tall4anasian Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 (edited) need some opinions here. Do you guys/gals think that these name checks take soo long. Because 1. China is a communist state? 2. There are just too many people in China? I know in S. Korea and Taiwan. Name checks dont take long at all. Nor perhaps other DEMOCRATIC countries. Discuss..... Edited November 9, 2005 by tall4anasian (see edit history) Link to comment
IluvmyLi Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 My SO's name is the same as probably 100 mill other Chinese. I do not look forward to the name check process Link to comment
wpc76180 Posted November 10, 2005 Report Share Posted November 10, 2005 need some opinions here. Do you guys/gals think that these name checks take soo long. Because 1. China is a communist state? 2. There are just too many people in China? I know in S. Korea and Taiwan. Name checks dont take long at all. Nor perhaps other DEMOCRATIC countries. Discuss.....167576[/snapback]IMHO: 1) Yes. 2) Yes 3) Chinese names appear similar in Western alphabets i.e. Wang Li Li in Beijing is the same as Wang Li Li in Shanghai. But written in Chinese, the Wang Li Li can be different. So gwai-lo's computer software don't understand that Wang Li Li can be different persons. 4) Few staff in Washington DC doing name checks. Not to mention, the staff needs security clearance to access CLASS, NCIC, etc etc And security clearances take time to approve -- even for US Citizens. 5) Staff who gets Security clearances usually leave for better pay at private government contractors like CSC, Raytheon, etc etc. Or worse, they get burn-out from the low-pay, and mind-numbing job, checking names and staring at a green computer screen all day. (eg: my previous supervisor got carpal tunnel in both hands after 5 years at the NSA....and they never paid a dime for her surgery) 6) Guangzhou is a big bottle neck. Look at India (population = 1 billion), it has 3 US Consulates handling Immigrant visas. And not to mention the US consulates in India have more useful information on the websites. Link to comment
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