2025 SSA Form 7162 - "Hello, are you dead yet?" forms.

[ricklev]

I started receiving my SS in October of 2024 after applying through Manilla.  Anybody know if this form something I should be looking for or worrying about? 

[KhunLA]

7 minutes ago, ricklev said:

I started receiving my SS in October of 2024 after applying through Manilla.  Anybody know if this form something I should be looking for or worrying about? 

If your address is registered in Thailand, then you will need to file the form, when it arrives.  Maybe soon, or maybe in October, maybe.  But if you don't get one by October, then I would download one, and mail it in.

 

I actually mail in 2, about a week to 10 days apart.  Snail mail is fine.

 

It's a yearly thing, for those with registered living address with Soc Sec, outside of USA

[PeterA]

What with mail service to Phimai from Bangkok as it is, I expect this years notices to arrive late next year, if at all.  All at one time. 

[PeterA]

9 minutes ago, ricklev said:

I started receiving my SS in October of 2024 after applying through Manilla.  Anybody know if this form something I should be looking for or worrying about? 

If you don't send it in, they will stop payments by January. Then expect a few  months with no payments as you sort it out. 

[KhunLA]

3 minutes ago, PeterA said:

If you don't send it in, they will stop payments by January. Then expect a few  months with no payments as you sort it out. 

@ricklev Above ... Not exactly accurate.  They will send a notice, with form, I think, stating they have not received your form 7162.  With warning, if not received but such & such date, then you get another warning, stating your SS will be stopped, at such & such date, until filing 7162.

 

I know this, as I got the warning once, and why I send back multiple copies every year.   They did have an issue at Wilkes Barre PO, as a scam going on, and 7162 forms disappearing.  That was supposedly sorted out.

 

You can download and send a copy, anytime you like.  No need to wait for one to arrive.

[connda]

3 hours ago, ricklev said:

I started receiving my SS in October of 2024 after applying through Manilla.  Anybody know if this form something I should be looking for or worrying about? 

Yep!

[connda]

3 hours ago, PeterA said:

What with mail service to Phimai from Bangkok as it is, I expect this years notices to arrive late next year, if at all.  All at one time. 

Very honestly.  Mail transiting from the US through Suvarnabhumi and then to Lamphun takes less than 48 hours with mail that I've traced.  Same with traceable mail that I send to the US from Lamphun.  Thai Post is extremely efficient.  When I track mail, the problems are ALWAYS with USPS.  USPS: Slow, slower, and snail-slow.

But?  You're out there in Isaan, so maybe it is different.  

[connda]

3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

You can download and send a copy, anytime you like.  No need to wait for one to arrive.

Fyi - you can download a copy from SSA. If you don't get one by November, I'd fill a couple of these out and send them.

https://www.ssa.gov/foreign/ssa7162ocrsm.pdf

 

FYI - this PDF does not include form boxes to input your name, address, and SSN.  You'll have to write those in by hand.

Example: (obviously for those folks in Mexico who only have to do this every two years)

3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

I know this, as I got the warning once, and why I send back multiple copies every year. 

Yeah, and if nothing shows up by November, they'll get multiple copies.