It's A Requirement For My Social Security Benefits Abroad - Heading To Bangkok!

In today’s video Gift and I head to Bangkok where we will spend one night, before heading to the airport to pick up my son David who is flying in from Germany. Before leaving home, I must take care of one requirement, in order to continue receiving my social security benefits while living abroad.
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[@loveit2942]

Love the intro music dance and of course it wouldn't be Thai Girl Girl & Foreigner Joe without the beautiful ending Gift smiling and dancing, love the markets and the food real Thai life is what I like to see thank you

[@mangostickyrice555]

Thumbs up 👍 Joe & Gift

[@user-bs4vb8vh6m]

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

[@carleto9597]

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.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@Fredroc57]

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.

[@garystaff3617]

Great food love the market s

[@ewengillies9826]

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.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@paulcousins1371]

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 👍🏿🥰

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏 so much!

[@Walt-ck5qn]

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!

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@wahoo57]

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

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

😊😆

[@smartbiz888]

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! 🙏🙏🙏 👍😎👍

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@martinpeacocke8968]

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

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@graemeaylward8313]

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 😀❤🙏

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏 God bless!

[@kevinp8108]

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.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Awesome! Wishing you safe travels!

[@dominiquelaurain6427]

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

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Our pleasure!

[@Traveler-PKK]

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.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Our pleasure! Wishing you safe travels back to PKK.

[@FOCUSonASIA13]

Safe Travels!

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏

[@scottprice4813]

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 .

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

People definitely need to be careful when walking on those types of tiles.

[@user-zx1ip8mk8y]

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

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

🙏

[@johngreenwood1290]

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

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Been living in Thailand for nearly 6 years now and just like the hundreds of thousands of other foreigners living in Thailand, and millions of visitors each year, not knowing how to speak Thai fluently or even basic Thai for that matter, hasn’t been an issue. Is my not speaking Thai having an impact on your life????? After all, our audience is 99% English speaking. Have a nice day!

[@eli1570]

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.

[@americaninthailand8760]

Where do you think you may go?

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Honestly, I feel as though I eat much healthier living in Thailand where the food is mostly fresh and not processed or full of preservatives. As for medication, I get mine from the pharmacy, no prescription required and the pharmacist are very knowledgeable about the medications I take. The weather is definitely not for everyone.

[@eli1570]

@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 Yeah, that is another problem I have with my medical health insurance. Apparently, my medical insurance told me that they will cover only 1/3 the cost for everything including prescription medications when I am outside the USA, and 100% when I am inside the USA. I'm not sure that I can find a discount medical insurance program that will only cover the other 66% that I need cover when I am in Thailand. Eating non processed food is easy in the USA if you are willing to do shopping and cooking for yourself at home. I don't really trust the restaurants in America as well, because they use too much salt, sugar, oil, butter, and cheese on everything.

[@eli1570]

@@americaninthailand8760 I'm fortunate enough to had paid off my house early in Northern California. My ex-employer had allowed me to keep my health insurance package for a small monthly fee as a part of my early retirement package. I don't know where I will end up yet, but for now I can totally afford living the FIRE life style in my own home in Northern California. I'm still looking around YT for that perfect retirement destination outside of the USA. Let me know if you have a tip on a good retirement place for me to check out. I would love to use the economic arbitrage of my US Dollars in a country outside the USA to live a more luxurious life style than I am living now.

[@kcl2862]

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.

[@KPDigitalTravel]

5:17 Representing our Mekong Delta!!! I am still praying for direct flights from Can Tho to Bangkok so it will be easier for us to get there and easier for you, and others, to visit our area. As of now you have four options...1) Fly here but be annoyed by a layover somewhere else in Vietnam. 2) Fly to Saigon and ride in a van for 3 hours with your butt clinched and your eyes closed, praying that you make here alive because there is 99% chance that those drivers will make you fear for your life. 3) Fly to Saigon and ride for 3 hours on a sleeper bus. Why aren't there regular busses for just a 3 hour drive? I have no idea. I have a sneaky feeling you don't want to ride a bus laying flat and feeling like you have been wedged into a coffin. 4) Drive your own vehicle for 20 hours straight from PKK to Can Tho. (I have no idea how one would go about driving their own car through 2 country borders and are not sure how safe it is to traverse Cambodia.) 😁

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Our plans did not include visiting your area on this upcoming trip. If I’m not mistaken you will be elsewhere during the time we plan on visiting. Feel free to PM with this info 🙏.

[@colleenrodamer9497]

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

[@abatude5879]

Nothing is the same as Italian food

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

I agree ☝️

[@tg213]

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.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

🙏 We love you all too. God bless!

[@FORNEYG2186]

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

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

You are probably right however, the return envelope had the US address from the Social Security Administration printed on it. I guess I could have taken a chance and used my own envelope.

[@FORNEYG2186]

@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 I never get that form from Social Security so I down load it and send it to the Philippines office! I hoping that they will actually correct my address soon!

[@Mike-du1dc]

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. 🤔

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Apparently we deal with both, as the form came from the SS administration in the US.

[@user-dc5du7om2u]

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.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

I did file for my SS benefits through the Manila office and received my interview from that office as well. In the case of the questionnaire that I need to fill out, that was sent to my Thai address from the SS administration in the US with a return envelope to the US SS administration.

[@Anthony-qn8ox]

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.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏 for sharing.

[@lilo7019]

take care All the best Another amazing vide love you 2

[@tomaszs9458]

🙏😎👍

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

🙏

[@GarNelson1]

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

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Yes I do. I also use google translate on my phone.

[@cindybelsher4076]

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

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Thank you 🙏. Unfortunately, Thai immigration is still only given the 30 day stamp on arrival. I was hoping that they already implemented the 60 day stamp, which would have been nice.

[@taccntb4345]

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.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

I submitted for my SS while in Thailand, therefore they have my Thai phone number and address. I also received my interview from the Manila SS office and they called me directly in Thailand.

[@taccntb4345]

@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 im not going to bother telling them. I dispise how the US creeps on our liberties, privacy and wants to know where we are at every moment. They dont do this out of care... its to keep track of you for IRS reasons.. Gotta keep the military contractors paid. :/ its as simple as that.

[@StevenSacto]

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

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Same here. It’s deposited directly into my US Bank Account.

[@cakleiss]

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?

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

No the post office did not ask about the number of pages. I do believe the form is required, to ensure you are not collecting payments if you are no longer alive.

[@apinyathananirun2074]

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😀

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

My Thai address, which is the same address where the SS administration sent the form to.

[@apinyathananirun2074]

@@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 thank you, I’m going back to Thailand in a year. I still have many years before I can claim social security, just trying to learn:)

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

🙏

[@kcl2862]

You can’t do ssi on line?

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

To the best of my knowledge the form requires a wet signature. I’m sure that it can then be faxed or scanned to the SS administration.

[@user-ce2yc4no1f]

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.

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

It would be upsetting but financially I would be okay.

[@markbeck3899]

Why would you even ask a question like that? 68 million Americans per month will receive a Retirement benefit check..around 700,000 of those are living overseas. Are you a special agent for the SSN agency with insider knowledge that nobody else has or maybe a conspiracy theorist or maybe you just don't trust the Thailand postal system. If it's the last one then I'm totally with you. Lol😂

[@markbeck3899]

But since everything is done by electronic bank to bank transfer now the Thai post office will never be involved😅

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Markbeck, while I’m not certain, he may have asked the question assuming that SS will run out of money in 10 years. I don’t stress over things that I have no control over, hence the reason for my response 😊

[@markbeck3899]

@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774 that's why I could never do what you do Joe. 99% of the comments may be positive in nature but it's that 1% of people who only want to cause controversy, chaos, confusion and doubt with their comments that I just couldn't deal with. It's great that you have the strength of character and positive attitude to ignore this part of your viewing audience and keep creating positive content.

[@aksn6203]

Where is your this home Which area Which city

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Mueang Prachuap Khiri Kahn.

[@onmywayhom4994]

Does Om , have a partner?

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

Aum is happily married for over 15 years now.

[@keithdollar4751]

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.

[@rafaelcastillo2636]

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

[@thaigirlgiftforeignerjoe7774]

93 years old that is awesome. Wishing your father many, many more years of happiness and good health.