BKKKevin

Alive and well here in my pool villa in Chiang Mai…

If George Soros had showed up in the Biden Oval Office dressed like a North African Nazi commander you and Fox’s head would be spinning…

I thought the Oval Office was dress casual these days?…

We obviously see this from different ends of a moral spectrum...

That transcript was the criticak evidence that got him impeached! 🤣

Also you can get a Tello eSIM for $5/month

I have a Google Voice account for texts and it can also be done via the app on my phone or iPad…

Try to get yourself in the realm of facts and stop blindly accepting the lies that are being fed to you…

This thread is for US citizens who have a Charles Schwab Brokerage account. I am considering notifying Charles Schwab that I live in Thailand. My reason is long term I don’t want to keep skirting the rules and use a family members address. I would like to hear peoples experiences at the ramification of such a change? If you made the change, how did you go about it? I also have a Fidelity account that I slipped up about 10 years ago and told them I lived here…. The only thing that happened was I was restricted in what I could invest in… I was hoping it would be the same with Charles Schwab… But have read where they closed people’s accounts…

Yeah! Who needs thier woke maple syrup!

Lets all cheer SEASIDE GOLF COURSE!...

He's not tring to fix anything... He's trying to get reimbursed...

So George W Bush was a lefty?... Typical MAGA rewriting of history...

Given not one uniformed US soldier has died in this war under Biden one could say he's the war genius...

Like that matter in the oval office these days...

USExit... Basically BrExit on steroids as this includes all of Europe, Canada, Mexico & China Curious for any Brits here... How is the whole BrExit thing going?

The whole residency issue is a bit of a black hole… Some institutions like the SSA have no problem but others have experienced bank/brokerage accounts being closed when they find out you live outside the US… One of the driving reasons I switched to SS direct deposit to my Thai account was to have a stable money flow… Last year Wise sent me a email saying they were going to close my account because my residency address on file (my mail forwarding address of 10+ years) was not a acceptable residence address… I switched my address to a family member’s and that seem to placate them (for the time being)… But long term I just don’t think one can rely on Wise as one’s only way to get funds to Thailand…

I read that you must inform (Update you residency address) with the Social Security Administration before submitting the SSA-1099 form… The address must match… I did so by logging into my online SSA account and changing my address…(Others have mentioned that you can also update your address by contacting/email SSA in Manila) I also read that this could have ramifications as to the ability to obtain some Medicare Supplements/Advantage as they have access to the SS database… (But I’m not old enough to qualify for Medicare yet)… This has not changed my “residency” as it pertains to my bank and some brokerage accounts which have my US mail forwarding address as my residence… I have not heard of any banks or private businesses having access to SS address information to be able to cross reference my residency…

I am embarrassed to be an American!... https://photos.app.goo.gl/BhTTjxRmDbz75uY18

What US bank do you use for online transfers to your Thai bank?

This is just the first round of USExit... BrExit on steroids... Curious to any Brits here... How well is BrExit going?...

Also caution… If you change your address to Thailand with Social Security this may trigger a notification of address to any Medicare insurance/advantage provider… Also you will be subject to an annual Social Security notification that you are alive and living abroad… https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/social-security/social-security-payments-suspended-for-americans-abroad

Bangkok Bank code it as BAHTNET

As the poster said above... I went online to the SSA website and changed my address to my Thai address... Completed Form SSA-1099, listing my Bangkok Bank account I've had for years (No special or restricted acvount needed) ... Had my BKK Bank branch sign and stamp the form... Mailed it to Manila via Thai Post... And now my monthly deposit appears on the 3rd of every month no problem...