TW Passport anyone? I think I might try to take advantage of this one.

[image] slawa: Mostly because Taiwan’s representative office in Germany has no access to federal government seals and signature examples, due to lack of official recognition. The whole thing is completely ridiculous but I’m glad it worked out for you and German citizens. It seems that the Ger…

[image] Brianjones: It seems that the Germans representative office the German MOFA and the Taipei rep office in Germany were willing to play ball on this. They were extremely helpful. Huge props to ‘Frau Steinhauer - Head of Legal and Consular Department’

[image] slawa: They were extremely helpful. Huge props to ‘Frau Steinhauer - Head of Legal and Consular Department’ For this to work you’ve got to have senior people who support it otherwise it goes nowhere.

Regarding the Netherlands: They have exceptions for acquiring dual citizenship. The most relevant to most people would be that if you have a Dutch spouse, you don’t need to renounce. Also, Taiwanese nationals are specifically excluded from having to renounce.

I have read through the thread above. I am posting now because I am currently doing the naturalisation process under the regular rules which require renunciation. My country of citizenship allows me to renounce and reclaim. During this time I will only have a NWOHR passport and my APRC. It could am…

[image] naturalisationquesti: What is better: ‘renounce and reclaim’ or ‘failure to renounce’ for a citizen of a state that doesn’t have the Japan and Germany precedent on granting based on failure to renounce. Care to share the specific country? What it comes down to is how “easy” the recla…

[image] qwert_zuiop: Care to share the specific country? What it comes down to is how “easy” the reclaiming process is: Does it require a clean criminal record? Some residency requirements? Need to demonstrate a strong connection to the country? Need to proof you renounced under distress…? I…

[image] naturalisationquesti: NWOHR passport and my APRC nope, you won’t have an APRC anymore, you will have a TARC. kinda the same, but different.

[image] Mataiou: [image] naturalisationquesti: NWOHR passport and my APRC nope, you won’t have an APRC anymore, you will have a TARC. kinda the same, but different. Household registration office told me I keep the APRC until the step where I exchange it for national ID. This isn’t the…

[image] qwert_zuiop: I could see some issues if you argue that you’re unable to renounce when previously citizens of your country were able to renounce without any issues. That would definitely raise some red flags in Taiwan that you’re “not trying hard enough. In the case of Germany, there was…