National without household registration
A national without household registration (NWOHR) is a person with Republic of China nationality who does not have household registration in Taiwan. Nationals with this status may be subject to immigration controls when entering the Taiwan Area, do not have automatic residence rights there, cannot vote in Taiwanese elections, and are exempt from conscription. Most individuals with this status are children born overseas to Taiwanese citizens. About 60,000 NWOHRs currently hold Taiwanese passports with this status.
A Taiwanese passport with no national identification number listed in its data page means the holder is a national without household registration.
An entry permit attached to a NWOHR's Taiwanese passport with validity of 3 years allowing its holder to visit Taiwan multiple times with each up to three months.
The Republic of China (Taiwan) passport is the passport issued to nationals of the Republic of China. 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 published in Taiwan since 2008 have been biometric.
Data page of a second generation biometric passport
Request page of a Taiwan passport.
Data page of a second generation biometric passport
The ROC passport of a national without household registration does not have an identification card number listed on its data pages in the empty spaces labeled (1).