This article is about nationality law in Taiwan, formally named the Republic of China. For regulations applicable to the People's Republic of China, see Chinese nationality law.
Free area of the Republic of China (includes Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and outlying islands)
Enacted
February 5, 1929
Effective
February 5, 1929
Administered by
Ministry of the Interior
Amended by
February 9, 2000 (amending the whole law) December 21, 2016 (last amended)
Status: Amended
Taiwanese nationality law details the conditions in which a person is a national of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan. The Nationality Act is based on the principle of jus sanguinis, children born to at least one Taiwanese parent are automatically nationals at birth. Foreign nationals with permanent residency in Taiwan may naturalize after continuously living in the country for at least five (5) years. Certain foreign immediate family members of Taiwanese nationals may naturalize after continuously living in the country for at least three (3) years.
Note that the current law of Taiwan has a clear distinction between those with and without household registration. Taiwanese law does not distinguish between nationals and citizens. Constitutional civil and political rights as well as citizens’ responsibilities are only granted to those nationals who establish their household registration in Taiwan.
From the history of the Republic of China, the country had once controlled the territories of today's People's Republic of China (PRC) and Mongolia. The nationality law used to include peoples residing on those territories to be nationals until a clarification issued by the government of the Republic of China in May 2023. [1]
^政院：大陸地區人民為中華民國人民等函釋停止適用
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