@Hans-Georg *****

it’s the copy of the passport that needs the verification and Thai MFA stamp.

I had to do similar activity with my US passport/marriage affidavit at the US Embassy then translated and MFA certified stamped before I got married here. Seeing as MFA is in Bangkok, we just used a translation service for picking up the copies while we were in Bangkok and then doing the translation plus doing the MFA stamp portion. They mailed the docs to us once they were finished.

It happened to me even after I went to the bank and showed correct information and mobile ownership same as my passport. Still locked me out. The support team has been trying to resolve why it locked me and and even just now before I type this the bank branch employee that helped me earlier this month called me and said they checked in their system and I should not have locked app. So tomorrow I will go back again to the branch and talk to the same lady to try again to unlock. I have seen many posts about this even after people took the time to verify before lockout date or their information matched exactly in all parts. After having worked in technology for over 20 years I can say if something can go wrong it will. Even if everything looks normal something on the technology side will mess it up.

Same thing happened to me at the first of the month. Did all the required stuff before the cutoff date and they still locked me out of the app. 🤦

Got the notice from Bangkok Bank. Called their customer service line and told them all my stuff matches. They didn’t have an answer. Someone called me back the next day and said I had to go prove ownership of my number and get a letter from my mobile carrier. Take it to the branch and provide the details and the letter. Wasted my time and spent 3 hours doing this and the bank employee said that, as I suspected, all of my information matched. Bangkok Bank app still locked me out today. Did what they required me to do to keep the app from locking but they still did it anyways.

@Peter *********

have you done the tax resident paperwork with your bank ? Once you do then you can come respond again. I have and the documents clearly state that if I am a full time tax resident of USA which I am then I am not subject to the tax residency here in Thailand. I don’t know which country you are from but the 180 days means nothing being from the USA. We never lose tax residency status in the USA. Not on a work permit so no tax status in Thailand.

Mike, you can’t do the Non-Immigrant O visa by using the monthly income as your initial issuance. You have to use the 800k in Thai bank account method. The Thai immigration doesn’t accept any social security payment documentation. Now on your 2nd issuance you can show but you would have to start the 65k the month before you get your first because you have to show 12 months of deposits in a Thai bank account for when you do the renewal. They have to show as international transfers and even that is becoming more difficult because the banks transfer the money in strange ways that doesn’t show up as international transfers except for wire transfers or direct deposits. Based on the payment date which is the 3rd day of each month for USA social security it would never fall outside a month. Still not easy

@Jack **********

show us where US social security is taxed for a single individual with no other income and no spouse with income .

@Tony *********

not true at all. He would never lose his USA residency for tax purposes even if he stayed away from 10 years. Unless he is making money in Thailand which he can’t do on a Non-Immigrant visa he is not a tax resident of Thailand. I guess you haven’t done the paperwork with your Thai bank yet as you would know this once you do that paperwork.

@Fred *****

the specific home country is the detail you miss. I don’t have a work permit in Thailand and the USA taxes my income where ever it is made. I am on a non-immigrant visa and a full time tax resident of the USA. The 180 days is irrelevant for USA citizens that don’t work and earn money in Thailand.