TAIPEI, CNA
The China Post (Taiwan)
Cambodian brides of Taiwanese need no longer produce documents proving renunciation of their original nationality to apply for naturalization, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) said yesterday.
MOI officials said those Cambodian wives who have already applied for ROC citizenship but could not present a certificate of renunciation of original nationality to facilitate the application may now be awarded ROC citizenship based on a proviso carried in the ninth article of country's law of nationality.
Under the ROC law of nationality, the officials said, foreigners must give up their original nationality before they can apply for naturalization. However, some countries, including Cambodia, Thailand and Japan, do not allow their citizens to renounce their nationality.
Nevertheless, 22 Japanese wives so far have been naturalized after their citizenship applications were handled as special cases, in which they had to prove that the responsibility for failing to obtain a certificate of renunciation of original nationality did not rest with them, with the reason for the failure verified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
However, none of the Cambodian wives in Taiwan have had the chance to apply for naturalization based on the Japanese model because the Foreign Ministry has refused to grant them similar verification after declaring that all Cambodian certificates will be regarded as fake because so many documents from Cambodia are forged.
Nearly 20 Cambodian brides of Taiwanese wept recently at a news conference held at the Legislative Yuan while denouncing the Foreign Ministry for depriving them of the "right" to apply for Taiwan citizenship.
The women protested against unfair treatment compared with that of Japanese women who are married to Taiwanese men.
Currently there are over 2,000 Cambodian wives legitimately living in Taiwan. Seventy-nine of this group, however, have failed to obtain ROC citizenships because their documents of renunciation of original nationality were judged by Foreign Ministry authorities to have been forged.
MOI officials said those Cambodian wives who have already applied for ROC citizenship but could not present a certificate of renunciation of original nationality to facilitate the application may now be awarded ROC citizenship based on a proviso carried in the ninth article of country's law of nationality.
Under the ROC law of nationality, the officials said, foreigners must give up their original nationality before they can apply for naturalization. However, some countries, including Cambodia, Thailand and Japan, do not allow their citizens to renounce their nationality.
Nevertheless, 22 Japanese wives so far have been naturalized after their citizenship applications were handled as special cases, in which they had to prove that the responsibility for failing to obtain a certificate of renunciation of original nationality did not rest with them, with the reason for the failure verified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
However, none of the Cambodian wives in Taiwan have had the chance to apply for naturalization based on the Japanese model because the Foreign Ministry has refused to grant them similar verification after declaring that all Cambodian certificates will be regarded as fake because so many documents from Cambodia are forged.
Nearly 20 Cambodian brides of Taiwanese wept recently at a news conference held at the Legislative Yuan while denouncing the Foreign Ministry for depriving them of the "right" to apply for Taiwan citizenship.
The women protested against unfair treatment compared with that of Japanese women who are married to Taiwanese men.
Currently there are over 2,000 Cambodian wives legitimately living in Taiwan. Seventy-nine of this group, however, have failed to obtain ROC citizenships because their documents of renunciation of original nationality were judged by Foreign Ministry authorities to have been forged.
1 comment:
Fuck the Taiwanese!!! What is so special being a Taiwanese???Is the Taiwanese dick is that special for these Chinese-Cambodian women brides??These Chinese-Cambodian women brides need to get a hold of themselves! Man! I never see such a hoplessness among these Chinese-Cambodian women brides!!!
It is time to bann all the Taiwanese men from entering Cambodia!!!!ahahahha
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