Yep, I have the option to live in Taiwan in the future if I choose. I currently have the right to work in 3 countries which will increase to 4 when I establish household registration.
I have access to pretty decent public health systems in 2 countries.
I like having options for my future self.
Also, as petty as it is, it’s nice to have a retort for the 外國人沒辦法 BS everywhere
Plus citizenship is permanent. It can’t be taken from me. (Excluding the breaking of some serious laws but I’m referring to the average person not criminals)
I don’t know what future me will want but options are good to have
When you renounce Australian citizenship, it is just a downgrade to Australian permanent residency.
And ex-Australians can apply to resume citizenship immediately which is what I did. So I was a PR of Australia instead of citizen for about 3 weeks
Australian PR is very similar to Taiwan NWOHR status. Only AU PR cannot hold an Australian passport
There are still limitations from what I’m finding for those with your status- probably not one that matter or affect you.
Yeah…I might have an argument to qualify for acquiring citizenship without giving my American one up….but waiting a bit longer until the ROC relaxes those rules just to be safe - no rush
They’re going to have to given their population decline I reckon.
Used the system to my advantage. I didn’t make the rules
Oh for sure. But I can live in Taiwan forever whenever I want and that was my main goal.
Also fairness as my partner got his Australian PR through our relationship which is permanent even if we split (and I paid for it) so I wanted to have the same benefits in Taiwan.
Seems a good one to have if one can maintain their original. I would be more curious the answer from those that had to renounce and cannot regain their original citizenship and are solely Taiwanese. There numerous people wjth such. Also which country they renounced from. That would put more skin in the game. I bet it’s worth it for nearly all of us if we can find a work around to maintain another citizenship.
What’s the downside of having more rights and freedoms? Having to properly renounce ones birth country, or passport holding country (loads of people born in Taiwan that couldn’t become Taiwanese in the past due to being unable to renounce their citizenship) is a deal breaker for many. This is thankfully starting to change due to very respectable efforts by others to turn around Taiwan laws for foreigners. But for those that don’t need to, or can regain it, is see no downside in becoming a citizen of the country one lives in and makes a home.
Got me because they saw I entered with my US passport a long time ago. Now they want proof you renounce (or can’t renounce) all your nationalities.
Both HHRO and NIA now ask about your multiple nationalities, from blue collar ARC all the way to plum blossom APRC. If you lie, and they find out after your naturalize, they can revoke your Taiwanese nationality (within 5 years).
However, I think if you declared and renounced 1 of your multiple nationalities before 2022(?) or so, you are probably fine(?). It seems enforcement was not strict at the time. Damn, I missed it by a couple years.
MOI can legally revoke your Taiwanese nationality if you naturalized under the senior foreign professional path and if you (significantly) lied in your application.
Thankfully, even if it’s a white lie, most senior high-level professionals are “good” people, and their multiple nationalities (even if not declared) are from nice™ countries.
I never said plum blossom card holders need to renounce. I said: When applying for plum blossom card, they ask about your multiple nationalities.
But this is off topic and really doesn’t matter for most people.