Howdy! My 75-year-old mom has dual citizenship. We had planned to fly to Taiwan from the United States in late May so she could renew her citizenship, but I do NOT want to her travel because of the COVID-19 situation.
I would like to find out if there are any accommodations being made because of the coronavirus pandemic. I don’t know who to ask or where to do some investigating. And surely, it doesn’t help that I can’t speak any Chinese and my mom is not one bit computer/Internet-savvy.
Thanks for reading and thank you in advance for any help or guidance.
Stop worrying, Taiwan is, and will be one of the safest places to be for the foreseeable future. Come home with your mom and make her happy. Read the blogs here and news reports on how Taiwan has it all under control. Get out of USA as early as you can its getting much worse there and it may become a level 3 country so arriving here you would need 14 days self quarantine. At the moment you will have no problems.
Good thing is your mom will Not be denied entry into either country.
As @Firefighter noted, worst case is 14 days at home.
Your flight is about 2 months away. The peak should be past by then in the U.S. anyway.
Only thing to try and scrounge around for is a surgical mask for the flights, but you have plenty of time to find some before you leave, even given U.S. panic buying over them.
many of us here on Forumosa have traveled during SARS and coronavirus (and other times) while wearing masks. People won’t even look twice at you.
Now, if she’s afraid of flying no matter what, then that’s a whole other problem to overcome.
I have to ask … what do you mean by “renew citizenship?” Does your mom have a green card (permanent resident)? Has she been outside the U.S. for a long time?
Just asking, because citizenship doesn’t have to be renewed but green cards can be revoked by the U.S. if they know your residence is outside the U.S.
EDIT: I completely misunderstood this post but Tando set me straight (below).
true, but as long as you reside in the U.S. the majority of the year, the greencard is fine.
However, there are many stories of USCIS at border asking greencard holders why they were outside of U.S. for more than 3-4 months at a time.
Article 16
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those absent from ROC for 2 years and over shall be subject to Moving-out Registration.
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If her HHR is moved out, she can move-in her HHR when she enters taiwan next time.
Article 17
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A person having household registration originally, who moved out to a foreign country, enters ROC territory with an ROC passport or entrance documents and stays for over three months, shall apply for the Moving-in Registration.
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so, @tando, if an ROC citizen has household registration and lives overseas, then as long as h/she comes back under the 2-year threshold, then nothing needs to be done?
thanks
Hi everyone. Thanks again for taking the time to read my post and reply. So I misunderstood the situation. My mom has permanent citizenship, it is medical care benefits that she wants to maintain. Normally she needs to renew with less than 1 year of absence, but because of all that’s going on, she is eligible for a one year extension.
