Radio Taiwan International
Date: 23 July, 2020
By: Paula Chao
The government is set to remove a quota on overseas Taiwanese people applying for residency in Taiwan. (Photo by National Immigration Agency)
Taiwanese nationality law does not automatically grant citizens the right to reside in Taiwan. The right of abode comes only with what’s known as household registration. For historical reasons, nationals who are born overseas under certain circumstances do not have this household registration and must apply for it if they wish to live in Taiwan.
Under existing laws, there is a quota in place on how many overseas Taiwanese living in Vietnam, Myanmar, and Indonesia are granted residency per month. [FULL STORY]
