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Thank you all for your comments! I love Jalanjalan's comment. With all respect to the great race of Canadians, did you put this down as a joke (like giving one's religion as "Jedi" or "Pastafarian"), or was the racial assignment made by some official, perhaps automatically? Yes, "Cape Coloureds" (wi...

Thank you, Malcontent! I suppose I should be speaking of "race" rather than "ethnicity." So, would "Armenian" be listed on the ID card, or "Other"? And when would this information usually be collected--when one applies for residence, or permanent residence, or what? ("Caucasian" is ambiguous, since ...

Hello, I am trying to puzzle out how ethnicity is determined in Singapore, particularly for immigrants who may not yet have it listed on any official documents. Does the immigration office allow applicants to simply declare an ethnicity, or is it assigned based on some criteria? At what stage of the...