spaint
April 6, 2012, 6:27am
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[quote=“housecat”]
This contradicts what you said in 2010 here:
I think both of these options should be open to you. I’m an American woman with a Taiwanese and American son and I’m planning to spend the next year in Taiwan, too.
I was planning on getting a JFRV (Joining Family Resident Visa) to stay in Taiwan with my son, but I’m being told that I can’t do that because he’s a minor and can’t support me. (Last year, when I was planning to come, no one had a problem with this. :s ) But since you are the adult, and you have the Taiwnese passport, you should …
and here:
That’s what I’d like to try. I’m no longer married, but I AM my son’s only financial support. They refused to give me JFRV status because, though it comes with open work rights, you can’t get it unless you can be supported by the family member you’re joining. That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense in the first place, if you think about it. Anyway, a child can’t support me, so I can’t have JFRV status.
I can get APRC, or PARC, after the requisit number of years here, but that leaves me tied to o…
Can you clarify? I think Ben Hlavaty would be very interested.