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IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

If you did not receive your monthly Social Security payment this month, your benefits have likely been suspended because we did not receive the annual questionnaire form that was mailed to you.

To reinstate your benefit payments, you will need to print and complete one of the forms listed below.

• If you are a Social Security beneficiary, please complete Form SSA-7162
• If you are the Representative Payee for a beneficiary, please complete Form SSA-7161

When completing the form, please ensure that you include your complete name, address, contact number, SSN and sign the form. Once signed, mail the completed form to:

         Social Security Administration
         ATTN: FEQ
         U.S. Embassy
         1201 Roxas Boulevard, Ermita
         Manila, Philippines 0930

Once we receive the completed form, we will take immediate action to reinstate benefits. Any past due benefits will be directly deposited into your bank account, usually within 7-10 business days. Thank you.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

If you did not receive your monthly Social Security payment this month, your benefits have likely been suspended because we did not receive the annual questionnaire form that was mailed to you.

To reinstate your benefit payments, you will need to print and complete one of the forms listed below.

• If you are a Social Security beneficiary, please complete Form SSA-7162
• If you are the Representative Payee for a beneficiary, please complete Form SSA-7161

When completing the form, please ensure that you include your complete name, address, contact number, SSN and sign the form. Once signed, mail the completed form to:

         Social Security Administration
         ATTN: FEQ
         U.S. Embassy
         1201 Roxas Boulevard, Ermita
         Manila, Philippines 0930

Once we receive the completed form, we will take immediate action to reinstate benefits. Any past due benefits will be directly deposited into your bank account, usually within 7-10 business days. Thank you.

I just got the first mailing of the Form 7162 today, June 30, which I never did last year.  I'll be mailing it back this coming Monday.  Has anyone ever tried mailing the form back via special courier service like DHL?  I wonder how much it would cost.

The threshold of $50,000 or $600,000 depends on whether you have foreign financial assets and either living in the U.S. or outside of the U.S.:

Specified individuals living in the US:

• Unmarried individual (or married filing separately): Total value of assets was more than $50,000 on the last day of the tax year, or more than $75,000 at any time during the year.

• Married individual filing jointly: Total value of assets was more than $100,000 on the last day of the tax year, or more than $150,000 at any time during the year.

Specified individuals living outside the US:

• Unmarried individual (or married filing separately): Total value of assets was more than $200,000 on the last day of the tax year, or more than $300,000 at any time during the year.

• Married individual filing jointly: Total value of assets was more than $400,000 on the last day of the tax year, or more than $600,000 at any time during the year.

This is the IRS website link:

FATCA Information for Individuals | Internal Revenue Service (irs.gov)

  If you are a taxpayer living abroad you must file Form 8938 if:
 

• You are filing a return other than a joint return and the total value of your specified foreign assets is more than $200,000 on the last day of the tax year or more than $300,000 at any time during the year; or
• You are filing a joint return and the value of your specified foreign asset is more than $400,000 on the last day of the tax year or more than $600,000 at any time during the year.

   

Latest advisory from FBU-Manila:

I'm not sure why, maybe it's our local post office's fault, but I never got any of the first nor the second notices of 7162 last year. Hence, I decided to just fill out a blank form and sent it to Wilkes Barr first week of December last year.  That surely didn't work.  On Wednesday (Feb. 01), I received an email from FBU Manila informing me that SSA have not received the barcoded form that they sent me last year, and that I had to fill out a blank form and sent it to them, that's FBU Manila ASAP, to avoid suspension of my benefits.  I hurriedly filled out one and sent it via special courier service yesterday.  I was worried that I won't get paid this February because I knew that suspension of benefits for non-receipt of the form by them starts on February.  However, to my surprise, my monthly benefit was deposited today when I checked my bank account online.  I guess, they must have changed the deadline before suspension is done for this year because some of us really either got the form very late or not at all.  SSA can also be merciful after all.,,LOL!

10 hours ago, thaisail said:

Got my first 7162 on August 5th and it was dated June 27. I returned it completed to the Thai post office in Chiang Khan, Loei on August 9. Paid 48 baht for an air mail stamp. Got my 2nd notice of the 7162 on November 22. It was dated October 27. This time I sent it back with a tracking number for about 300 baht extra and the post office told me that it would take 5 weeks to reach the states which puts me past the 60 day deadline. 

 

However, I never received either the first or the second 7161 forms for my wife who is designated payee for the SSI benefit for our 15 year old daughter. I sent a request for assistance with the FBU Manila office and here is there reply from 2 days ago.

10 hours ago, thaisail said:

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Our records show that you are scheduled to receive the reporting form SSA-7162 / SSA-7161 this year. The form was initially mailed out in June 2022, and a second mailing went out in early November 2022. If you still haven’t received the form, you may complete the blank form attached to this email and mail it to the appropriate address below.

Woud you be kind enough to give me the blank 7162 form that was attached to your email.  I also have not received form as of today.  thank you.

7 hours ago, steveb5 said:

Just got off the phone with social security. They didn't receive my first form I sent or they think it wasn't scanned into the computer yet. So they recommended to send it again and made a note on my file that I called. So it may help to call them

May I know what was the phone number of SSA you called?  Thanks.

I never got the first notice of the Form 7162 (which was probably lost in the mail), so I was hoping to receive a second notice.  Unfortunately, I still haven't gotten it.  HAS ANYONE RECEIVED A SECOND NOTICE?

For those who have not received the Form 7162/7161 this year like myself, here's the reply I received from FBU-Manila when I sent an inquiry regarding the matter:

16 hours ago, racyrick said:

Just FYI, I still have not received my forms 7161 and 7162 here in Khon Kaen.

This is the first time in 7 years I did not receive my forms. I am very concerned.

Any other people still missing forms in Khon Kaen? Thanks

I haven't received mine either.  It also happened to me in 2019.  I did not receive the first notice, but I got the second notice mid October of 2019.

3 hours ago, racyrick said:

FINALLY!! Got my direct deposit to my bank account 2 hours ago. I am sooooo happy the whole long frustrating ordeal is over.

I truly hope that whoever still has not gotten their payment that you will get yours asap. I know your frustration all too well!

Good for you!  I still haven't gotten mine and hope to get it soon, too.

11 hours ago, racyrick said:

Did you get your payment yet? I heard a lot of people got theirs early.

No, I haven't gotten mine yet.  Today is still the 18th in the US, so we'll have to wait for another day and see.  Let's keep our fingers crossed!

10 minutes ago, 20yearsinthai said:

its called stimulus check 2020--american based fb group--ive checked mine 3 times already--no such luck--now locked out--when was the last time u checked your GMP before today?

'Sorry to hear that you still have no payment date even though our cases are similar.  You may want to give them a call again on Monday at 1-800-919-9835.  'Hope you get your payment date soon!

26 minutes ago, racyrick said:

SHOCK!! I just went to the get my payment site and there it is as well. Scheduled to be paid Aug. 19th.

Hope yours now shows it as well.

By the way, what group in FB are you talking about? Guess it's all those missing checks in Thailand from April 24th to May 1st. That obviously was a bad batch that was sent. I know there were also some from May 8th and 15th as well but not as many.

'Glad you got your payment date as well.  'Hope August 19th is the real deal for us.

My bank account is US based.

This is what happened to me as regards to the Stimulus Check:

1.       Filed my tax return for 2019 with no tax due, so no direct deposit information required

2.       Tried to access Get My Payment Tool earlier on, to no avail, due to having a foreign address

3.       Finally able to access Get My Payment Tool after many weeks but too late to provide Direct Deposit information because a check was already mailed to my foreign address on April 24^th.

4.       Have not received any check or letter so far

5.       Decided to call  1-800-919-9835 at exactly 7 pm which is 7 am in the USA (est) hoping to be the first caller on August 6th

6.       Was able to get someone (very courteous) on the phone immediately and told her my case, but was transferred to another person who seemed to have the right answer

7.       Was told that there’s no other option but to initiate a payment trace which would take 6 weeks to process

8.       Was also told to try calling again before the end of the 6^th week (Sept. 17th) to check and see if there’s any result of the trace

9.       Got into Get My Payment Tool 3 (three) days after my call and the site asked for my Bank Account Information which I provided successfully.

10.   Got into Get My Payment Tool again today, August 15^th and the result is:

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Payment Status

We scheduled your payment to be deposited on August 19, 2020 to the bank account below.

Bank Account Number: ************2367.

If you don't see your payment credited to your account, check with your bank to verify they received it. We will mail you a letter with additional information on this payment.

If you need additional help, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page

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11.  Will update you all with what happens on August 19^th.

IF you're living outside of the US and are able to successfully change your address to a US address and avoid receiving the Form 7162, you, most likely, may NOT avoid receiving summons to appear for jury duty. If that happens, what reason/s can you give to be excused from performing your jury duty?  And again IF you're able to get an excuse ONCE, that doesn't mean you are excused forever.  I would like to get someone's "two cents" on this. 

This is the reply I received from US Embassy Manila regarding Form 7162 for 2020:

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