Last week I went to the NIA in Taipei to get an alien residency record, it cost 100NT and they told me to come back next Tuesday, so today.
When I got there, they had made a mistake, and for some reason it didn’t show my address in English which I needed. I told them about the mistake and he said don’t worry, clicked two buttons on his computer and printed a new one in about twenty seconds.
My question is, why do they make you wait so long, sometimes over a week for them to print a piece of paper which takes just a few seconds?
My guess is that, if they say it takes two days to print, it makes it look difficult and time consuming, therefore justifying their 100NT fee.
Yeah it did, but the same guy who printed it, stamped it, so I don’t see why he couldn’t have done it when I first requested it. Beurocracy might seem efficient in Taiwan, but it is terribly inconsistent and I would forfeit efficiency for consistency any day of the week.
Some departments are inefficient in the UK, but most are quite quick. I sent my passport to the UK last week, within 7 working days I had my new passport in my hand. They practically printed my passport the same day the they received my old one and sent it on to Taiwan. If it wouldn’t have been for the international shipping, I’d have had it back in 3 days.
I think it could take a month for me especially if I put it through Beijing according to their ‘policy’. I cannot apply online either it must be a paper application (although I heard in country citizens can apply online ).
They changed it a few years ago, now it goes straight to the UK. When you apply they will say it could take up to 4 weeks, but it only took a week for mine to get back.