What are the best ways for Americans on social security in Thailand to send yearly information on time despite slow mail services?

It cannot be completed on line. Unfortunately they are not that far advanced lol.

I had to do the questionnaire one year before I moved from Thailand after that and it was a mess.

I returned it same day by registered mail Thai Post . When USPS delivered it , it was scanned and signed for.

A few months later I received the form again with a letter saying the first one was never received. I called the social security number where the form was mailed to. Person confirmed first one was never received. So this time I sent it EMS Thai Post. It was then scanned delivered by USPS with a signature.

I called the office where it got delivered a few weeks later. The person insisted neither form was received and my payments could be stopped.

I then contacted the FBU at the US Embassy in Manila. Five days later I received an email. It said they contacted social security and they actually had both forms. The original I sent and the replacement one

Next year, I'm going to download the form, print it, fill it out, sign it, scan it, and email it home for family to mail it in. This last one, I got at my Thailand address (no doubt took 3 weeks to get to me) and mailed it to SSA (no doubt took another 3 weeks) and so far my SS deposit to Bangkok Bank hasn't stopped yet. I've hear horror stories though of people who SSA just stops sending payment and they had to contact SSA via Philippines or whatever to get it cleared up. Seems insane to me they can't manage an online process. Maybe the 86,000 new IRS employees to torment taxpayers would have been better used going to SSA.

Send express mail. It’s expensive. Two weeks and it costs 1500 baht. Another method is to give POA to someone in the us and have them fill it out and send it for a US postage stamp

Can’t you do it on the website??

Yearly information?

Do you have any friends in the US that can handle it for you?

I use a mail service and claim I live in the US. The mail service will open the letter for you and send you photos. That may not be too much help but if you tell SS that you live with a friend, and that friend process the paperwork for you, you could buy them a steak dinner and save money on postage.

What is yearly proof of life letter? I've never heard of that?

Use DHL if in a hurry. Otherwise expect 2 to 4 weeks. And you can get tracking #.

If you are referring to the yearly proof of life letter, I return it using EMS mail. You can sort of track the envelope and it is much faster than regular mail. I think it costs about $30.

Send it early

Mail is slow 🤣😂