SMBC Olive: the curse of the middle name
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:04 pm
So I am trying to apply for an SMBC Olive account/card via the app so I can do the クレカ積立 for my SBI account and earn gazillions of points or something.
First time round the application was rejected because the name I gave did not match the name on my zairyu card. I suspect because I assumed it's a credit card so only provided first and last names, omitting the cursed middle name.
Anyway tried again, and while it accepts the katakana version of all names, the romaji fields are limited to a total of 17 characters between them. The instructions did say to abbreviate as necessary, so I ended up putting:
[TOSHIKA] [CLUELESS M]
but re-reading the instructions (I screenshotted the relevant bits of the form for reference this time), I suspect they may have wanted:
[T] [CLUELESS MIDDLEN]
as they say:
Hopefully they'll accept it this time and the application will go through to the point where they reject me on grounds of being a slightly shifty-looking foreigner.
First time round the application was rejected because the name I gave did not match the name on my zairyu card. I suspect because I assumed it's a credit card so only provided first and last names, omitting the cursed middle name.
Anyway tried again, and while it accepts the katakana version of all names, the romaji fields are limited to a total of 17 characters between them. The instructions did say to abbreviate as necessary, so I ended up putting:
[TOSHIKA] [CLUELESS M]
but re-reading the instructions (I screenshotted the relevant bits of the form for reference this time), I suspect they may have wanted:
[T] [CLUELESS MIDDLEN]
as they say:
so I'm wondering if anyone else ran into this issue and what they did.ローマ字（姓）、ローマ字（名）は合計17文字以下で入力してください。17文字を超過する場合は、省略たお名前をご入力ください。
（例：ローマ字（姓）：W / ローマ字（名）：TAROU）
Hopefully they'll accept it this time and the application will go through to the point where they reject me on grounds of being a slightly shifty-looking foreigner.