Den Newbold-Powell he was just asking how to verify it - and I am assuming that it is for visa purposes considering the group. For specific help for veterans for using those veterans here there are a few FB groups that deal with those issues.

Alan Rothwell The question was how to verify the income from the two entities, so I answered that.

A U.S. Social Security benefit verification letter alone is generally not accepted by Thai Immigration for a retirement visa, particularly for extensions, because it is not an income affidavit certified by the U.S. Embassy. You must usually provide a Thai bank statement showing 800,000 THB or consistent 12 monthly income transfers into a Thai bank to get the visa.

Also keep in mind that Thai immigration regulations can change, and interpretation can vary by office. Always verify requirements with your specific local immigration office or the Royal Thai Embassy

To get a visa here generally you must prove income by showing 12 consecutive months of at least 65,000 THB (or 800,000 THB annual equivalent) in transfers into a Thai bank account, verified by your passbook.

U.S. citizens must usually deposit 800,000 THB in a Thai bank for the initial visa and first-year extension and can generally only use the 65K per month once they have 12 months of bank statements that prove that income is available for your use in Thailand. They don't care which government agency provides that income - they only want to see that you have the funds accessible to use within this country.

you can get your Social Security Benefit Verification Letter from your my social security account - not sure on the VA

If you plan to travel in and out of the country multiple times then you will need a multiple re-rentry permit, otherwise each time you leave the country you need to stop by the immigration desk and get a re-entry permit prior to leaving. It's a fairly straight forward process.

You pay premium for your visa (whatever they quote you) and you end up having to pay that year after year. If you seed your own 800K baht in the bank and do the visa yourself it costs about 1900 baht per year. While you may lose some interest doing it that way - you can recoup that watching the exchange rate and transferring funds at the right times to live on and using some of the 800K through the year (other than the required two months before the application date / three months post application date where 800K must be in the bank)

Yaoyu Brancheau no Expats tax online. They are horrible .

Whatever service you use, don't use expats online. They are absolutely woeful. Took 4 months to do my return last year and charged me excess costs twice before they were complete - what use to cost me 329 usd for return and fbar suddenly was over 1,000 usd. between the three seperate invoices they sent me. Very disorganised and rude customer service. I do not recommend. This year going with someone else - will cost the same but at least they were upfront about it. I'll wait to see how they do before giving a recommend for them though.

Andy Johnston Yeah, border bouncing always was risky as it set outside the requirements. The only change there is they are enforcing the rules now. I won't be surprised if they decide one day to enforce the 800K rules but in saying that the agencies that provide the service are big business so raise revenue for the country, so it may be they are happy with that side of things. End of the day each of us is responsible for our own approach to how we manage this and the consequence is that you may be caught and then excluded from entering. I am a firm believer in following immigration law, so to do different to what I do would make me a hypocrite. I value my ability to stay here long term so follow the letter of the law.

We tend to keep our account at the 800K each year round and rarely dip under that because we planned well in advance for our move here and saved enough to be able to do that as per the requirements listed. By watching the exchange rate and moving our money at the right times it negates the lower interest rate of the account and by completing the visa requirements on our own and paying only the 1900 baht each we save as well. End of the day, who cares what others do, as long as it meets the requirements of the country, each to their own.

Common sense really. Those of us who have moved here are guests and we need to respect the rules in place, the people and the culture if we wish to remain welcome here.