Whereas today it happens all the time.
My colleage Hsung Wei Lee was told upon arrival by the Chinese-speaking American at the immigration desk, "Your name is now Willie Hsung". Which he has used ever since.
My colleage Hsung Wei Lee was told upon arrival by the Chinese-speaking American at the immigration desk, "Your name is now Willie Hsung". Which he has used ever since.
Or "now" in the sense that US government documents record him under that name?
What is "the immigration desk"? When he first arrived to the US? When he got his visa? When he got his citizenship?
When he enters the US (pre-citizenship, on his Chinese passport), how do they reconcile the name on his passport with the name on his US-issued documentation?
The Chinese nationals I know in the US did not have their name changed. Some do have English names, which they chose voluntarily as nicknames, but that does not affect their legal name.
Not chosen voluntarily. A young man, a kid really, arriving in a foreign country does what he's told. So that was his name.
You'll have to look up the documents yourself.
What does "do as you're told" mean? Use that suggestion as a nickname instead of one chosen voluntarily? Or go to the courthouse and get your name legally changed?
Since I don't know who the person is, your suggestion is rather hard to follow up on.
It could also be your friend was very gullible.
Since you say it happens all the time, surely there should be more examples, yes?
Which apparently involves building elaborate persecution fantasies. I get it, there's a whole political party that has turned to that strategy.