Welcome to Paris

Barbados welcome stamp

I definitely enjoy procrastinating from a tropical island more than in a big city

Best to always have an onward ticket when entering AU. You don’t want to risk being denied entry.

Just purchase a ticket that has flexible changes

Professional chef courses are for people training to be chefs and working full time in that industry. These are not cheap courses as people are investing in their career.

This isn’t something you study on the side, get your qualities and perhaps use later.

The closest to a chefs training will be Cordonbleu, they have short courses, again not cheap due to their highly trained, well-known school and teachers

https://www.cordonbleu.edu/programmes/en

-ex Chef

You absolutely do not need a lawyer. It’s incredibly easy to apply for.

Just when I thought I’ve read it all on here.

Unforced spiritual presence in the US? Lol nope

Forced? 100%

No, not if you are based in the US.

Typically a remote company will pay you via EOR, employer of record, which means a US based entity. You’ll need your W2 and SSN for this.