class or express. You have left some very important information out. Just saying.

I received the notification here in Thailand, where I reside.   On the outside of the official social security administration envelope is printed "letter par avion" so I guess it is standard air mail. It shows a monthly benefit increase of 1.3%.Hhoping  my SSA 1099 is on the way.

I have just recently received the cost of living adjustment document a few days ago (COLA) but have not received the SAA 1099 yet. 

I got the quote below from Siam Legal regarding purchasing a condo in Thailand. It seems to me that transferring money from my US bank to transferwise and then from transferwise to my bank in Thailand, that this would meet the Land Department's requirements. My Thai bank would know that the money came from the USA and would the write the appropropriate document guaranteeing the authenticity of the transfer. 

"In the case where foreign currency is remitted into the country by bank transfer from April 1, 2004 to the present: if the amount of money transferred is at least $50,000 USD or the equivalent, then evidence in the form of a Foreign Exchange Transfer form may be offered. If the amount is less than $50,000 USD, the evidence from the bank certifying the purchase of foreign currency or the transfer of foreign currency into a foreign deposit account may be offered."

I am thinking of buying a condo, quite inexpensive, not more than 400,000 Baht. My small bank in the US doesn't transfer money to overseas banks so I am hoping that  a money from the US to my bank in Thailand using transferwise will meet any of the Land Department's requirements  for money transfers for Condos. I went to my Thai bank and they said all they need to do is write a letter on company stationery  guaranteeing that the money came from the US. Is that it I wonder.

I called the immigration office and asked them if they could send a certificate of residence to my hotel in Chonburi. He asked me to send him a picture, a copy of the first page of my passport, and a copy of my wife' s ID card. He asked me to use LINE. I did as he asked and I received the certificate of residence by overnight carrier and I was able to sell my car within a few days. (1000 Baht  transferred  into his account using mobile banking) It was worth it. 

If I am living in Surin but want the residence certificate from an immigration office in Chonburi I don't think I would tell them I am living in Chonburi. The computer will show my residence is in Surirn and my 90-day reporting is done in Surirn. Actually, I am selling the car to a woman in Chonburi so I will definitely need a residence certificate.

I just did a google search and it seems a residency certificate or work permit is required for an expat to make the sale. 

"If an expatriate, the seller or buyer must provide signed copies of their passport, visa and work permit, or official confirmation of residency from either the Thai Immigration Bureau or their embassy. If Thai, the seller or buyer must provide an ID card and House Registration Document (Tabien Ban)"

Maybe I am out of date. But I needed one to both sell and buy my car ten years ago. The transfers wouldn't have gone through without them. The woman who is buying the car insisted that I needed some kind of proof of residence. I will try to sell the car without one and see what happens.

As far as I know, a foreigner always needs a certificate of residence to show to the dept. of motor vehicles. The buyer told me that they would need to have the certificate or proof  of residence from me when transferring ownership. If the local immigration won't give me the certificate because my residence is in a different province, I might have to go to the US Embassy in Bangkok and get the certificate of residence. I was hoping to avoid that.

"If questioned just tell them that you are now living here, and don't mention that you intend to return "home" at the end of the day."  I am not sure why I would tell then I am living here. I am only going to be here for a day or two. The immigration must have my address in their computer. They needed it for my one-year marriage extension. You can get a proof of marriage certificate in an immigration office in Thailand so I am hoping the same applies for proof of residence. 

Is it possible to get a certificate or proof of residence from a province you are not living in and that you do not do your 90-day reporting in. I drove my car to another province to sell and just remembered that I need a certificate of residence to complete the sale. I am planning to go to the nearby immigration office with my passport and one-year extension based on marriage. I am planning to sell the car and then return to my home on the same day or next  so I am hoping that not only can I get the proof of residence but that they will print out the certificate the same day I request it.

If the will states that the foreign husband will inherit the condo upon the death of his Thai wife would this be  legally feasible I wonder. My understanding is that  foreigner has to bring funds from abroad to own a condo. This would seem to make the will problematic.

How long are the certificates of residence good for. A month, a year?

Thanks for that. That's what I thought.

A very kind of dumb question. I don't remember having ever scanned a document. Could I not just download the 7162 document as a PDF doc and then email it to Manila as an attachment. 

Ubon Joe, thanks for the PDF with the correct label. 

My PDF just said "social security number" not "SS/ CLAIM NO: I should have guessed.  

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"SS/CLAIM No:"

I couldn't find this (SS/CLAIM NO:)on any of the 7162 pdf's I downloaded. You have me worried. Am I losing my eyesight?

Yes, it was first class mail. I was surprised that it got here so quickly.

I received a letter from my brother who lives in New York. It took 11 days to get here. This was in early July.