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Re:Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Departme... by londons_explore on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @08:11PM (#34435470)
> Sending A4 instead of Letter will make them reject your paperwork on the spot.

This generally happens not because anyone actually cares about the paper size, but because some employee has a target to 'process 5 applications per day, and then you can go home.' If an application is made on the wrong size paper, thats an insta-deny, and the employee just saved themselves an hour!

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Re:Times New Roman is being phased out at the State Departme... by gus_massa on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @08:26PM (#34435590)
It's more about making nice folders where all the sheets hace the same size, and be able to make holes in the same spot in all of them. The employee has to be there 8 hours per day, even if there in no application to process.
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