There are two ways handling registration processes. One way is to develop a registration system as little as possible, but then hoping not to deal with the papers later, because of the mess made in the process. Or, you develop a system thoroughly in the first place so that you don't have to deal much with the papers later, because the system was developed to avoid mess. Why patch fundamentally broken systems anyway? Why develop an interdependent system for personal data? There are different questions which reflect exactly the philosophy of eastern and western bureaucracy.