So? I did. Had only ROC citizenship afterwards. Instead of having an excuse not to naturalize you maybe need a good enough reason to naturalize. I decided my life would be spent in Taiwan. That was reason enough. Sounded like a good idea at the time 27 years ago.
Well it depends, if you find that owning property here is worth more than keeping your old citizenship, then it may be the better option.
You could attempt to renounce as it must be sent to the president’s office and see if you can get denied a renunciation. Then Taiwan will give you an exception.
I know several Japanese who hold Australian or UK citizenship. Thing is they just enter Australia or UK on their Japanese passport. UK Issues a stamp with indefinite leave to remain in the Japanese passport.
I tried that with Australia and failed miserably. Why don’t you try with Canada? Give it a shot. After all the end result is that you naturalize one way or the other lol
Yes, permanent. Actually jfrv and aircraft based on joining family have more rights than say working/studying.
I don’t mind paying a 1 time fee of 10k in order to not be hassled every 1, 2 or 3 years. No one thinks APRC is that much more meaningful outside that, a few social type benefits (sounds better), easier to have open work rights (a big plus, even if only a small win) and convenience. Though, if your country of origin requires you to change passport and change its ID # you still need to update your aprc and all that. Cost me 1k this year, which is fine. Its basically a 10 year renewal now (canadian passport) rather than a 3 year. And fewer possible questions and interviews for many folks. it’s still easier.
Given that Taiwan cherry picks which areas to be reciprocal on and where looks “good” for us to be welcoming, then not in other areas we somehow accept like citizenship. when it comes to citizenship we can say most countries, not just many.
We all know what’s happening…that’s not even a discussion. The discussion is more if we think this is a good way forward for our country, or not.
Their home countries won’t get invovled in telling another soverign nation what their citizenship laws should be. Yes we all agree would be nice if Taiwan changed the law so a few foreigners could benefit. But alas, the petition has fallen on deaf ears as expected.
Agreed. I have. And people are currently (going to our/their country of origin) fighting and seeking support. People must keep pushing if we are to expect results. This is basic SOP. Anyone in business, politics, religion and similar fields certainly understand this reality and implement it strongly. Fight for the sky if you want to be allowed the respect of using the dirt…no reason us on the lower tiers can’t do the same
this ain’t ever been different, nor will it ever be, if I were a betting man…
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True. Many countries won’t bother getting involved. For all the well known and obvious reasons. What people are talking about, just in case it may not be common knowledge, Taiwan has an ego as big as the sun and actually has geopolitical reasons to play nice and make nice with people. Politics in Taiwan is actually receptive to international face. This can be a tool for people within Taiwan to garner better human rights. As fucking sad as it is to admit, our country really normally only reacts, not acts. I assume this is also common knowledge.
I know many countries are the same in the sense they say fuck outsiders beckming kne of our own, fine, but this is our nation. A nation built on foreigners and colonialism. Undeniable. So we discuss this nation. Sometimes one of the useful tools in our box is public notice. Thank fuck we still sort of have free media and the rights of voice. Something we should all be in literal marvel about. And fighting harder to push forward, rather than stagnate. It’s all an evolution, be it good or bad. We need to push harder for better. So should other countries. But for now, all our bandwidth is likely focused on our own country.