Advice needed regarding my Proof-of-Address challenge:

Hi friends,

Recently, I have located a person from North Carolina (not a friend or family member) who is willing to allow me to use their home address so that I can receive mail and get a Utility bill in my name at their address.

North Carolina is 14 hours drive south of the Canadian Border and I really do not want to visit this state because it’s cost and time prohibitive for me. (It’s very difficult to get an ongoing USA Utility bill in your name if you don’t have an American friend or family member.)

My plan was to ultimately open 2 Personal Bank Accounts and 2 or 3 Business Bank Accounts in Niagara Falls NY which is just a 2 hour drive for me. I live in Toronto.

My concern is that I could walk into any of the Big USA banks branches in Niagara Falls NY and when the bank employee looks at my proof of address and notices I claim to live in North Carolina ….

….is that this bank employee is going to kick me out of her branch and insist that I go visit a BOA branch that is in North Carolina?

Based on my needs of wanting to open "multiple bank accounts," am I crazy for even considering using a person’s North Carolina address when I’m never really wanting to visit North Carolina?

And, am I constantly going to be fighting an uphill battle with bank employees at Niagara Falls NY banks when they ask me why I just don’t open a Personal-or-Business bank account in the State (North Carolina) that my paperwork says in live in?

Or, will Niagara Falls NY bank employees not be to concerned as long as all my other paperwork looks good?

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