Annotated Republic of China Laws/Nationality Act/Article 3

Promulgated full amendment on 2000-02-09

 * Article 3


 * An alien or a stateless person who has, at present, a domicile in the territory of Republic of China and who meets one of the following requirements may apply for naturalization:


 * 1) Having legally stayed in the territory of the Republic of China for more than 183 days each year for more than five years without interruption.
 * 2) Having attained to the age of 20 years and have legal capacity under both the law of the Republic of China and the law of his (her) original country.
 * 3) Having good character and no record of criminal conviction.
 * 4) Possessing sufficient property or professional skills, which enable him (her) to make a self-reliant living or a living without worry.

Promulgated amendment on 2005-06-15

 * Article 3
 * A foreign national or stateless person who now has a domicile in the territory of the ROC, if meeting concurrently the requisites provided in the following Subparagraphs, can apply for naturalization:


 * 1) He/she annually has resided in the territory of the ROC for more than 183 days every year in total for more than 5 consecutive years.
 * 2) He/she is above 20 years old and has the capacity to act in accordance with both the laws of the ROC and the laws of his/her own country.
 * 3) He/she behaves decently and has no records of crime.
 * 4) He/she has enough property or professional skills for his/her self-support or ensuring his/her living.
 * 5) He/she possesses basic language ability in the language of our country and understands the basic common knowledge of national’s rights and obligations.
 * The standards of determination, testing, exempting from testing, charging and other matters to be observed regarding the basic language ability and basic common knowledge of our country’ s national’s rights and obligations provided in the preceding Subparagraph 5 shall be set by the Ministry of the Interior a (hereinafter referred to as the MOI).

Promulgated amendment on 2016-12-21
(no governmental translation yet)
 * Article 3

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中華民國法律註解/國籍法/第3條