Radio Taiwan Internationl
Date: 2017-02-08
The interior ministry has announced that it will complete work on a new naturalization law by late March.
The amendment is part of an effort to attract more highly skilled foreign workers to Taiwan.
Foreign nationals hoping to acquire Taiwanese citizenship had long been required to first renounce their original nationality. But an amendment to the Nationality Act passed in December now waives this requirement for foreign nationals who have made exceptional contributions to Taiwan. [FULL STORY]