LivingNThailand

That's what I said, stick with beer.

I've been doing it on line for about 1.5 years. No problem at all. I find that if you do it on the weekend it takes a day or two to get the confirmation. M-F usually the same day. Thanks for the heads up about the new passport. I'm getting one next year. Maybe I can get the new passport stamped and the 90 day at the same time. I'll try to plan it that way.

🤣🤣🤣 Today, my wife and I just received the original SSA-7162 forms in the mail dated June 6, 2024. It took five months and one week to get to us. The deadline to send back filled out was 60 days from mailing date. We already sent duplicates to Wilkes Barre, PA, via EMS over two months ago, and SSA received the forms in 4-5 days. Making a note on our calendar for August 6, 2025 to send in duplicate forms if we don't receive the original by that date. Not sure if it is US postal or Thai postal problem. Personally I don't have any problems with Thai post, I think overall they are quite efficient. Just not going to wait past 60 days next year. Why sweat it.

who knows. It was about a week after the dems dumped Biden. It's all Fake news anyway. Back in the day..... In 1897, Adolph S. Ochs, the owner of The New York Times, created the famous slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print," He wrote the slogan as a declaration of the newspaper's intention to report the news impartially. Not anymore... sad

I read that Barrack Obama was hugely pissed off. Said she didn't have a chance.....We will see. High Drama.

Donavan on Sunshine Superman album. Also played by Super Session with Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, and Steven Stills. Classic Song. I'll have to crank those up on my Spotify today.

About a nano second in mine. About right. I went on a weeks vacation shortly after I hired a lady. When I got back I found out she didn't show up for work that week. I called her up and fired her over the weekend. She actually called my boss to complain and my boss questioned the decision, but after I explained she backed me up 100% Entitled?

And it is still raining here. BKK Post said today rainy season lasting until the end of November. I see more cement trucks here than tour buses or vans. Even my friend who is a taxi driver said a medium amount of tourists is good. Too many tourists is bad for Thai people and the environment. Enough is enough TAT!!!! And new Thai government. Diversify the government income. Tourism is easy for the government. They don't have to put too much money out for the investment. The private sector puts out the money. Very sad.

I just checked my tracking. Mailed September 19, arrived at SSA on September 25..... I rest my case.

My wife, my friend, a neighbor and I never received the SSA-7162. We all printed out the form and sent it EMS from the Post Office to Wilks-Barre. It costs about 1,500 THB. Well worth it for peace of mind. I wouldn't mail it surface. My friend did that last year and he had his benefits stopped for a couple of months until they received the form EMS. He got all the money back as a lump sum, but he was sweating it. That's my advice. I hope everything goes well with you.

Awesome. Will look into that soon. I wasn't worried about the tax thing. Just like TAT collecting the 300 THB for tourists... hahaha 🤣 I guess I've been here too long to sweat that stuff. Thanks for the advice.

wire charges are not alot. My bank is good and reimburses the ATM fees if I use that option. I signed up for wise, but feel more comfortable using my bank. Charges are almost the same as using BKK bank NY. No no big deal. But thanks.

That's what I thought. Probably not 100% perfectly legal, but I think the worse thing that could happen is that there would be a 'tax" if found out. Anyway, I think she will be okay. Just trying to dot the i's and cross the t's. Thanks everyone.

Well heck, that would be easy to do. Originally we had our social security money sent through Bangkok Bank's NY office and sent to our BKK joint account every month. About 4 months ago the bank changed the account to direct deposit and froze the account due to Social Security mandates on foreign accounts. So now we have the money sent to our US Bank and wire it to our joint account in a lump sum which is more that 65,000 (the bank unfroze the account when we changed the system). All we would have to do is change the wire instructions to my wife's account. I would mean some paperwork and probably a phone call to confirm. (I hope this isn't confusing) So you are saying if there is a deposit of 65,000 or more per month into a single account from a US Bank that is considered income method. What about this Thai tax thing I have been reading about? Now I know what Dr. Jack was talking about. I will definitely look into this option soon. Not planning on going soon, but neither did my neighbor and he is now in the hospital......

Actually, this post started as a question about immigration procedures and policies and ended up talking all about the money. Any other ideas about immigration? Or is it a mixed bag depending on the mood of the immigration office the day you show up? Anyway, interesting comments.