{"id":2762,"date":"2009-07-16T18:02:29","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T10:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2018-08-27T17:27:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T09:27:13","slug":"new-name-policy-for-naturalized-roc-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2009\/new-name-policy-for-naturalized-roc-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"new name policy for naturalized ROC citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since July 9, naturalized citizens of Taiwan have been permitted to have a romanized form of their original name included along with their adopted “Chinese name” on their household-registration certificate (hùkǒu<\/span>). (This is an important government document that states your official residence.) <\/p>\n

For example, my original name is Mark Swofford. My Mandarin name is Shǐ Wěifán<\/span> (史偉凡). If I were to take ROC citizenship (which I’d like but am unlikely to try to gain until Taiwan drops its insistence that I first renounce my U.S. citizenship), my household-registration certificate would have “史偉凡” and could now also have some romanization. But<\/em> … the romanization would have to be along the lines of Make Siwafo’erde<\/em>. <\/p>\n

What I could not<\/em> have, according to the new regulations, would be either my original name or a romanization of my Mandarin name (i.e., neither “Mark Swofford” nor “Shi Weifan” would be permitted). Instead, I’d have to use a romanization of a Sinicized form of my original name (Make Siwafo’erde<\/em>). <\/p>\n

This is, well, rather odd. But I called the Ministry of the Interior and received confirmation. Apparently it’s part of the Legislative Yuan’s idea of helping Taiwan’s internationalization. I suppose this is a half step forward. Before the change, the only thing allowed would have been a name in Chinese characters and only<\/em> Chinese characters. <\/p>\n

source: Ministry changes name regulations for naturalization<\/a>, Taipei Times<\/em>, July 9, 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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