Taiwan passport

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The Republic of China (Taiwan) passport is the passport issued to nationals of the Republic of China (ROC, commonly known as Taiwan). The ROC passport is also generally referred to as a Taiwanese passport. In September 2020, approximately 60.87 percent of Taiwanese citizens possessed a valid passport. All passports issued in Taiwan since 2008 have been biometric. The validity and international recognition of Taiwan passports are complicated due to the ongoing dispute over political status of Taiwan as well as the history of the Republic of China since the country had once controlled the territories of today's People's Republic of China (PRC) and Mongolia. In the past, all subjects and their offspring related to the historical or current territories of the ROC were eligible to be admitted for the passport. However, constitutional reforms in the 1990s and 2000s restricted citizenship rights only to those with household registration in Taiwan. Taiwanese government currently recognizes that...

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