No help from Senators Corey or Menendez or Congressman Payne's Office

I just got off the phone with the IRS, and they confirmed the address, birthdate, phone number.  They are all perfect on their records, yet I still can't get into the GetMyPayment IRS website.  How does that happen?  there has to be a block somewhere.  They sent a check on 5/1/2020 which I have never received, what's new?  I never get IRS correspondence.  So I have to call them in two days to place a trace on the check.  At that time they will block the check and issue another which I will send my my friend to deposit in a US bank account.  

I don't believe in conspiracy theories, but how can it be that all my info is correct on the IRS records, and I was never allowed to enter the website to add the bank account info and learn what was happening with my payment?


This must be so extremely frustrating to you. I admire your patience and persistence.


Thanks, and if I run into troubles, I will contact them.  


Copihue said:

I just got off the phone with the IRS, and they confirmed the address, birthdate, phone number.  They are all perfect on their records, yet I still can't get into the GetMyPayment IRS website.  How does that happen?  there has to be a block somewhere.  They sent a check on 5/1/2020 which I have never received, what's new?  I never get IRS correspondence.  So I have to call them in two days to place a trace on the check.  At that time they will block the check and issue another which I will send my my friend to deposit in a US bank account.  

I don't believe in conspiracy theories, but how can it be that all my info is correct on the IRS records, and I was never allowed to enter the website to add the bank account info and learn what was happening with my payment?

 A lot of people with US addresses are going thru the same thing as you with regards to tracking and receiving the stimulus check. Even people who filed taxes last year, the system is far from perfect unfortunately. I know of one person who went in circles for weeks with get my payment until they changed to Microsoft edge browser from Chrome and typed their address in all caps smh. Glad you were able to get it resolved. 


I tried Get My Payment with Edge, and it still didn't work.  I called them, the 800-829-1040 answers now.  

When I was searching for an answer, I logged on to the Expat websites, and many people didn't get their checks.  Most resigned to not receiving it, and it means that they really don't care about us and/or they did it on purpose.


I shudda known that I would get nowhere today, but I fell for it.  I called as instructed by the IRS agent two days ago to place a stop payment order on the check and have another one sent to a local address, and after waiting 55 minutes I did get a hold of an agent who contradicted practically everything that I was told two days ago.  She then transfered me to the Covid19 phone number which turned out to be the same tape I have heard every time I call.  I wait for the end of the tape, and it plays again the same info I have heard dozens of times.


The two IRS agents I spoke to told me that I had to either ask for a stop payment on the check after waiting another two days or waiting for the check since they take four weeks to reach the recipient, yeah, she said that; I'm not making it up.  Today eleven days later they told me that my check was returned by the chilean post office, and at the IRS since 5/11.  So these ladies who had me waiting and making calls to phones that never answer didn't bother to tell me that they had the check back already.

No one seems to know what to do about getting me my money, because their only alternative is to send me another check, they can't deposit the money on my account.

No word from Menendez, Corey, Payne or Pascrell.    Lots of lip service about giving help to constituents, but I have received none.  Does anyone have any suggestions? 


If you are entitled to but do not receive the stimulus check, you can apply it to your 2020 taxes.

see last paragraph here https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/02/didnt-get-your-stimulus-payment-heres-how-find-it/

and pasting it here in case you can't access:

If you don’t receive payment by the end of the year, you’ll still have an opportunity to get the stimulus funds. It’s not ideal if you’re struggling now, but you can get the money when you file your 2020 federal return next year.


Copihue said:


No word from Menendez, Corey, Payne or Pascrell.    Lots of lip service about giving help to constituents, but I have received none.  Does anyone have any suggestions? 

 I do not remember if you have a bank account here in US. If so can you have them send the check to someone here who will then deposit it into your account.

If you do not have an account in the US can someone here receive and deposit the check to their own account and then wire the money to your account in Chile? Will IRS send your check to your lawyer in US for instance. Let me know. Maybe I can help. 


Tomorrow i will call IRS to ask if they will mail it to my friend’s address in Eest Orange and ask him to federal express it to me. That could work.

Thank you for caring.



I'm curious - since you are no longer a U.S. resident, do you need to go through your former NJ representatives, or are there other avenues for navigating the bureaucracy? How does it work when you live overseas? 


If you have a US account, why can't they just direct deposit it there the same way as for so many others receiving stimulus payments?


Copihue said:

Tomorrow i will call IRS to ask if they will mail it to my friend’s address in Eest Orange and ask him to federal express it to me. That could work.

Thank you for caring.

 I do not know the banking system in Chile but it might be better if he deposits it in his account and wires it to you. Of course he may have a problem with his bank here.


sac said:

If you have a US account, why can't they just direct deposit it there the same way as for so many others receiving stimulus payments?

IRS procedures don't allow the money to be deposited once a check is sent, though they had the checking info all along and they chose to send a paper check.  I knew this would happen when I first heard of this payment, and I immediately communicated with my elected representatives to ask them to stop the mailing of a check.  At that time I gave them my banking info which had changed, but they have never responded. They wasted my time, and they don't care.  I am angry, because they want our vote, but then when you need them, they're not home.  No wonder people donate huge amounts of money to elected officials; it's the only way to get anything done.  

I used to be very active in the Democratic Party, till I saw my taxes in Maplewood increase 5% per year till I could no longer live in Maplewood.  Then I used to call and everything was taken care of with one call.  No more.  That is the way it is.  Pay up.

I just got off the phone with the IRS International division, and they will mail the check to my friend who will FedEx it to me.  I called 15 times to finally speak to someone.  I have been calling since 7 am when they are supposed to open.  Tapes said that the offices were not open when they are supposed to be open, after 8 am they would pick up the line and never come on the phone, they just stopped the phone from ringing.  This has been going on for months.  Makes this human feel like worthless trash.



Out of nowhere I got a message from one of Senator Booker's camp, maybe volunteers, trying to help.  But it was all done.  Nonetheless, I appreciated the call and his attitude which appeared to be sincere.  What upset me the most with the previous representatives of elected officials is the promise that they would do something, but did nothing.  Maybe it was difficult, but it would have been nice if they had made an attempt to contact me to say "I want you to know that I haven't forgotten about you, but i am having problem x, y and z."  I was working every angle I could, and nothing was working as t was supposed to, so that was understandable.  It might have even been comforting to me if I had known that the man with the keys to the house also couldn't get anything done.


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