Following a request received in September 2017 from Taiwan Ambassador Valentino Ji Zen Tang, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) accepted to give Taiwan the category of country in the ID cards issued to Taiwan legal residents in the country. The detail will appear now on their Dominican cedulas, the local identification card. Previously, a Taiwan was identified as a city of China.
The JCE board issued resolution 2017-640 indicating: “From here on, where the city of birth is referred to as Taiwan and the country of birth is China, the city of birth will be included first, followed by Taiwan as the country.” The IDs are also issued to Taiwanese nationals that take on the Dominican nationality.
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Diario Libre
14 November 2017
