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I'll make a note of this as an alternate possibility. Still a PO is down the street from me so a short walk and done and dusted in 10 mins.

I wouldn't say this is stupid but it makes little sense. Obviously the PO offers enhancement to EMS service vs. ordinary, which would certainly not make it "high risk", in fact the opposite. I do appreciate you have sent hundreds of stuff to the US. But still you would agree that the number is not statistically significant. If there were systemic problems with EMS/tracking that would come out at a higher level. I have not heard of any.

Anecdotal. As is mine. Still on general principles I would say a $50 package receives better care from the POs than a $5 one. Not that the latter won't get through. And $50 is such a tiny fraction of the SS amounts we get I see no reason not to use the best service the PO has to offer.

Bt. 1550 yesterday evening. Tracking showed it on a flight out of Bkk last night. I've always used EMS/tracking and it's always shown Final Delivery, usually within a week.

One hopes the Russians have a sense of humor. Or that Witkoff does when he gets the Russian response.

Just curious did you send it ordinary or EMS/tracking?

The first evidence one is alive today is that one mailed in the current form. Of course, there's still possibility of fraud but still the easiest machine-checkable bit of evidence is that the submitted form scans to be current. My point is to wait for the newest form. There's thousands of us and we'll know when the mailings start.

I've always sent the 7162 EMS/tracking and it hasn't failed. I think we can safely assume that SS, despite DOGE, understands that retirees are going to try and send something that secures their lifeline in the safest manner they think possible. So I don't buy the notion that, oh, there might be no one to sign for the mail so it will go missing, just send ordinary.

7161 or 7162? There's a long-running topic on the latter. The form mailing is apparently delayed.

It's behind a paywall. It would be nice if a copy is posted here.

Thanks. That's what I figured.

Which should be the case. But I remember some years back when I was working on an F visa plus work permit I did get a VAT refund on a laptop.

Is it a problem if I am on Retirement Extension and not a tourist visa? Or do the VAT refund people not care as long as I have non-Thai passport?

The question is did this happen after he had a good time. Because 12k b., amount he lost, is not out of the ballpark for a threesome.

I too had an account with a leading Thai paper where I was a prolific commenter. Then I had the same problem as you with signing in. I knew this meant trouble so I kept watch out of my window. Then I saw it one day. A black speck in the sky that grew bigger and longer as it approached. I did not wait. I had already packed so I raced out and fled to the airport. Now I am in Vientiane, Laos, presumably safe. But I am careful. I keep to myself and do not venture out after dark.