If APRC holders would like to see the reciprocity rules scrapped

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If APRC holders would like to see the reciprocity rules scrapped, in regards to land ownership, who to contact, what approaches should we take?
The way i see it, APRC is not so different from ARC, one could even say APRC= non expiry ARC, other than this doesnt offer much advantage as to our day to day lives. Would’ve been lot better if reciprocity rules didnt apply.

Was wondering if there were any attempts done in the past trying to get rid of reciprocity rules for APRC holders

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I would say its more than just that.

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Why only APRC holders?

Do ARC holders not pay tax?

If you want to get around the rules, why not just get citizenship?

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I agree with this in principle but I think fighting for naturalisation without renunciation would solve this and many other problems.

And it’s easier to keep the government focused on one solution rather than move the goal posts.

That, I believe, is by design. The solution is to naturalise - which would also solve the reciprocity problem of buying land as well as every other problem with ARCs

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nothing against ARC holders, wouldve been amazing if there werent lot of rules imposed thats all

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Well the request seemed a bit exclusionary.

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I totally support naturalisation without renunciation but seems the process might have slowed down and i know it will take time.

Just thought MOI might think its easier to lift reciprocity rules than passing naturalisation without renunciation

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It’s not a bad theory but I can already foresee the response from the MOI “Taiwan is a small country with limited land yet is gracious enough in the spirit of fairness to allow foreigners to buy land provided they come from countries where Taiwanese are also allowed to buy land. Taiwan is also gracious enough to allow foreigners to naturalise where reciprocity rules do not apply”

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So what is wrong? Your country won’t allow land ownership for foreigners and you want Taiwan to allow you?

If you don’t like it then I suggest becoming a citizen.

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By asking the government to change the renunciation requirement you are asking them to move the goal posts. So the government is focused on one solution. Renounce and rejoice in your new found freedom.

Naturalization doesn’t help me as I cannot own the land I live on right now. Only indigenous people can own it. Woe is me. Life isn’t fair.

Renunciation is good for the soul. Being stateless as it was before wasn’t so terrible. At least now you are not stateless and get one year to renounce. Not like in the good old days where you renounced first then naturalized.

Thankfully there is no reciprocity when it comes to citizenship anywhere in the world although some dream of it.

PS You don’t even need an ARC to buy property in Taiwan can be done on a tourist visa. Just like a Taiwan drivers license.

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You need to start a petition like they did for naturalization. Good luck.

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One card to rule them all. This is the way.

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I actually found one. Just one. It involves my passport too.

Paraguay only allows dual citizenship with countries that have signed bilateral treaties on the issue. Their constitution makes clear that dual citizenship is only afforded on the principle of reciprocity and a signed treaty.

Currently those included are:

Italian Republic
Kingdom of Spain

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I don’t see why they don’t just go down the whole list of countries (only 195) and make a short list…

Then as for updating just let the applicants submit proof the country changed the law.

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Oh yeah totally agree it’s stupid.

I just thought it was funny I found the absolutely only exception.

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yeah but the problem with that is I have to give up my own nationality, who knows how long it will take MOI to accept dual nationality maybe a decade.

might be easier to improve ARC/APRC laws and lift some restrictions, we wouldnt be asking for dual nationality in the first place if immigration laws werent backwards

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What is your nationality?

If all of us are hammering at the government with different issues that could be solved by one solution, we’re not working efficiently. We don’t have the resources to attack ALL of the issues, but we can go after the one that would solve 90% of our problems.

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Mongolian, was surprised to find out it wasnt listed on reciprocal countries, with fancy rep center in tpe and all

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[quote=“Scott0424, post:19, topic:247616, full:true”]
Mongolian, was surprised to find out it wasnt listed on reciprocal countries, with fancy rep center in tpe and all
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Dual citizenship is not granted by the Mongolian government.

Article 4. Non-recognition of dual citizenship

  1. A citizen of Mongolia shall not be recognized as a citizen of a foreign country at the same time.

  2. If a foreign citizen wants to become a citizen of Mongolia, he / she must renounce the citizenship of that country. If the law of a foreign country provides for the loss

of citizenship by becoming a citizen of another country, it is not required to renounce the citizenship of that country, and a certificate from the relevant authority must be obtained.

According to this, Mongolia generally does not allow dual citizenship to begin with. Getting Taiwanese may have your Mongolian stripped anyways.

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agreed