As of Wednesday, nearly 90 percent of Chinese spouses married to Taiwanese have complied with a requirement to provide evidence they have officially given up their household registration in China, while 10 chose to give up their Taiwanese household registration, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said.
The 10 accounted for just 0.0008 percent of the 12,156 Chinese spouses tracked by the council, MAC Deputy Minister Liang Wen-chieh (梁文傑) said.
They gave up their household registration for various reasons, including death of their Taiwanese spouse, access to social welfare in China and inheritance rights, he said.
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The National Immigration Agency in early April sent notices to some Chinese spouses requesting that they submit proof of having renounced their household registration in China within three months of receiving the notice.
The Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例) states that “the people of the Taiwan Area may not have household registrations in the Mainland Area.”
Those who contravene this provision “shall be deprived of its status as the people of the Taiwan area,” it says.
Those who lose their “Taiwan status,” meaning their household registration in Taiwan, will also lose their Taiwanese citizenship, Liang said in April.
The council said 6,569 Chinese spouses have submitted proof that they have renounced their Chinese household registration.
Another 4,287 who qualified for exemptions or deferrals — such as those with serious illnesses or injuries — have submitted affidavits instead, Liang said.
Meanwhile, 1,290 Chinese spouses identified by the council have either not yet been contacted or have not responded, he said, adding that the council would not revoke their household registration until they have been successfully reached.
All figures are expected to rise as the review process continues, Liang added.
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