Taking action against Taiwan's definition of domicile/residence relating to foreigners

The current domicile system for foreigners isn’t so bad if you do not have much local ties, as I mentioned in my other thread: Benefits of APRC over citizenship - #33 by jimbob132

It was written in a way to be punitive to foreign local workers, but in doing so it gives those without local jobs a lot of freedom (more so than citizens in certain cases).

If this effort passes then they should have an opt in system for foreigners, so they can set their domicile outside of Taiwan similar to a citizen opting to not have household registration. Otherwise for a digital nomad entrepreneur who wants to live half a year in Taiwan but maintain non residency they may have to either give up APRC or obtain citizenship. I hope the current scheme goes on for 10 more years, I am quite liking it as a foreigner. Especially since the US definition of domicile for non resident aliens is where your permanent residence is, not where you are paying taxes, so you can legally maintain no tax residency on both sides. Canada is similar if you are deemed non resident and cut ties a long time ago.

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