Yuli Hu

If you're 50 and over, see an agent soon after you arrive and you'll be able to stay indefinitely as a retiree with annual renewals. I've had three renewals on Australian passport.

I do empathise having had a similar fate with much valued sentimental items prized over a lifetime. However, for my own wellbeing and peace of mind, it was best to move on and even forgive. Be in your present. The past is just a memory many parts of which are best forgotten.