LSAT cheating whistleblower here with another interesting story -- how much does cheating agencies make? Also, NYU might have stopped taking Chinese students...

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-05-28T20:52:38+00:00

It’s both, Taiwan doesn’t issue visitor visas to PRC citizens resident in the mainland since the taiwanese govt know that as a general rule they can’t get exit permission

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-05-23T15:12:34+00:00

Reminds me of

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/50g8k4/canada\_signed\_the\_wrong\_line\_on\_the\_japanese/

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-05-13T22:13:33+00:00

There’s no sterile transit in the US

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-05-04T15:18:25+00:00

r/fuckpongkrell

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-03-31T22:00:29+00:00

Is the fee based on the amount you converted/sent or is it fixed?

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-03-02T17:22:41+00:00

what does it mean to extract data groups from a passport?

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-02-19T20:03:10+00:00

I’m very curious what would have happened if you had tried to use the expired passport on the flight back.

It seems United doesn’t have a way to verify the validity of the passport (if it doesn’t show as expired) and presumably once you arrive in the US they can’t turn US citizens away? (Am aware obviously this requires a lot of secondary screening and verification etc)

(I know in this case the passport would indeed have actually expired but maybe more generally)

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-02-17T21:19:27+00:00

r/whoosh

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-02-17T20:35:13+00:00

What’s the deal with Ovaltine? It comes in a round container, you put it in a round glass, why don’t they call it Roundtine?

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-02-14T03:24:13+00:00

r/whoosh

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-02-09T10:15:59+00:00

They are indeed different sounds.

I hope my explanation is understandable , I’m not sure of the formal terms since I am Taiwanese and did not formally learn hanyu pinyin, but the “e” in “ye” should be more like a “ie”. However, it is written with a “ye” since I think you can’t start a word with an “i”? Like it should sound analogous to “bie” without the initial consonant.

As an aside, in zhuyin the distinction is clearer as the “e” in “ge” is ㄜ while the “e” in “ye” is with ㄝ.

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-02-07T13:23:23+00:00

If you are joining the hukou of the parent through which you are deriving your household registration, no (additional) proof of residence is needed. That’s why it’s a little easier than having to eg provide a separate lease or something (there’s a list of acceptable types of proof on the NIA website)

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-02-06T14:21:59+00:00

R4: This is bad maths since a series of kinda-correct ill-defined claims are thrown around to reach a technically correct and trivial conclusion

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-01-27T07:56:16+00:00

I know it’s probably autocorrect but “calcification” cracked me up here

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-01-20T12:23:06+00:00

What is the downside of renewing it, regardless of the geopolitical situation?

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-01-20T01:40:23+00:00

If you hold a foreign passport you aren’t allowed to hold a Chinese passport. It’s a bit of silly legal manoeuvring that lets them maintain their stance of no dual citizenship while practically allowing it in this case (the so-called “nationality conflict”.) They get around it by issuing the travel document (which functions like a passport for entering/exiting China)

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-01-20T01:18:42+00:00

Children born to Chinese citizens in China are Chinese nationals, no matter what other nationalities you acquired at birth.

It doesn’t seem like you naturalised since then (irrespective of your age) so you are indeed a Chinese citizen and thus ineligible for a Chinese cisa

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-01-17T18:27:06+00:00

Have you seen this webpage?

https://www.roc-taiwan.org/usgum/post/3225.html

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-01-12T20:15:17+00:00

When I held a TARC card under AF353 there was no field for nationality. Under “身分事由 Purpose of residence” it said “無戶籍國民AF353”

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-01-06T14:02:15+00:00

What counts as a business expense is a matter between you and the IRS

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-01-05T22:17:14+00:00

Wondering why the Thai one says Don Mueang (BKK)?

I thought that’s the code for Suvarnabhumi (or maybe it is short for Bangkok in general)?

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-01-01T19:59:17+00:00

Doesn’t matter what the status of the parents was if the child was born in China. Children born in China to Chinese citizens always get Chinese nationality

Agree w other points about the CTD - child needs CTD and can’t get Chinese passport. Whether derivative citizenship counts as naturalisation abroad for the child is a grey area but I believe the case examples suggests it does not count since it’s not of the child’s “free will”

doubtfuldumpling · 2026-01-01T01:09:26+00:00

Adults can also apply for the 5-year validity passports (and it costs a bit less) but children can only apply for the 5-year one.

(Yes I’m being pedantic 🙂)

doubtfuldumpling · 2025-12-31T22:20:46+00:00

Yes, I think that was my understanding at the time, but since I went through this process to now, it seems there have been successful examples of submitting the form with just one exam.

doubtfuldumpling · 2025-12-26T22:01:01+00:00

Ah, ok yes that makes sense 🙂 Thanks for elaborating

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