The source you provided uses the phrase “international migrants.” Just sayin’.
Guy
I wish lol
Its good to spread the word, yes. Even if you only do it once. Better than nothing.
Signatures on the petition have finally passed the 50% mark (51.78 to be exact)! 
New video on the matter:
Youtube shorts? 
They go on to claim that children born in Taiwan of APRC holders have to leave when they turn 18.
This is so wrong as the policy was changed already. Pity these marketing experts cannot keep up to date.
https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/5478/141457/142068/359453/
Also
For foreign professionals and foreign specific professionals who have been granted permanent residency, their minor children can also apply for permanent residency after residing in Taiwan for a certain period (3-5 years). Once foreigners are granted permanent residency, unless there are illegal circumstances, their APRC will remain valid indefinitely, and they will not lose their right to reside in Taiwan when they reach adulthood.
I wonder how long the MOI will take considering the petition if it gets the required 5000 signatures that you and I support. Funny thing is my wife has a new customer this weekend. A young Japanese man who was telling her he got his Taiwan ID and was using that to make the booking.
I’ll have a good chat with him and maybe even tell him about the petition.
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Wait what?
Guy
Yes I noticed this incorrect claim too. Unfortunate. But many comments here and elsewhere see to suggest that children who are born in Taiwan to foreign parents or grow up here should be eligible for dual citzenship. And no commenters pointed this out. Unfortunate, but not a big deal.
The comments poke more fun at the questionable claim that people in 2000 were so unfamiliar with hamburgers that they ate them with chopsticks. Also, that there was no bread available in Taipei
What is important is that we got 600+ signatures in the six days since Lukas with 300k followers posted the video.
And now we have another video from a foreign youtuber Xiaofei (Asher?) with 239k followers.
He supports the petition but gives different reasons for doing so. In general, he makes some good points although there a few things I might quibble with.
But the important thing is that this video should drive at least another 300-400 new signatures.
Which ones?
I must say I strongly agreed on many of the points he had.
One I didn’t agree with was when he clung to both his Israeli and American passport proclaiming that they’re his “identity.”
For starters Israeli citizenship he can actually reacquire easily (provided he has Jewish ancestry or served in the military) both are highly likely.
Secondly, if I could choose a U.S. passport or a Taiwan one… of course I’d choose the Taiwan lol. In fact… as he stated in the video… the U.S. has no identity.
At least with the Taiwan one you can renounce and get it back at a later date if you need to get another citizenship elsewhere lol
He seems to think that foreign permanent residents are somehow not eligibke for labor insurance old age payments (Taiwan social security), the New Pension System, and the old Pension System (increasingly irrelevant to most). PRs definitely are eligible for both IF they have been employed in Taiwan
A lesser point is that he seems to think that the petition says that immigrants will solve the demographic problem by having more children. Historically, immigrants have had more children, but that is not the point. The point is to supplement more working age people who pay taxes and otherwise contribute immediately.
He makes an excellent point that Taiwan can acquire these people without having invested in them.
His solar panel example is an good example of how not having an ID card makes it so difficult to live like an ordinary person in Taiwan. Permanent residence is good but our exclusion from the household registration system causes big and small problems constantly.
There are parts that APRCs are not eligible for still… really if you want to get the best out of your retirement here you need to become a citizen. But that’s the same in any country really.
If anything… that logic would be the other way around. If you have foreigners leaving once they start getting old, the younger foreigners will come and then leave once older too.
That is something that is scary to Taiwanese who are homogenous. They don’t want to lose their identity. Similar with Japan
Do you have any more of these impressive insights to share? 
Guy
Is he wrong? Should we not play devil’s advocate and hear all sides?
Baseless claims about nations and peoples. How exactly is this helping us except if we were in a high school debating club.
Guy