On 8/5/05 9:18 PM, in article dd134c$cd1$1@nnrp.gol.com, "Ryan Ginstrom"
<ryan@ginstrom.com> wrote:

 
>> I have to ask: How in the hell did they attempt to justify this?
> 
> It turns out that this is true for SOFA status gaijins, because they don't
> have a juuminhyou (or gaijin card which serves in lieu thereof).
> 
> Since so many of the foreigners in Okinawa are on SOFA status, the bank has
> apparently conflated the two, so "gaijin = SOFA" or somesuch.
> 
> I actually explained this to them, showing them my gaijin card and my
> bankbooks from Aichi, but they weren't convinced.

Mistake = Using Japanese documents to back a logical argument.

Better solution = Pull out your BGD and wave it around in their faces until
they relent.

P.S. Is your posting addy a spam dump? If so, please send your new address
to my j_cormier hotmail address.