An interesting interpretation. people who changed their status to roc national from people of mainland, including hong kong and macau, cannot serve as a legislator, unless they renounce prc nationality.
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I think HK is the only place where you can apply for renunciation of Chinese nationality (and it requires you to obtain HKID first - I’m going through this process now): https://www.immd.gov.hk/pdforms/id877ae.pdf
It is not possible to renounce any other way that I’m aware of. China does not provide documentation for automatic renunciation.
TLDR she’s kinda screwed
they do.
ex. 办理自动丧失中国国籍领事证明须知_中华人民共和国驻新加坡共和国大使馆
iiuc, her problem is, prc doesn’t allow her to renounce her nationality for her getting roc nationality, even if she applies for the voluntary renonciation.
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Seems this one is only for those applying for a Singapore citizenship to apply for a renunciation of Chinese citizenship at the Singapore embassy. So visitors and other people can’t apply.
Singapore is a bit unique in that you have to renounce and get proof of renunciation prior to obtaining Singapore citizenship. I’m not aware of other countries that offer this. For example US and Canada embassies do not offer it.
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She can move to HK, acquire HKID, then renounce her Chinese citizenship in HK. Because while in HK, she is recognized as a Chinese national. This is the only way for her to renounce while keeping her Taiwan citizenship from what I know. But it’s too much work at her age.
Edit: Nevermind, HK doesn’t recognize TW as a country either so won’t work
before they got singapore citizenship, they can apply for voluntary renunciation, but if they already got singapore citizenship, they apply for the certificate that they automatically lost prc citizenship.
http://jp.china-embassy.gov.cn/lszcnew/lshzhch3/zhjfw2/202107/t20210708_9475926.htm
http://medan.china-consulate.gov.cn/lsfw/zgrzj/zhengjianfuwu/lingshizhengming/zdsszggjzm/201709/t20170901_10441756.htm
http://kr.china-embassy.gov.cn/lsfw/hzlxzyw/lszm/202007/t20200703_10441496.htm
http://sk.china-embassy.gov.cn/lsqw/bzxz/sbgzrz/202005/t20200504_3420823.htm
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So out of these, maybe only S. Korea will work for her situation? Since S. Korea allows for dual citizenship under certain circumstances, for example if you marry a S. Korean person. Or maybe Japan since Japan does not recognize Taiwan as a country hence may not require Taiwan citizenship renunciation.
But still, these embassies only allow you to apply if you are about to / have obtained citizenship in those countries.
If she were to get dual US or dual Canadian citizenship, there’s no way for her to apply at their China embassies for proof of renunciation. I know this because NIA asked me to provide proof of renunciation, but neither US nor Canada is able to provide such proof for their citizens at China embassies in US/Canada.
in that case, you should have applied for renunciation before you got another citizenship.
The only country that might care is Taiwan? Canada and U.S. are not single citizenship countries and China does automatic renunciation without giving you documentation.
Article 9 of the Chinese nationality act says:
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Any Chinese national who has settled abroad and who has been naturalised as a foreign national or has acquired foreign nationality of his own free will shall automatically lose Chinese nationality.
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The article does contradict some things about Taiwan nationality I previously thought were true
“ In particular, it cited Article 20 of the Nationality Act as the law defining Xu’s case, which states that ROC nationals holding dual citizenship are required to start the process to renounce their foreign citizenship before assuming a civil servant position.”
According to this, it seems Taiwan recognizes China citizenship as an actual citizenship? I was under the impression that the ROC does not recognize Chinese citizenship but only recognized hukou since it claims the mainland area as its own
yes, MAC says prc citizenship is another citizenship. so, interesting somehow.
according to prc law, prc national’s child born in mainland automatically obtains prc citizenship. MAC says citizenship and hukou are different. so, any roc nationals born in the mainland could hold additional prc citizenship, unless they renounce it.
there were Lizhang or local legislator who moved from prc. maybe they have not renounced prc citizenship.
http://www.crntt.tw/doc/1053/1/3/0/105313040.html?coluid=93&kindid=5670&docid=105313040
she is currently serving.
MAC had changed their tone.
Qiu Taisan said that the “Cross-Strait People’s Relations Ordinance” can only regulate how people from the mainland come to Taiwan. After obtaining national status, “this is not the responsibility of the Mainland Affairs Council.” For example, running for elections is decided by the Central Election Commission, and holding public office shall be determined by the unit in which he or she works.
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