55 yrs old male. Born in Taiwan, left at the age of 10. Have both US and Taiwan passport (with personal ID). I think my household registration still exist, just does not have an active address.
My question is that if I enter Taiwan with my Taiwan passport (which I recently renewed), do I need to apply for any sort of “exit permit” since I have never served in the Taiwan Military? If I don’t apply for a permit, would they block me from exiting?
Do you recall (when you were between 18-36 years old) how you avoided conscription? Did you have “overseas chinese” registration? Have you been back to Taiwan since?
If your household registration was active the entire time as you hinted and you didn’t take any specific action, it’s possible you should have served and may be in trouble. They’re getting fairly strict recently on this stuff … it may be worth checking with your local embassy before heading over.
I lived in the US during all that time, was never in Taiwan. I didn’t mean to say my HHR was active, just that it didn’t disappear. On the HHR printout, it actually said I left Taiwan in 1984.
Because you left at age 10 and never returned, the government automatically classified you as an overseas resident who was not required to serve as long as you stayed away.