Question 6:
My son was born on 4 June 1986 in the US, and he came back to Taiwan using his US passport before reaching the age of going to school. If I want to apply for ROC nationality for him, how should I do?
Your son was born in 1986 and used his American passport to enter the country. If he is a national without household registration, namely overseas Chinese, who wants to apply for ROC nationality (please refer to Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1, Article 9 of the Immigration Act, which states that: petitioners who have lineal relatives, spouses or siblings who are ROC nationals, they may apply for residency in the country). Therefore, they shall exit the country using their foreign passports (please refer to Article 12 of the Immigration Act), then apply to the residential ROC representative. After obtaining a ROC passport, petitioners must enter Taiwan using that passport and then apply for residency at the local service center of the National Immigration Agency. Required documents please refer to Articles 14 and 15 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Immigration Act. After living in the country for a specific of time (please refer to Article 27 of the Immigration Act), then petitioners may apply for settlement in the country and register household registration.
