I don’t think you will get away not renouncing both. You should have used only one passport to enter Taiwan at all times.
Why did you actually use different passports to enter Taiwan?
Since you already ‘let them know’ about your dual nationality they will stick to their policy. It is unlikely you will get a different outcome changing HHR locations.
It is “Don’t ask, don’t tell” . You on the other hand by now probably let everyone an NIA know about your status.
It was said here before how it works. But some “don’t want to trust advice from random strangers on the internet” and go to ask obvious questions to officials and shine a light on their status, then get upset that others get away doing it ‘hush hush’.
He used US passport for visa free entry. Philippines nationals require a visa for Taiwan.
The same way I leave Taiwan on ROC passport and enter Philippines on Australian passport. My other silent silent nationality passport has never been used for travel anywhere.
Nothing fraudulent about my application. I disclosed everything they asked. Also Taiwan has a statute of limitations of 5 years on that from my understanding.
This is not the issue, there were others who successfully switched nationality on ARC before applying for naturalization so obviously NIA would be aware of both citizenships. I was also planning on this route so did not conceal anything.
The issue here is trying to get official clarification - that gets gears moving and higher ups get wind of the situation. Should’ve just switched to another HHR office and tried again without explicitly bringing anything up. Now I fear my chances of success are near zero. If this loophole is officially closed by the time I’m 34 then I’ll have to renounce both and stay a year in Canada (yuck) to resume one before coming back.
I used ‘tell them’ by meaning let them know as he used both passports.
I understand he used his US passport for convenience of visa free entry. At the beginning not everyone knows the requirement for or plans to naturalize.
Yeah in the US case it wasn’t due to anything fraudulent in the application, but it was the mistake of US citizenship services that approved his citizenship incorrectly. But Taiwan may be nicer. Still not a good idea to have a brown noser high up poking around in past naturalization documents.
I assume I can somehow get it based on parents who still live there, but I haven’t really researched it yet. This is a last resort given how much more of a headache it is than for ausies
If it’s your parents sponsoring an umarried child over 18 not born in the US, the wait time is around 10-15 years (F1) and they have to stay unmarried during that time. If the child is married, it’s like 20-30 years wait (F3).
