Proof of Proof of

This lunchtime I went to my City Office to obtain a certificate of proof of alien registration. I need one of these to give to my City Office.

A certificate of proof of alien registration is different from a card of proof of alien registration. One is a certificate. The other is a card.

But there are similarities. Both would seem to serve as proof of alien registration.

So why did I need a certificate of proof of alien registration as proof of alien registration when I already had a card of proof of registration?

Because my City Office requires both a card of proof of alien registration and a certificate of proof of alien registration for the procedure I want to take.

Based on the logic of that requirement, we must draw the following conclusions:

1. If both are necessary, neither alone proves alien registration.
2. Therefore, the card of proof of alien registration does not prove alien registration.
3. Likewise, the certificate of proof of alien registration does not prove alien registration.

To acquire a certificate of proof of alien registration, you must produce your card of proof of alien registration. In other words, the only requirement to prove alien registration to obtain a certificate of proof of alien registration is a card of proof of alien registration.

And yet, the reason you require a certificate of proof alien registration in the first place is because a card of proof of alien registration does not prove alien registration.

And when you get it, it won't prove alien registration.

Got that?

Hmmm.

Posted by Setsunai at January 19, 2006 1:14 PM