Floradude Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Knowing there was a problem with Mexican customs (Aduana) holding the mail from the U.S. I am wondering if anyone living down here has yet received their social security income tax info.? I have not it is beginning to make me wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Habacht Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 received ours on 28 jan as did the other 4 people that share my p.o. box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calexico Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I received mine last month but I use HandyMail not the Mexican Postal Service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hensley Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Ebay orders have been coming to me in about 3 months lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Menudo Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 If you need it, tax information is available to you by the Internet login to SSA. You will need to setup an online account but it is very handy to have and 1099s are available that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canmex87 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I'm just starting to receive NOB Xmas cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I still haven't received any NOB Christmas cards. Several weeks back the Guadalajara Reporter said that the Mexican post office (in Mexico City or ?) was holding back delivery of all foreign mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floradude Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 El Munodo...you cannot set up an account with social security with a foreign address. Barbara I am assuming you do not use the Mexican post office for your delivery but a private box?? I was wondering if anyone had received it through the Mexican male. It is looking like no-one has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 It may never arrive, since it was probably bulk-mail from the USA, not first class mail. Could that be the problem? We loved our 13 years of never getting junk mail (all bulk mailings) from the USA. Now that we are in Tucson, most of our mail is junk. If you have not yet received your 1099s, etc., you should go online and search for them, as mentioned above. However, if you have kept good records, you can file without them by just adding up the appropriate figures from your own records, or those provided by your online bank in your home country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bennie2 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 unless its changes you CAN set up social security w/a mex adress. 3 of my relatives did that. i even went to guad office when they moved to give the new mex address. the $ was audomatic dep to US checking acct, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Menudo Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 El Munodo...you cannot set up an account with social security with a foreign address. Barbara I am assuming you do not use the Mexican post office for your delivery but a private box?? I was wondering if anyone had received it through the Mexican male. It is looking like no-one has. I set mine up using my Mexico address. No problemo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattoleriver Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Coincidentally, I just received this email today. If you already have an online account set up it should be simple to get Soc. Sec. 1099 forms online. Seems to confirm what has been mentioned earlier. George Special Message From Social Security Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. You are receiving this email from the Social Security Administration because you have registered for a my Social Security account, and you may be able to use a new online service that helps people who receive Social Security benefits and Medicare have the information they need to file their tax returns. If you didn’t receive or misplaced your SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S, you can now use your online my Social Security account to get an instant replacement for tax purposes. You just need to go to www.socialsecurity.gov/signin and log in to your account. Once you log in, select the "Replacement Documents" tab. If you don’t remember your user name and password, we can help you. Just visit the link, select Sign In, and then select whether you forgot your user name, password, or both. After you answer questions to verify your identity, you will be all set. Even if you don’t currently receive monthly benefits, or you receive benefits and don’t need a replacement SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S, we hope you will take advantage of the many services available with your my Social Security account at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount. Questions for SSA? Contact Us Join the millions and discover your benefits! Open a my Social Security account. STAY CONNECTED: SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Preferences | Unsubscribe | Help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagles100 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 We received a statement from our Canadian bank 5 months after it was sent. Since November, we received NOTHING until last week. One day, the mailman delivered 5 letters from Canada. They are obviously holding the mail somewhere and bulking it together. One of the pieces of mail was a Christmas card from my mother but she had also put a very nice musical birthday card in the same envelope; the latter was no longer in the envelope hmmmm Maybe they thought it was a bomb lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yo1 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I got a Christmas card from the US last week that was mailed Dec. 17. And today I got a certified letter mailed Dec 22. How can the postal service or Aduana justify holding certified mail for almost 2 months!! Has anyone heard why this happened? And will it continue to happen? They obviously are not dumping all the held mail into the system but only releasing a bit at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeandocean Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Just received a letter from Australia, that was mailed in August ! I think they have gone back to stapling the mail to the backs of chickens to get them from village to village ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedros Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I got a Christmas card from the US last week that was mailed Dec. 17. And today I got a certified letter mailed Dec 22. How can the postal service or Aduana justify holding certified mail for almost 2 months!! Has anyone heard why this happened? And will it continue to happen? They obviously are not dumping all the held mail into the system but only releasing a bit at a time. It is a scandal that someone should look into. But who? My bank in Canada will have mailed my T5 forms by now. I will need them to do my income tax but who knows when they might arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floradude Posted February 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Living full time in Mexico, with that address known to social security, and receiving my monthly payment deposited to my Banamex bank in Chapala how do you sign up for an account with a Mexican address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floradude Posted February 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I am repeating myself but there is no way you can Create An Account using the computer! It only accepts US addresses. As I said above I do not have a US address, cannot use a relative, because I live in Mexico full time for 12 years, and the Social Security Adm. knows my address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattoleriver Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 "Welcome to SSA’s Office of International Operations (OIO) home page. The purpose of this site is to assist Social Security customers who are outside the U.S. or planning to leave the U.S." "OIO is responsible for administering the Social Security program outside the U.S. and for the implementation of the benefit provisions of international agreements. Since SSA has no offices outside the U.S., OIO is assisted by the Department of State's embassies and consulates throughout the world. In the Philippines, the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office (VARO) in Manila assists." https://www.socialsecurity.gov/foreign/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phxfunguy Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 While on vacation in the Caribbean on my favorite isles of Saba and St. Maarten Dec. 9th, I mailed 4 letters from Saba and one from St. Maarten back to myself with their new stamps since they've changed after they broke up the Netherlands Antilles in 2010. (I collect the postal history of the Dutch Caribbean.) The one mailed from Saba to iShop via Laredo arrived two weeks later. Three of the other four were addressed to my house in Chapala and one to iShop but using their local address. None has arrived to date but I'm hopeful now. I had checked with the guys at the Chapala post office three weeks ago and they looked through two small bundles of mail they had for delivery. It was the only mail that had arrived there for weeks. I suspect the Caribbean mail is routed through Miami. A Christmas card from my aunt in England was mailed the end of Nov. and likewise has not arrived either, so maybe it's routed through the US too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floradude Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Mattloleriver I thought you were on to something with this info. but sadly no. Clicking on the website and going down the list of services including getting your Income Tax info. Unfortunately the first step in this process takes you right back to the social security web and asks you to sign up for an account Has not changed since yesterday.....still need a US address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Menudo Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Floradude, This page lists 800 numbers and services around the world. May be a helpful, not sure. http://www.ssa.gov/agency/contact/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Menudo Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Knowing there was a problem with Mexican customs (Aduana) holding the mail from the U.S. I am wondering if anyone living down here has yet received their social security income tax info.? I have not it is beginning to make me wonder. Floradude, I have sent you a pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bennie2 Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 my important mail never reached to US (ajijic to US). its been 40 days. (sent normal) i want to resend & maybe use "handy mail". how long does that take these days? i used "mailboxes ect" for many years, it was about 10 days or so for arrival. it was the less expensive service, they fly it to texas. the mail goes to lorado. (other option is to do registered from ajijic so they can trace it on the computer). does anyone know the telephone for handymail? do they speak english? who should i ask for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phxfunguy Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 I just received 3 of the 4 letters mailed to my house from the Caribbean Dec. 9th, they arrived Feb. 23. My Christmas card from the UK is still out there as is the last letter from St. Maarten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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