Knowing is Half the Battle, More myths busted

So now you know if you were ever born in Taiwan, you may NOT hide behind the Eagle on your United States Passport or The lion on your UK, Carey Price or Patrick Roy on your Canadian one, A kangaroo or a Wallaby on your Aussie one, a Zebra on your SA one, or A man doing a sheep on your NZ one.

But all jokes aside(if you thought that was funny GREAT if not oh well kiss my fried rice eating ass)lets bust some more myths


Myth: OH shit I can never enter with my Taiwan Passport.

Fact: First of all I know for a fact if you do this, you will send shockwaves through your family and I mean SHOCKWAVES. They will say, "Wtf does this guy want military service?". One you can get an TW passport that has a big ol stamp that says "Overseas Chinese""
橋居" in it. Now if you are an ROC national without a green card or a citizenship in another country, then you're shit out off luck in getting this. But back on point, yes if you get this stamp, you will not be hauled off to the army.

Fun Facts: Remember when you go get your OVerseas Chinese TW passport, do it at your De-facto TW embassy. In case your are very very dense or idiotic, please just type "(Your country's name) Taipei Cultural Economic Office" in your favorite search Engines search field. (most use google now but I heard Webcrawler, Altavista, and lycos are still around) and boom there it is.

Another Myth is you can only undergo this process in your home country. That's not true but, it's JUST BETTER. I'll give you Reasons why.

1.) One it is your home country and the restrictions are probably no where as strict as Taiwan.
2.) keep in mind a lot of TECOs probably run into guys that are concerned about military service more frequently. So they probably will be more lenient in dealing with you.
3.) I dunno but I think the process is much more complicated in Taiwan and it is most likely a pain in the butt.

Myth 2 of the day: Well I have a green card and Overseas chinese Status, So it's all good.

Fact: That highly depends on WHEN you get it. I personally moved to the United States when I was 6. I got my Green Card when I was 11 and my overseas Chinese residency stamp when I was 12. So I am safe. For those of you that get it when you were well into middle school. There can be a lot of issues that are in your way. Also Remember from ages 14 to 18 the YEARS which you turn that age. You cannot be back in Taiwan for a cumulative total of 183 days. So if you pulled off three TW visits of each having 2 months in a span of those four years. You might find yourself in uniform.

Further analysis: Well what does it mean by "Years" Lets say if you were born in 1983, like me.
so from Jan 1997 to Jan 2002, you cannot be in Taiwan for a cumulative stay of 183 days. Hope that clears things up.


Myth 3:Oh no I went over 4 months, I am so screwed.....

Fact: Relax no you're not. You can only go over 4 months two times. Even those born after 1984 can go over 4 months twice.

Further fact: THOSE OF YOU BORN AFTER 1984 BE CAREFUL. YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO RESIDE IN TAIWAN FOR 183 DAYS of a YEAR CUMULATIVELY. DON'T THINK YOU CAN come here 6 months consecutively EVERY YEAR, cause YOU CAN'T.

You can only do that TWICE. For those of you born before 1984 you're an old man in your late 20s. So the government isn't as strict to you as to them.