Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/11/04
By: Claudia Liu and Elaine Hou
Taipei, Nov. 4 (CNA) The Taiwan government said Friday it is planning to ease regulations on the
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residency of children of foreign nationals working here, after a German who has worked in Taiwan for 18 years complained his children cannot apply for permanent residency in Taiwan.
Ralph Jensen, a German who works as a software engineer in Kaohsiung, said in a letter to the United Daily News on Thursday that he has permanent residency in Taiwan but that his children could not apply for it after the age of 20 despite being born in Taiwan.
Thus, Jensen said, his children had to leave Taiwan and work in another country after they reached the age of 20, forcing the family to be apart.
In response to the case, the Ministry of the Interior explained that children of foreign nationals working in Taiwan can apply for an extension of residency after the age of 20, if they meet the requirements. [FULL STORY]