Hi all, will Taiwanese government allow dual citizenship now or future? Please advice. Thank u.?

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I mean Thank u. :)

My English is weak.. sorry.
If you have web links, please direct me there. Thanks again. ;)

Answer 1

By the way you answer other question, I may assume that you are Japanese. For now Taiwan allows some kind of dual citizenship.

Here is the complete Taiwan Nationality Act in ENGLISH!

http://www.immigration.gov.tw/immig_eng/aspcode/showactsregu.asp?id=3

(Sorry! They are lazy and did not translate this in Japanese.
http://www.moi.gov.tw/japan/index.asp

In the article, it specifically calls for "An alien who is naturalized in accordance with the provisions of Articles 3 to 7 shall submit a certificate to prove the loss of his (her) original nationality." In other words, you must render your other citizenship.

Unless you falls under one of the categories in Article 11 you lose the nationality of the Republic of China with the approval of the Ministry of the Interior. Even Article 12 prohibit some loses their nationality due to some circumstances.

Here is the Japanese Nationality Law
http://www.moj.go.jp/ENGLISH/information/tnl-01.html
In Japanese:
http://www.moj.go.jp/MINJI/kokusekiho.html

However, Japanese citizens may not have dual citizenship.
Loss of citizenship also requires the approval of the Minister of Justice.

A Japanese national is assumed to have renounced citizenship upon naturalization in any foreign country, although a formal report (on a form available at embassies overseas) from the renouncing person is generally required to finalize this process.

Articles 14 and 15 require any person who holds multiple citizenship to make a declaration of choice between the ages of twenty and twenty-two, in which they choose to renounce either their Japanese citizenship or their foreign citizenship(s). If they fail to do so, the Minister of Justice may demand a declaration of choice at any time, and if the citizen fails to make the declaration within one month, their Japanese citizenship is automatically revoked.

Japanese citizens who hold multiple citizenship by birth will be required to declare that they want to retain their Japanese citizenship by the age of 21, if they want to retain their Japanese citizenship. They also have to "make an effort" to renounce other citizenships once they have declared to retain their Japanese citizenship. This may be difficult for some Japanese with foreign nationality. For example, Iranian nationals cannot renounce their Iranian nationality until age 25, so Iranian-Japanese dual nationals who were born to an Iranian father will have to renounce their Japanese nationality. Actually, even this, since the citizenship was aquired involuntarily, it is not necessary for them to renounce their Iranian nationality. However, exercising their other citizenship in Japan is an expatriating act.

Answer 2

Yes, Taiwanese government allows dual citizenship. I have a lot of friends holding dual citizenship.

Answer 3

If you are born in Taiwan its ok to be taiwan-whatever country dual citizen.

If you are not born in Taiwan you must renounce your former citizenship and be assimilated. You will learn Mandarin or Hakka or one of the other 12 official languages. You will dye your hair black and you will get brown contacts and get surgically slanty eyes and start eating weird fried things.


But seriously you wont be allowed to become a citizen in any time in the near future until the outdated constitution is changed. That unfortunately is what p**ses certain other dictatorships off and is a bit touchy. Personally I think that bit wont change any time soon. Hooray for aliens! we wouldnt want to ALIENATE you or anything. Taiwan has the perfect right to have the same double standard our governments have towards it. Until our governments accept Taiwan openly, why should they accept us openly??

Answer 4

For those of Taiwanese/Chinese ancestry, it is easy to obtain dual citizenship. You can have a citizenship from the ROC on Taiwan, and from another country too.

However, for those of white skin, black skin, etc. it is impossible to have dual citizenship in this manner. You must renounce your original citizenship before you can obtain citizenship in the ROC on Taiwan.

Article 9 of the ROC Nationality Law makes this specification.

Answer 5

As far as I know, Taiwan government has always recognized dual citizenship.

Many rich Taiwanese hold dual citizenship.

Answer 6

Taiwanese government allows Taiwanese citizen hold dual citizenship.
But for foreigner, it has some strict rule.


Hitomi,(瞳)? Are you Japanese?
If you can read Chinese characters,here are some information links:
http://law.moj.gov.tw/Scripts/Query4A.asp?FullDoc=all&Fcode=D0030001

Y! answers,Taiwan
http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1406080904435
http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1106072710786

Some Taiwanese has dual or triple citizenship,it's legal in Taiwan.

Answer 7

No one can predict the future, but as of now I can't see that happening. Just keep a watch on the news I guess.