My bank also insisted. I told them my Rich Thai Uncle is an agent and sold me good insurance, and would disown me if I bought elsewhere. They laughed and said "OK".
Hey Matt, no need for school and Ed visa when with advice from members here you can easily come visa Exempt and combine with extensions and border bounces probably make it to your 50th bd allowing you to do as others have already advised and apply for one of the retirement visas. I suggest dedicating some time to go to the home page here and read as many posts from the past written by folks who were in a similar situation that you and your Pops find yourselves in, and ask here if anything is confusing. I got my non-O visa that way. You'll also soon get familiar with the names of those associated with rock solid advice, the couple of quacks, and those that may not know everything, but are honest good folk trying to help. If you don't have the time to do the work, or it's still a bit too confusing, and you're good with the fees, there is NO shame in using a well recommended agency, such as the owners of this page. Best wishes and Cheers!
It's the same exact concept Mark. The fact that some folks do some things different than you seems to disturb you a bit much. To each their own. Cheers! ππ
I think for the same reasons some folks have a mechanic do their car maintenance, use a laundry service, a taxi, maid, chef, etc... Do you buy your bread from a baker, at a market, or do you make it at home? How about the ingredients for that bread, do you grow the wheat, collect the water from a natural source, develop the yeast, build the fire to cook it. The list of things we all choose to pay someone else to do for us is enormous , and paying someone else to do those things allows us to do other things that we enjoy. I'd much rather sit in a comfortable chair and enjoy watching a beautiful sunset than having to pluck and gut a chicken every night to feed myself...