I thought it’s a good segway to talk about it since OP is bringing up fairness
Maybe we can discuss the fairness of custody of property in Taiwan vs France next in terms of inheritance and how it’s split to spouse vs relatives
Sure she was asking about fairness to registering her marriage in a foreign country not asking for divorce advice. 
But typical on forumosa just go off topic right away. This is the way.
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Well if they do not have children the wifes family here can claim half the Taiwan assets if the husband becomes deceased. As some foreigners have already found out.
Does that timer only start ticking after the marriage is registered in France?
If OP wants French citizenship that seems like valid enough reason to go through the process – I just empathize with the husband that there should be an actual reason beyond it “feeling fair”.
Imagine if it was the other way around dude marries a Taiwanese woman outside of Taiwan and she refuses to register foreign marriage with HHR.
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Honestly wouldn’t bother me in the slightest unless we wanted to move to Taiwan (or there was some other legal reason)
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No need to imagine it has happened before. Same as a foreigner being married to an ROC citizen who never got the ROC citizen a partner or spouse visa for their home country.
No. It starts from the date they got married. Registering the marriage does not change the date of marriage. Has nothing to do with faireness.
The OP’s husband already has an APRC. As their is no immediate plan to leave Taiwan then no need to process unecessary documents both here and at a TECO overseas and the home country of the partner. They may not even move to the home country of the partner. I had a client couple wife from UK husband from USA that lived in Taiwan. Since they left Taiwan they have never lived in the EU UK or USA.
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Are you certain about that… the marriage isn’t recognised unless registered with France. Remember france is not malta.
Accordiing to a French friend of mine married here to ROC spouse…
Why do you doubt everything?
From French law is from the date of the marriage. Must also pass French language test and criminal record check.
Your spouse must be a French national on the day of your marriage.
In addition, your spouse must have retained French nationality since the date of your marriage.
Yes, but what is the date of marriage under french law? Is it the date it is registered into the french civil marriage records or the date of the foreign marriage? When does the 5 years start?
It is scary that you don’t
In a case like ours, where the marriage is registered only in Taiwan and not in France, would the 4-year period for applying for French nationality after marrying a French citizen still begin to count?
If you are not sure contact the French Office in Taiwan and ask. Or email the French government. It’s not like they do not have a website
French national married to a foreigner
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Marriage is celebrated by a local authority , according to the rules of the country concerned, which it is for you to verify
“Celebrated” doesn’t answer that question.
Sure OK. lol Do you even know the process of a foreigner getting married in Taiwan to an ROC citizen? Did you miss accordiing to the rules of the country concerned?
You are conflating the requirements to register with the french authorities with the date that the french authorities recognise the marriage from. I’m not a french lawyer or consular officer so I can’t answer the question.
Dude, no need to be so hostile. I just pointed out your claim is wrong, based on my own visa experience, I’m not attacking you personally in any way.
Regarding this statement:
And help people like @Fuzzy_Barbecue to get spouse resident visa without registering Taiwanese marriage abroad A foreigner’s experience in 2018 trying to get residence visa for a Filipina Wife
These are different cases, I’m married to a Taiwanese (same as the OP, though they are the Taiwanese spouse), and in this case you mention it is two foreigners married in Taiwan. Also, I changed from student visa to spousal visa. I just went to the NIA in Yonghe with my wife, showed my passport, our marriage certificate in Chinese (and the photocopies that the BOCA website mentioned), and filled in a paper application. I’m guessing they didn’t request the health exam or criminal record, since I had already provided those for my previous student visa.
If one party is a Foreign National, file for marriage registration first at your respective embassy or consulate, for information on the consular district designated by the Bureau of Consular Affairs of R.O.C.(Taiwan) , please visit http://www.boca.gov.tw/content?mp=2&CuItem=2306
This wasn’t even mentioned, the officer only asked for the Taiwanese document in Chinese. But I guess one reason might be that there’s no Chilean consulate in Taiwan, so this might be an exception.
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I am not. French authoriities recognize the date of marriage as being on the foreign country marriage documents which in this case the couple would have married in a local law court I believe. The court in this case is the marriage celebrant. The OP registering her marriage on her HHR is just another step of confirming they are married which is another document showing they are married.
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