To keep long story short, my great-grandparents left ROC China (now Mainland China) for Singapore in the 1920s, and were ROC nationals when they gave birth to my grandfather. However, my great-grandparents were poor farmers and did not have any documentation, passports, or birth certificates, though I suspect they still had household registration. The only documentation of them was on my grandfather’s Singaporean birth certificate which states they were Chinese (ROC) nationality (they must have been, as he was born during 1941, where ROC still controlled China.) This is basically all I have. Although unlikely, is there any possibility I could obtain a NWOHR passport? What shall I do next? Should I search for hukou records, or would they be impossible to find? Thanks for anyone’s response.
Are you yourself, Singaporean?
No, I am Australian. My grandfather moved the family to Australia in the 1980s.
ROC nationality has to come from a parent not a grandparent.
My grandsons born in Sydney have it as my son has ROC nationality. It cannot have come from me. Your parents are the ones you need to ask. Alternative is to move to Taiwan, stay for five years then naturaliize.
According to Taiwan nationality law, children born to at least one parent with nationality are automatically nationals at birth regardless of their place of birth. As my grandfather was born to ROC citizens, he is one, meaning my father is one (as he was born to at least one parent with nationality, (my grandfather)), therefore I am one.
So good luck. Ask your father if he has ROC nationality and ever lived in Taiwan and had household registration and ID card. Also before 2000 it had to be from a male parent as ROC nationality was not passed on from ROC mothers before then. Then the law changed and they allowed children born to an ROC national mother from February 1980 to get it.
My son was born in Taiwan in 1991 to an ROC mother. He was not granted ROC citizenship as I was at the time not an ROC citizen.
You would have to provide documents to prove lineage this which would likely include applying for a NWOHR passport for your grandfather and father before yourself - I might be wrong about the passport part but you would definitely have to have documents proving lineage.
All would need to be authenticated at a TECO and you might need marriage certificates for your great-grandfather, grand-father, and father as well.
You could ask TECO to search the household register for your great grandfather
Not a problem as I am claiming lineage through all male descendants.
The great great grandfather was from China not Taiwan. No way for TECO to search that.
China was controlled by ROC China during the time.
Hate to break it to you, not as simple as you hope without documents proving your father was an ROC national. Where was he born? Has he ever had an ROC passport? It’s possible he was never registered as an ROC national if born in a foreign country. You need to ask your father. Is your mother also an ROC national at the time of your birth?
Which no longer exists. Taiwan does not have access to records held in China.
So does your father have an ROC NWOHR passport? Has he ever been confirmed as an ROC national. You need to start there first.
My father has never had a ROC passport. My grandfather has a birth certificate that states his parents are Chinese ROC nationals and my father’s birth certificate obviously aligns with my grandfather as the parent
A birth certificate from which country? Also a birth certificate even claiming your grandfather is a Chinese ROC national may well not be recognized for any proof of your father being an ROC national. What citizenship does your father hold?
We are trying to be helpful but you need to provide all the information as you will need to do so for TECO as well. TECO can be notorious to deal with. They are not going to bend over to help you with anything.
Are you planning on getting an ROC NWOHR passport so you can move to Taiwan? As you will find that won’t allow you working or long term stay rights.
Birth certificate from Singapore. It claims that his parents were Chinese ROC nationals as stated on the father’s nationality as Chinese ROC. My father holds Australian citizenship, used to hold Singaporean. Obtaining other documents about my great-grandparents are near on impossible as they were simply poor farmers and lucky to be alive. This is why I’m asking whether there is a way to prove ROC lineage.
A Singapore birth certificate can claim what it likes. It won’t make any difference to TECO. Your father would need to prove he is an ROC National at the time of your birth. That fact that your father was born to parents who held ROC China nationality is just that. Does your fathers Singaporean birth certificate claim he is an ROC National?
When has your father held ROC nationality? He doesn’t just get it without documentation.
Also Singapore does not allow dual citizenship. Your father cannot have been an ROC national even if his father moved to Singapore as one.
If your father has never been an ROC national then you also cannot be one. This has nothing to do with your great great grandparents it’s all about your father. Not your grandparents or great great grandparents.
Same for my grandchildren… they cannot use my ROC citizenship to get NWHOR passport they can only get it through their father as he has NWHOR passport and nationality.
I found this: “Children born to at least one parent with nationality are automatically nationals at birth regardless of their place of birth.”
What date is this law? Certainly this was not the law before 2000.
Perhaps provide the link to the site you got this from. My son was born in Taiwan to an ROC mother in1991 and was not give ROC Nationality.
He was only able to apply for it after a law change.
You still have to prove your father has documentation showing he was an ROC national at the time of your birth? What year where you born?
You said your father has never had an ROC passport. This might be as he has never held ROC nationality. Did your grandparents become Singaporean citizens?
Supported by : Nationality Act - Article Content - Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan)
Although it doesn’t matter as I am claiming through all male descendants anyway
Please do not rely on websites like wikipedia. The law Wikipedia refers to was enacted in 2000. So does not apply to your claim that you are entitled to ROC nationality from your father.
As for the Taiwan link… did you read this. This is what allowed my son born in 1991 to get nationality.
The provisions of Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding Paragraph shall also apply to those under the age of 20 at the time of the amendment and implementation of this Act on February 9, 2000.