6/27 I'm a Taiwanese citizen and my password renewal is only $36 at the
Taiwanese Cultural Center (Embassy in Los Angeles) and takes
about 2-3 weeks. My gf is a US citizen and her passport renewal is
$55 and takes about 6 weeks. Her expedited fee is $60. Can someone
tell me why there's a big difference? Like government more/less
efficient, funding issues, 9/11 background check, etc?
\_ It isn't a big difference.
\_ Perhaps tw population is only 23 million, and u.s. is 300 million?
\_ Probably because they assume Americans have more money. When
I applied for a travel visa at the Chinese consulate in SF it
was $100, but a lot cheaper for Chinese citizens.
\_ Shrug, I didn't do expedited and my U.S. passport came in the
mail in 10 days last year.
\_ I got my US passport in about a week as well.
\_ American government worker efficiency can be easily characterized
as those who work as efficiently as DMV. Go Europe!!! Fuck America!
\_ Cheap Taiwanese labor
\_ Seriously though - when you renew your Taiwanese passport (or any
other foreign passports) in their respective embassies/consulates,
you seldom get the maximum renewal period. So if you go back to
Taiwan and renew your Taiwanese passport there, you might get 6
extra years while here in LA you only get 3 years extension. The
idea is to give you enough time and encourage you to renew back in
Taiwan. US passports are more expensive to renew, BUT you get
something like 5-10 extra years, so the $$$ is a wash.
\- this is an artificial number. the time is what the govt
wants it to be. it's like asking why library A allows 3weeks
+ 3 renewals and another library allows 1month + 2 renewals.
however the costs may be affected by the USD exchange rate. |
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