An 11-year-old girl born to a Taiwanese father and a mother from Trinidad and Tobago acquired her permanent resident certificate yesterday after appealing to President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) for help.
“President Ma, thank you! I can finally stay and receive an education in Taiwan,” said Lin Yi-nung (林憶儂), who lives in Miaoli County.
The National Immigration Agency (NIA) delivered the certificate to her at school yesterday.
Lin’s 85-year-old grandmother said her son brought the girl to Taiwan when she was eight months old and she has raised the girl ever since. However, because her father did not have either his marriage certificate or a birth certificate for his daughter, Lin could not apply for household registration or for Republic of China citizenship or even register for school.
Lin’s father applied to the NIA last year for a resident certificate for his daughter based on DNA tests and a court document confirming the results were accurate, but the application was rejected because of the lack of a birth certificate.
The family was then told the girl would be repatriated to Trinidad and Tobago this month.
Her grandmother’s despair over the repatriation threat prompted Lin to write to Ma last month.
“I take Taian Township as my hometown. President Ma, please help me, save me. Let me be a Taiwanese. I want to stay with my grandmother and she wants me to stay too, “ Lin wrote.
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