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Title: Interpretation of Article 4 of the Overseas Compatriot Identity Certification Act concerning the calculations of the period of residence overseas or in the place of overseas residence for applicants who have resumed nationality of the R.O.C. (TAIWAN) Ch
Date: 2011.01.07
Legislative: Promulgated by Order of OCAC Chiao-Cheng-Fu No. 09930433271 on
January 7, 2011.
Content: For applicants who have resumed nationality of the R.O.C. (TAIWAN),
the calculations of the residence period abroad or in the place of
residence overseas as stipulated in Article 4 of the Overseas 
Compatriot Identity Certification Act are as follows:
1.“Accumulating residence overseas for at least four years” as 
  stipulated in Item 2, Subparagraph 1 and Item 2, Subparagraph 2,
  Paragraph 1, Article 4 of the Overseas Compatriot Identity
  Certification Act does not include the period when the applicant
  has lost the R.O.C. (TAIWAN) nationality. However, the periods
  before loss of the R.O.C. (TAIWAN) nationality and after the date
  when the applicant has resumed the R.O.C. (TAIWAN) nationality 
  may be counted.
2.“Continuously residing in the place of residence overseas for 
  six months, or accumulating residence overseas for at least eight
  months of each year in the past two years at the place of residence
  overseas” as stipulated in Item 3, Subparagraph 1 and Item 3,
  Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1, Article 4 the Overseas Compatriot
  Identity Certification Act does not include the period when the
  applicant has lost the R.O.C. (TAIWAN) nationality. The periods 
  before loss of the R.O.C. (TAIWAN) nationality and after the date
  when the applicant has resumed the R.O.C. (TAIWAN) nationality 
  may also not be counted together.