This is not easy to do. Alcor is a US Corporation, providing a technically sophisticated service that cannot be offered at the same level outside this country for many reasons. As technology advances, this becomes increasingly complicated, requiring greater surgical skills and more advanced equipment and pharmaceuticals. The problem of funding mechanisms and dealing with a multitude of different legal systems is very difficult to overcome without placing Alcor into jeopardy. In addition to their worldwide reputation and network of agents familiar with the laws in all major countries, the head of Rowland Brothers has given Alcor exemplary cooperation and assistance.
Expatriation is their specialty.
The great distances involved and obstacles such as laws, embassy rules, and airline schedules tend to work against the goal of acting quickly. In order to carry out our primary responsibility, Alcor must make sure that our long term strength and stability as an organization are not jeopardized by the financial problems that would result from unfunded cryotransport operations. Financial security leads to the need to make sure that members have secure funding mechanisms. This presents problems, of course, for persons who are trying to arrange for membership. Such problems are often even more difficult for persons who do not live in the United States.