Відео

You can send that to the Social Security in the Philippines 🇵🇭!

not sure if you considered just installing solar panels and inverter (with option to add the lithium batteries later) price should be manageable and faster ROI.

Safe Travels!

It sounds like a small thing but you mention that slippery tile at the service station . I must say on all my visits to Thailand - even the high end hotels slippery spots are everywhere there . Getting out of the shower can be treacherous quite honestly .

Happy 4 July to you sir, looked like a nice time had by all, hope your son has a great time in the land of smiles 👍🏿🥰

Joe … I live in NZ and Manila handles my SS issues… I’m sure they would handle yours as well. I sent some very important papers to the SSA in Baltimore registered mail and they never got it. Ck it out my friend.

My wife and I went LMAO when Gift told you BS! 😂

Hi Joe, when you said they want to make sure your address hasn’t changed, which address do you suppose to fill out? US address or Thai address? Thank you😀

Hi Gift and Joe, on the move again I see. This time to Bangkok to take Gift's Mum and Oum back to Bangkok. Wow, that Shopping Mall is enormous! Not my cup of tea at all. I prefer to know what I want, go to the shop get it and come straight out again. I hate wandering round for the sake of it, unless I am choosing food of course 🙂 I hope and pray that your son had a safe trip from Germany and that he is now safely ensconced in your beautiful house. I am sure that you will both have a wonderful time with him. God bless you all and keep you safe 😀❤🙏

Not sure how germane this is but foreign spouse must meet the usual criteria 1)spouse is receiving SS 2 )meets age requirements and 3) must have 5 years of US residency jointly to receive benefits. This is true for spousal or survivor benefits. Some exceptions for foreign citizens from countries with retirement systems with agreements with the US. Thailand and the Phillipines are not among them. If you father foreign children, unless they are US residents or US citizens no survivor benefits without residency.. personally i was shocked to learn this. If a Thai marries an old codger like me and fathers children cannot rely on SS for spouse/survivor benefits.

Old timers say just file every year no matter if requested in November . Can any one else verify that ? Mail takes so long by the time you get the request the deadline is quick.

🙏😎👍

Then it’s worth it to send it by mail. The only notary you can use in Thailand for US stuff is at the embassy in Bkk or consulate in cnx and it costs 50$ usd and appointments take two weeks or more.

As I understand it, this form (7162) must be mailed in to arrive(recorded as received)by the end of January the following year annually... I just started drawing this year, so as I understand it, I'll send in next year... They send out the form via snail mail to your address, but hopefully, I can download online... I maintain a USA address still, makes many things easier... Looks like typical rainy season has arrived, good for the greenery... Big malls, big chances to spend, haha...100 baht is just going to make Gift mad! Enjoy the weekend, hopefully your son will enjoy Thailand like so many of us do! 🙏🙏🙏 👍😎👍

take care All the best Another amazing vide love you 2

Hello Mom & Oum & Emmy & Gift & Joe. Thanks for video about everyday life ;-)

Yes. SSA 7162. First year here I changed condos and did not notify SSA. Looked online saw payment was halted. Freaking out I sent originals to Manila by FedEx and emailed them as well. Didn’t miss the payment but it was a hairy week for me. Change your address notify them. Form comes out in June.

Im an American. Retired in TH. Why tell SS when all my mail comes to a US address? And if I dont tell them or I forgot to tell them... they can not remove your SS bennefits as far as I know.

You can’t do ssi on line?

Geneic Generator is the way to go...

I get my social security check via direct deposit. Can live anywhere in the world

Happy for You that David gets to see you and spend time with you & Gift.

Social security form "are-you- still-alive?". Did post office ask you how many sheets of paper you were mailing? They asked me when I mailed my form. Guess the intent was to charge me by the page?

What SS Form number did you like with Social Security? I that the only form required? I never filed one, and I am unsure they know about my marriage! This could be bad since I have medical problems now.

Does Om , have a partner?

Hi Joe. Do you record on your phone? I ask since I often use the Google Translate camera function when I'm at the market to read the produce signs. It would be better if I could read Thai, but after fourteen years, that's not going to happen. 555

Nice Video thanks! I thought all US expats in Thailand dealt with SS in Manilla instead of USA? I think if we move back to Thailand I will leave my SS delivery to my US bank & transfer after that. 🤔

Where is your this home Which area Which city

Hello Joe Gift & Mom w/family! I truly enjoy the "open air" markets and vendors. My first introduction was visiting my paternal grandmother living in Hong Kong for the first time in 1973. The reason being the size of affordable living space and cost of refrigeration. Nice tip about the Social Security information! Happy 4th Joe! Enjoyable video as always; good fortune, health, fun and happiness. Stay safe everyone!

Yoooooo Jersey Boy. When you gonna start learning the language?????

Seeing Gifts sister dancing in the mirror. 👍😁 Good to she your family again, Gift. 🙏 Money well spent it's better to be safe than sorry.

Just a comment on that Social Security Questionnaire. And my personal experience. Lived in Bangkok for approximately three years. Now living back in the states. SSA stopped sending it because of Covid situation I believe. I got my first one the last year in Bangkok. The same day I returned it Registered Mail. Four weeks later it was scammed delivered with a signature. A few months later I received a reminder letter. It said the first questionnaire was never received. And I also received another questionnaire. I called the SSA office in the states. The person said it was not in the system. Even though it was scanned received. She advised me to send the second one. Because my benefits could stop. I sent the second one Express Mail type service. It showed on the scans it was received at the SSA address and signed for. I called two weeks later to verify. I was again told it wasn’t received and my benefits could stop. I then emailed the US Embassy in the Philippines to report it. That embassy has an SSA division there. The embassy contacted the SSA office in the states. Not only did the office have the second questionnaire I sent. But also the original one mailed months ago. So be sure to use a service where it can be tracked. I was a member of a Thailand expat forum. Some had no issues with this. But many of them had the same issue I had.

That's good your son David coming to visit you and Gift. And thanks for the update of Social Security Benefits living Aboard in Thailand, didn't know you have to check in every year. So you and Gift have a good time picking your son up in Bangkok. Stay safe.

Gelato in Italy, there’s no better gelato on earth. Happy 4th!

Once u taste the real stuff u can never get the right taste out of the rest

Nothing is the same as Italian food

Joe, if I told you that your social security check might not arrive, how would that impact you? Prepare. I don't mean to scare you.

So beautiful view and road and nice morning maket 😮😉👍❤️🎉🎊

You're lucky to have duch a good market clise to home. Great variety and quality looks good. Safe visit for your son Joe. Bushyboy Oz.

Sawadee Krap! My Papa just got one of those forms 7162. He is at Mexico and is 93. It cost me 450 pesos around 27 USD cert. mail. Kap Kun Krap

Hi Joe and Gift! I will be in Thailand this October and I am staying at an Airbnb condo in Nonthaburi near my cousin's house.

Oh you switched of comments. Mm

Wooow. Did she give you the look when you said 100 Baht. Better be careful old chap or you will be sitting out on the street with nothing.

Hello Joe and Gift, that was a very nice and informative video. I have to admit though that the more that I watch your videos, the more that I see what real everyday life is in Thailand. Not the Thailand through the tourist's eyes after spending 30 days at a time in Thailand. The more that I watch Thailand, the more that I want to come back for another 30 days visit. I now know that I can not live in Thailand for health reasons. I have high blood pressure, and everything that I see to eat in Thailand in both Thai's food and Western food have too much salts, oil, and saturated fats. Also, the temperature is too damn hot and humid for me to do my daily walk without looking a wet fish afterward. It is a beautiful country, and I would love to visit Thailand once again, but you guys have convinced me via your videos that it would not be a good fit for me when it comes to maintaining my health to live in Thailand full time as a retiree.

I'm curious if your son got a 30 or 60 day stamp. It was supposed to be changed.Congratulations on your engagement.

Nice video of the wet market. I am in TN until Sep and will return to PKK. Thanks for the great video of town and congrats on your son visits.