Overseas Taiwanese From Philippines Want Fair Treatment

ICRT news September 19, 2011

Overseas Taiwanese From Philippines Want Fair Treatment
A group representing overseas Taiwanese from the Philippines is asking for
changes to the law to give them more equal treatment.

The civic group is calling on the legislature to amend laws so that
Taiwanese-Filipinos who only have Taiwan passports be allowed to get national
identification cards too.

They say foreign spouses can get IDs within 3 to five years, but it takes
Taiwanese-Filipinos up to seven to get theirs.

They're also asking for visa-free entry into the country, and the right to
apply for residency after living in Taiwan for three years.

Without that, they can't apply for national health insurance or social
welfare, and have to leave the country every six months.