Re:My last name makes me invisible to Computers (2015)
by kalleboo on Saturday August 19, 2017 @12:46AM
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I had a fun issue signing up for a bank here in Japan.
Japanese people can't have middle names (the citizen registry doesn't allow it), but foreigners can, so many systems will reject spaces in the name field. Meanwhile they're meticulous about making sure your name matches your ID exactly, leading to the situation I had.
The bank's web signup form disallowed spaces in your name, so I wrote my name FIRSTMIDDLE. Then when they processed my application they sent me an email "Your name doesn't match your ID card! Please approve the change to 'FIRST MIDDLE'."
Japanese people can't have middle names (the citizen registry doesn't allow it), but foreigners can, so many systems will reject spaces in the name field. Meanwhile they're meticulous about making sure your name matches your ID exactly, leading to the situation I had.
The bank's web signup form disallowed spaces in your name, so I wrote my name FIRSTMIDDLE. Then when they processed my application they sent me an email "Your name doesn't match your ID card! Please approve the change to 'FIRST MIDDLE'."