Trying to Open A Bank Account for Abby

I never knew there would be so many hurdles just to open an account for Abby.

First of all, it turned out that she's considered to be a minor here in Taiwan... so we had to have both parents present with two IDs and Alan even had to bring his passport.

Then because Abby has a US passport, there was a special form to fill out and Alan said, "Wait... I need to find out what the US tax laws would be on that..."

So after more than an hour, we did not finish the process. Alan is going to check before we turn in this US tax form required by the bank.

This also brought to our mind that if Abby were to move out right now, she would have a difficult time finding a place to lease. No landlord here would rent to a MINOR without asking for the parents' signature. They want to make sure they are going to get their monthly rent. The only way for her to have a place is if one of her friends who is renting somewhere sublet a room to her or is willing to share the room with her with the full knowledge of the landlord. We will see what happens with that!

One positive thing that we found out was banks in Taiwan will not issue a credit card to minor... and if the person is no longer a minor, he/she must prove that they are financially secure, meaning a full time job or prove of employment is required!

Other than that... the day went rather smoothly!

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